Speaker 1: This show contains terrifying, shocking, and haunting stories that some
Speaker 1: listeners may find disturbing or offensive.
Speaker 2: It's one sixteen am. You're driving down a dirt road
Speaker 2: on the sixty two. Not a soul in site, just
Speaker 2: you and the desert night. But wait, you hear a
Speaker 2: signal off from the distance. It's faint, but it grows louder.
Speaker 2: Is it a howl of a coyote, the hiss of
Speaker 2: a king snake? Or is it the voice of a
Speaker 2: man guiding you toward a great darkness? From my heart
Speaker 2: radio and overtones media, you're listening to YFT two FM,
Speaker 2: the sound you'll hear in the Sleephole Valley. I'm Dixon
Speaker 2: Lewis your lone companion for the night, and I've got
Speaker 2: a new batch of stories to keep you up as
Speaker 2: you drive down this dusty, desolate highway. And now we're
Speaker 2: taking you into the near future. Los Angeles, twenty twenty nine.
Speaker 2: There's an unbearable heat wave, and as one couple tries
Speaker 2: to survive it, they realize the heat isn't the only
Speaker 2: thing they'll need to beat. This is High's in the
Speaker 2: one thirties by Kimberly and Dombey.
Speaker 3: You're listening to KPXX Los Angeles Public Radio and your
Speaker 3: home for the perfect blend of news, music and current events.
Speaker 3: It's Sunday, July fourteenth, twenty twenty nine. I'm Karthik Jettarge.
Speaker 3: Southern California finds itself yet again in the midst of
Speaker 3: an extreme heat wave. The situation has gone from bad
Speaker 3: to worse in Los Angeles, which has been hit with
Speaker 3: record highs in the one thirties. As many predicted, the
Speaker 3: high tempts have burdened and already overloaded grid, and a
Speaker 3: blackout has overtaken the city. Mayor Quinn Cortes has instituted
Speaker 3: a nine pm curfew to curtail and expected rise and crime.
Speaker 3: The mayor has also commandeered Sofi Stadium in addition to
Speaker 3: the city's empty hotel rooms, to help those without proper
Speaker 3: air conditioning survived the latest bout of extreme weather. Lapdas
Speaker 3: stationed inside so far to maintain.
Speaker 4: God, you remember when they sold the spot to me
Speaker 4: as a safe neighborhood.
Speaker 1: Well her, Brentwood is looking more like skid row every day.
Speaker 4: Is that supposed to make me feel better?
Speaker 1: It's not just you, babe, it's everyone.
Speaker 4: What's up?
Speaker 5: My god?
Speaker 6: I've been running and running for like forever. It feels
Speaker 6: like running is far away from where I was to
Speaker 6: get here and for what it's like. Just as soon
Speaker 6: as I start to see the finish line, someone comes
Speaker 6: over and says, Nah, race is over.
Speaker 1: We'll figure this out.
Speaker 4: I can't believe we're still stuck here. Where are we
Speaker 4: supposed to go? How are we supposed to go?
Speaker 1: My mom said that we could stay with her.
Speaker 6: Seriously, Leslie, no, we're not living with your mom in Greenwich.
Speaker 1: It would be temporary.
Speaker 4: I don't know what your family think. And I can't
Speaker 4: take care of you.
Speaker 1: We take care of each other. Remember, I can't.
Speaker 5: Breeze this heat.
Speaker 1: Do you want me to get you another ice pack?
Speaker 4: No worries, I got it here.
Speaker 1: Take this flashlight, No use training your phone's battery.
Speaker 7: Thanks, I'll be right back. Not too melted, I'll take it.
Speaker 4: Who's there?
Speaker 5: Who's there?
Speaker 8: Dumb you?
Speaker 1: Okay? Just stay in the room and locked the door, get.
Speaker 9: Out, shut the funk up, and give me that core
Speaker 9: and I'm gone. No, get do get cough of me.
Speaker 9: I haven't dine.
Speaker 10: Stay in the room.
Speaker 4: I have my arm.
Speaker 11: Oh god, the.
Speaker 9: Cours bard, no, let go, I think spring my ