WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp The 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:07.719 House Whisper on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:15.160 Good Morning, Good morning, Good morning KFI AM six and 4 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:20.679 live streaming and HD everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 5 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:26.000 Welcome Home, Welcome to Home. I'm Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 6 00:00:26.280 --> 00:00:31.160 I design custom homes, I build custom homes, and most importantly, 7 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:34.719 on the weekends, I am your guide to better understanding 8 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:38.520 that place where you live. Today on the show, well, 9 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:44.159 it looks like we're getting our arms around these wildfires here. 10 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:49.960 There are so much, so much to go for the 11 00:00:50.039 --> 00:00:53.920 victims of these wildfires, for the homes and the families 12 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:56.560 and the lives that have been devastated, so much to go. 13 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:00.200 It is a hard pill to swallow. That the best 14 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:05.680 of southern California has to start moving on and continuing 15 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:09.120 with our lives getting back to normal as it were, 16 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:12.680 or the new normal for a while. But we are 17 00:01:13.239 --> 00:01:17.799 not going to ignore the fact that there is still 18 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:20.879 fresh devastation out there and a lot of confusion. So 19 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:24.560 here's the thing. Today. On the show I Know last weekend, 20 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:30.400 I spent both shows talking about evacuations, fire hardening, what 21 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:34.280 to think what to expect in regards to the future 22 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:38.439 for those victims. How do we rebuild? How do you 23 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:44.480 rebuild when an entire neighborhood is destroyed? This weekend, as 24 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:48.239 a result of a lot of questions coming into me 25 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:50.920 this week a lot, and as a result of me 26 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:54.799 doing a lot of perusing and on various forms from 27 00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:59.799 social media to major media outlets, and seeing so much 28 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:05.640 misinformation about what to do next for fire hardening your home. 29 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:08.919 I'm so concerned about this that I want to take 30 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:12.479 this weekend and I want to take calls. I want 31 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:16.639 to clear up confusion, I want to answer questions, and 32 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:19.159 I'll tell you what. I've got one goal this weekend, 33 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:24.599 one goal, and that is to number one, help you 34 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:30.680 understand how a fire interacts with your home. And you 35 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:32.919 would think, yeah, I know, dand burns it. 36 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:34.680 Yeah. 37 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:37.680 Let me just say, if you've got time to listen 38 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:40.879 this morning, stay tuned. I'm going to talk about it 39 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:46.400 today and tomorrow. There is a massive amount of very 40 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:53.759 let me say, potentially expensive ignorance and confusion about what 41 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:57.199 exactly it means to fire harden a home. I don't 42 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:01.639 want you to be one of those people all of 43 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:07.039 Southern California should be seriously, seriously taking a look and 44 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:09.439 asking the question, how do we fire hard on our home? 45 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:11.919 How should we get our home ready? If you're not 46 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:17.240 thinking about it, then that, in one degree or another, 47 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:21.080 is a result of some of the confusion and the 48 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:25.400 misunderstanding of what the threat level is. We don't want 49 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:27.960 another one of these events. I know I'm not going 50 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:30.840 to be able to stop it from devastating another neighborhood 51 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:33.759 the next time it happens, but I can stop it 52 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:36.879 from devastating your home if you're willing to hang with 53 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:39.919 me and listen through. And that's what we're going to 54 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:44.400 do right now. What's fast approaching is not a fire 55 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:48.080 but the fire hardening frenzy, and we need to separate 56 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:51.560 fact from fiction as we go. Sound good, all right? 57 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:55.280 Let me introduce you to our crack team. Sam Is 58 00:03:55.439 --> 00:04:00.199 on the board. Good morning's dad, Good morning, dear. How 59 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:03.479 are you doing today? I'm well, I am well, I'm well. 60 00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:08.560 My friend. I heard you on with Matt Money and 61 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:13.000 Monks earlier this week pre five o'clock as you guys continued, 62 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:16.199 and I gotta say you sounded really good, bro, really good. 63 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:18.879 Thank you. I appreciated it. It's one of my little 64 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:23.959 fields of expertise's psychological damage that can happen from traumatic 65 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:26.120 experiences like this. So I was just glad I could help. 66 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:28.879 It's probably why for all these years you've been my 67 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:31.040 board on. 68 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:33.240 On the contrary, you're the one that keeps me sane. 69 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:33.800 Dean. 70 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:41.879 And let's talk to my buddy Andrew Caravella. Good morning, hey, bud, 71 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:45.240 doing I'm doing good? All right? What'd you do wrong? 72 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:47.439 Saturday morning? At six? Uh? 73 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:48.000 You know what? 74 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:53.000 This was my idea? What oho? 75 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:54.600 Everyone's laughing over in the other room. 76 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:57.639 Uh, yes, right, because that's not who I am. I 77 00:04:57.879 --> 00:04:59.800 have some things I gotta I gotta run errands this 78 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:03.120 out afternoon, so I had to do the switch. All right. Well, 79 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:07.519 you know what, always a pleasure anytime you and I 80 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:08.319 get to work together. 81 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:09.680 I love it. It's one of my favorites. 82 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:14.240 Sitting across the table from me. Guess what, absolutely nobody 83 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:17.759 at the moment. Tina lost badly at cards last night. 84 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:20.959 I mean badly, and I feel like the humiliation of 85 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:24.319 that loss as has affected her and she's just decided 86 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:27.199 to sleep in today. But what card game was it? 87 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:33.240 We were paying? We were playing spades, with with some friends. 88 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:35.879 You know, it's a little teen game, and the trash 89 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:38.600 talking gets a little heavy, and you know she's not 90 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:41.800 mad at me or any No, it's not because of that, No, 91 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:45.480 it's just you know, losing is exhausting. 92 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:49.279 So anyway, so you say she lost, I'm assuming separate teams. 93 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:55.040 Yes, she and her partner lost, and and we were. 94 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:58.279 My partner and I were quite devastating. So okay, I 95 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:02.480 tell you it was just it was a good night, 96 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:03.839 good night at the card table. 97 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:04.560 It turned out to. 98 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:08.959 Be all right, y'all. Producer Richie isn't near a mic, 99 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:11.959 but he is standing by and oh taking calls on 100 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:14.800 the board. Let me do this real quick. The number 101 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:18.360 to reach me eight three three two Ask Dean eight 102 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:22.319 three three The numeral to ask Dean A three three 103 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:25.279 to ask Dean phone lines or open anything you want 104 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:29.120 to talk about regarding your home, fire hardening or otherwise. 105 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:32.759 I'll take as many calls as I can this morning, 106 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:37.399 and we're gonna do it all. Kay, Bye, Dean Sharp 107 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:41.519 the house whisper. Hey, whether you live in a condo 108 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:45.000 or cottage or castle for that matter, it doesn't matter. 109 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:48.120 I'm here to help you take your home to the 110 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:51.920 next level. And guess who joined me just now, just now, 111 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:58.680 welcome home. Well, hello sunshine, good morning to you. 112 00:06:58.839 --> 00:06:59.480 Good motto. 113 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:08.560 I already told everybody the devastating loss at cards last 114 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:14.279 night probably caused you an extra layer exhaustion, cried yourself asleep. 115 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:19.839 Yeah it was pretty bad. Yeah, you're feeling okay, you're 116 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:23.439 just tired, just tired. All right, Well, so glad that 117 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:27.920 you're here. This is teena everybody, of course. Yay, all right, 118 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:33.759 here's our plan. As I said this weekend, I'm going 119 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:38.240 to be separating fact from fiction because here's my problem. Now, 120 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:43.279 well it's my problem, but it's a problem. I am concerned. 121 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:46.079 Now that we're turning a corner. Everybody's talking fire hardening, 122 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:48.920 fire hardening. Yeah. I just took a quick glance on 123 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:54.480 social media this week at various people saying, oh, check 124 00:07:54.519 --> 00:08:01.120 out this, and they've got some gizmo contraptions set up 125 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:04.639 to put sprinklers on the top of their roof or 126 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:07.000 out here or you know what. I'm saying, this kind 127 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:10.120 of stuff. You're starting to see it everywhere now. Actually, 128 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:13.399 companies are springing up saying hire us and we will 129 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:15.839 come out and do this amazing thing, so your house 130 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:20.319 will never bring I just want you to take a 131 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:25.240 beat and listen to me this weekend, because there's so 132 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:28.720 much money, so much money that can be wasted, so 133 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:33.600 much time, and at the same time for a very 134 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:34.840 little effect. 135 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:37.240 You're talking about putting sprinklers on the top of my 136 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:38.919 house has little effect. 137 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:43.480 Yeah, quite possibly. So I want you to listen very 138 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:46.120 carefully to me this weekend because we're going to be 139 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:50.120 talking about separating fact from fiction when it comes to fireheartening. 140 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:56.000 I am going to re explain yet again in the 141 00:08:56.039 --> 00:09:00.639 simplest way and most direct way. I know how exactly 142 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:05.440 how fire interacts with your home in a wildfire event. 143 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:08.879 I know we're getting our arms around the fires fantastic, 144 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:13.159 but we are not gotten our arms around the ignorance 145 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:17.759 that abounds throughout the region in terms of who needs 146 00:09:17.759 --> 00:09:20.440 to fire hard in their home and how to do it. 147 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:23.200 And we're going to address both of those. So you 148 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:25.799 stick with me now this morning. I want to answer 149 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:28.320 as many calls as possible, but we're going to start 150 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:31.519 out with giving you a quick fire status update here. 151 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:36.120 This is what I understand the latest that has crossed 152 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:40.120 my desk. Here, the Palisades fire still just under twenty 153 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:43.480 four thousand acres, coming in at twenty three thy seven 154 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:49.320 hundred and thirteen, a big jump from yesterday. Yesterday's reporting 155 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:54.159 now at forty three percent containment. It's not over, but 156 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:57.200 I tell you what, that is really really good news 157 00:09:57.240 --> 00:10:01.480 in terms of getting control of this fire fire. Five 158 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:08.159 thousand structures damaged or destroyed, the Eaten Fire fourteen thousand, 159 00:10:08.519 --> 00:10:13.519 one hundred and seventeen acres now seventy three percent containment. 160 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:20.399 Great news there, and unfortunately even more seven thousand structures 161 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:23.480 damaged or destroyed. By the way, gives you a perspective 162 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:27.799 if you're not familiar with the area. The Palisades Fire 163 00:10:27.879 --> 00:10:32.799 at twenty four roughly twenty four thousand acres burnt, five 164 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:37.960 thousand structures. The Eaten Fire at only fourteen thousand acres only, 165 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:40.240 But you understand what I'm saying, just a little over 166 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:46.480 half of the Palisades Fire seven thousand structures, So about 167 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:50.279 thirty percent more structures burnt in the Eaten Fire at 168 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:53.039 half of the acreage than the Palisades firre. And that's 169 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:57.039 simply because the Palisades is a is a larger the 170 00:10:57.080 --> 00:11:00.679 lots are larger, the space is more open, the houses 171 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:06.639 are larger, fewer houses per acre there. The Eton fire 172 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:12.080 in Altadena is a very dense area with much smaller homes, 173 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:16.679 and so seven thousand homes lost in Eton, five thousand 174 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:22.759 in Palisates. Twelve thousand homes or structures, primarily residences lost 175 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:27.080 in these two fires. The death toll currently stands at 176 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:31.480 twenty seven. It is still expected to grow, Ela County 177 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:34.759 reports The Ela County Sheriff reports that there are currently 178 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:40.120 thirty one missing person reports between both fires that are 179 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:43.320 still being followed up on and investigated. Let's hope that 180 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:48.399 all of those do not turn into additions to the 181 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:54.120 death toll. Evacuation orders, according to Los Angeles County Fire 182 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:58.039 Chief Anthony Moroni, it will be at least another week 183 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:00.919 before some people can begin heading back to their homes 184 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:04.080 in the evacuated fire zones. Now, to be clear, what 185 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:09.600 that means is those are evacuation zones that were not 186 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:15.159 devastated by the fire. Okay, these are homes still standing 187 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:19.360 in the evacuation zone, but outside the devastation zone. Getting 188 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:23.879 back into the devastation zone, that's a completely different animal, 189 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:26.759 and it's going to take quite a while, quite a 190 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:31.519 while as we discussed on our previous two shows last week, 191 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:34.840 check those out if you want to understand how an 192 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:38.559 entire region rebuilds when an entire region has been devastated. 193 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:44.679 The damage cost estimate currently both fires now rank among 194 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:48.039 the ten most destructive in California history and the most 195 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:53.559 costly in US history. Now estimates are starting to vary wildly. 196 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:56.639 But I'll tell you what those initial estimates that you heard, 197 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:59.679 this is going to be a fifty billion dollar fire incident. No, no, 198 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:05.240 it's no, it's not. Many financial experts say the combined costs, 199 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:09.799 and that is firefighting cost, insurance claims, cleanup, infrastructure repair, 200 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:15.679 ongoing disruption of business losses will likely be somewhere over 201 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:19.919 two hundred billion dollars when it's all said and done. 202 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:26.759 The cleanup very quickly. The Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA, 203 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:31.120 working with the Governor's Office of Emergency Services that's called OEES. 204 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:35.320 They have mission tasked the US Environmental Protection Agency the 205 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:39.000 EPA to safely remove and dispose of hazardous waste from 206 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:43.120 homes and structures impacted by the LA fires as soon 207 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:45.759 as it is safe to enter the affected areas. It 208 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:49.440 is the OEES and the EPA, who are going to 209 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:52.600 be doing the initial cleanup on all these fires because 210 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:58.519 of the toxicity of the waste. Phase one clearing, securing 211 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:03.039 damage infrastructure, fallen power lines, broken gas and water lines, 212 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:06.639 damaged roads, all the things that make an initially dangerous 213 00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:10.120 to approach the area. Phase two will be debris removal, 214 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:17.120 cleaning up household hazardous waste, paint, ammunition, pesticides, propane tanks, 215 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:20.559 car batteries, all of that kind of stuff. And then 216 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:26.200 finally remaining structural debris, clearing trees and testing the soil 217 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:30.679 for contamination. There is no current time estimate for when 218 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:34.080 residents will be allowed to return to their properties. Even 219 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:37.720 undamaged homes in the devastation zone will not have full 220 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:43.960 service utilities for the foreseeable future. All right, there you go, 221 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:48.679 your quick estimate. When we come back, let's go to 222 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:51.720 the phones, going to answer some questions, whether they are 223 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:55.519 geared towards the fire or not. Take as many calls 224 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:57.840 as I can this morning. You're Home with Dean Sharp 225 00:14:57.879 --> 00:14:59.000 the house whisper. 226 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:03.360 Thing to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from KFI 227 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:04.799 AM six forty. 228 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:10.639 KFI AM six forty live streaming. 229 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:14.840 In HD everywhere on the iHeart Radio app Dean Sharp 230 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:17.519 the house whisper with you this morning on this quite 231 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:22.240 cool Saturday morning here in southern California. I hope you 232 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:27.000 are safe and warm and dry wherever you are across 233 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:30.600 our great land. It is a morning that we're going 234 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:33.360 to take some calls. The number to reach me eight 235 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:37.120 three three two ask Dean A three three the numeral 236 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:41.240 to ask Dean. We are live, of course, so give 237 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:44.000 me a call. Whatever's got you scratching your head about 238 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:46.919 your home? I want to talk to Steve. Hey, Steve, 239 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:48.159 welcome home. 240 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:52.159 Thanks Stein. I appreciate your show. I really listen to 241 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:55.639 it a lot. The question I have is I have 242 00:15:55.759 --> 00:16:00.440 a home over in Jefferson Park. It's built in nineteen 243 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:06.159 twenty four with a flat roof, and I discovered recently 244 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:09.480 when I put some solar domes in that I don't 245 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:12.960 think the roof was ever torn off since the very beginning. 246 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:17.360 And there must be six or seven layers of roofing. 247 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:20.200 Yeah, yeah, and. 248 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:24.799 The existing roof top is fine. There is a lot 249 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:28.440 of pondings, so I was considering doing a silicon coat, 250 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:35.559 but I questioned the whole you know what to do 251 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:38.679 about it? Because do I really want to coat you know, 252 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:43.120 a huge layer of roofing there are there aren't any 253 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:47.679 There isn't any evidence of, like, you know, the house 254 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:53.480 being pushed down by the load of weight. And also 255 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:57.159 it provides a really good insulation for the attic. 256 00:16:57.600 --> 00:17:00.399 Oh, I bet it does. I'll bet it does. You's 257 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:02.960 got like two inches of roofing material up there. 258 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:08.440 It's probably like five or six inches almost. It's really thick. 259 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:12.440 So I was considering the insulation issue, and my attic 260 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:16.519 itself is very, very small. You can't really get to 261 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:19.759 most of it at all. You can't even get up there. 262 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:22.599 So I was going and if I did blow in 263 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:26.480 insulation on the ad and the ceiling, if it never 264 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:29.200 got damped, I mean, you could never get it out. 265 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:33.440 So I'm thinking, just leave it the way it is, 266 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:37.279 put a silicone code on the roof to protect it 267 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:40.400 from the ponding, and go on with my life. 268 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:44.160 So what do you think, Well, it's hard to argue 269 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:46.920 against that. It really is. I mean, here's the thing, 270 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:53.079 if we're talking technicalities. Code allows you to have two 271 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:57.680 layers of roofing material on your home, and then when 272 00:17:57.720 --> 00:18:00.440 the third layer go, when it's time for a third layer. 273 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:02.599 The other two layers have to tear off and you 274 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:05.680 start fresh again. So you're way beyond that. But you 275 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:07.920 know you didn't do it right. And uh and it's 276 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:12.400 not leaking. Uh, so I would you know, it's it's yeah, 277 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:14.599 it's hard to argue with the fact that, hey, my 278 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:18.000 roof doesn't leak. Uh, and so but I do have 279 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:21.319 a little bit of ponding, so I would say, probably 280 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:24.680 get a roofer up there. And uh and who is 281 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:27.319 good at what they do? I mean really good at 282 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:30.440 what they do in terms of flat roof and uh 283 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:33.799 you know, let them kind of free float uh some 284 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:39.200 silicone into the areas that are dipped low so that 285 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:42.000 you don't get the ponding effect. And uh, you know, 286 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:44.960 bide your time for for when it goes. But I 287 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:47.680 tell you what, when the leak does start to happen, 288 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:51.160 just know you're gonna have to pull the whole thing 289 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:55.359 off the next Yeah. 290 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:59.440 Okay, well, very good, thank you very much. That's uh, 291 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:02.799 that's I really wanted to hear that, but I wasn't 292 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:06.640 sure whether that would be, you know, a good idea. 293 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:10.559 So yeah, now, so let me address the legality of it. Okay, 294 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:13.799 here's the legality of it. If Dean tells you to 295 00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:18.359 put on a whole nother roof layer, then Dean is 296 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:21.119 telling you to do something against the code that's illegal. 297 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:24.759 That's not what I'm suggesting. You can take an existing 298 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:28.759 roof layer whatever your roof may be, pitched, roof tiles, whatever, 299 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:31.680 and do some repair and touch up work to it. 300 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:35.240 That doesn't count as putting up another roof layer. So 301 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:37.640 if you've got a flat roof with some ponding, if 302 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:41.839 you're not going to recoat the entire roof, okay, that's 303 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:45.240 a whole other layer, and that's not what I'm suggesting. 304 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:48.400 But you could definitely do some work to That's why 305 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:50.200 I said, a roofer who knows what they're doing with 306 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:53.119 skill in this area, you can definitely do some work 307 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:57.400 to basically kind of self level and fill in the 308 00:19:57.480 --> 00:20:00.799 ponding areas so that you get adequate drainage everywhere. That 309 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:05.799 is not a new roof. That is augmentations to your 310 00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:08.640 existing layers. And since you didn't lay the other layers down, 311 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:10.480 you're well within your rights to do that. 312 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:15.160 Yeah. So a complete layer of silicones, I consider it 313 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:15.599 a layer. 314 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:22.720 It's a layer, it's a layer. Yeah, all right, Jerry, 315 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:26.759 thank you. I appreciate you're welcome. Food for that, my friend. 316 00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:29.960 All right, we're gonna take a break, uh, and then 317 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:32.759 we'll come back and take some more calls your home 318 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:37.319 with Dean Sharp the house whisper, Kay you fine, Dean Sharp, 319 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:41.839 the house whisper, welcome home. Taking some calls this morning. 320 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:44.799 The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask 321 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:48.599 Dean eight three three the numeral two, Ask Dean eight 322 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:52.640 three three two Ask Dean. Not much wind out there 323 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:56.720 at the moment. That's great, uh, this and very very 324 00:20:56.759 --> 00:21:00.559 cool weather at the moment. This allows our fire teams 325 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:04.119 to get an even bigger handle on the Eton and 326 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:10.000 the Palisades fire, which without another major surprising wind event. 327 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:14.759 And yes, yes, the weather outlook for next week looks 328 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:18.279 like we've got some more of our classic Santa Anna 329 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:22.839 is coming, so putting that aside, as long as they 330 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:26.599 don't stir up more trouble, then it looks like we're 331 00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:29.400 getting the better of these two fires at this moment. 332 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:32.279 Of course, after they have definitely gotten the best of us, 333 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:38.440 so there's at least some light on the horizon in 334 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:41.720 terms of both of these fires. I spent all last 335 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:47.519 weekend talking about all aspects of these fires, and you're 336 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:50.559 going to start seeing coverage change and life sort of 337 00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:54.039 try to return to normal for most of southern California 338 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:57.000 in terms of what's being discussed in the media. But 339 00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:59.759 here is my concern. My concern is that there is 340 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:02.480 now now kind of a fire hardening frenzy and a 341 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:06.160 lot of misinformation going around out there. So I want 342 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:09.440 to take a little bit of time today also answer calls, 343 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:13.119 like I said, and a lot of time tomorrow over 344 00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:17.359 these two shows to address and separate for you the 345 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:20.119 fact from the fiction when it comes to what it 346 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:24.160 takes to fire harden your home. Just a lot of ignorance. 347 00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:28.359 I actually was. I was so impressed with it, was 348 00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:31.720 so impressed upon me just in the first couple of 349 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:34.880 days of this week that I also spent some time 350 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:37.440 asking some people just sort of you know, man on 351 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:40.839 the street kind of stuff, just asking friends, family, and 352 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:45.640 some coworkers. I'm like, OK, explain to me what you 353 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:49.079 think the threat of fire is to your home and 354 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:51.000 how you're going to deal with it or how you 355 00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:52.720 would deal with it. And I got to tell you, 356 00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:57.279 almost everybody got it wrong. And this is a concern. 357 00:22:57.400 --> 00:23:01.400 Plus I've had so many questions in about it that 358 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:06.079 it's a concern, So I want you to hang with us. 359 00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:09.680 I'm not addressing a ton of it this morning, most 360 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:12.400 of it on the Big Show tomorrow, but hang with 361 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:15.400 me owhen Yes, by the way, just a quick announcement. 362 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:20.680 You heard Andrew say earlier that tomorrow across the state, 363 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:26.319 Governor Gavin Newsom has a town hall scheduled that we here, 364 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:29.440 of course, are going to air on KFI. That's going 365 00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:32.519 to happen at nine o'clock, when we normally start the show. 366 00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:37.279 The town hall, though, is scheduled, anticipated to our coverage 367 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:40.319 of it, to last about a half an hour or so. 368 00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:43.279 So currently the plan is that we'll be starting the 369 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:46.359 Big Show tomorrow at nine thirty instead of nine. It's 370 00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:48.920 not that Dean is not on the air tomorrow, it's 371 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:52.240 just that we're making some room to cover this town 372 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:54.480 hall and then we will get started. So if you 373 00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:57.440 tune in and you find yourself in the middle of 374 00:23:57.480 --> 00:24:02.240 the town hall, don't be dismiss because we will be 375 00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:05.039 doing the show tomorrow. Just a little bit clipped on 376 00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:08.119 the front end. Okay, all right, let's get back to 377 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:13.160 the phones. How about talking to Peter. Hey Peter, welcome home. 378 00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:16.400 Hi, Good morning Dean, Good morning Dean. Thanks to you 379 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:19.799 KFI for all your advice over the years. I just 380 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:22.359 moved into an apartment and on the wall with the 381 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:25.640 internet cable and an outlet, I've got a power strip 382 00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:29.519 plugged in with a TV, an external speaker, a firecube, 383 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:32.880 motorm rater, a combo, and a clock. And since some 384 00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:35.720 of those used transformers, I have another power strip going 385 00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:39.200 from there where I've got a DVD player and a fireplace. 386 00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:42.319 How do you know how much you're taxing these outlets 387 00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:43.640 and what can you do about it? 388 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:54.039 How do you know? Well, Okay, here's the thing. Your 389 00:24:54.079 --> 00:25:02.759 outlet is likely a standard fifth amp circuit. Okay. Fifteen 390 00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:06.920 amps is the amount of power that's kind of like 391 00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:10.960 it's kind of like describing how much water can flow 392 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:15.599 through a pipe. Okay, So a fifteen amp circuit is 393 00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:20.759 the amperage of the electricity, the force of the electricity 394 00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:25.720 moving through. Now, the voltage of our electricity here in 395 00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:32.079 the US is one hundred and twenty okay, and so basically, 396 00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:36.079 hang on just a second here, basically one hundred and 397 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:40.200 twenty volts fifteen amps, And the question is how can 398 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:45.559 we determine the wattage? Now, the wattage is what is used, 399 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:52.079 the amount of energy, that's the quantity used. Okay, so 400 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:56.240 if we ask the question how to determine, you guys 401 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:58.160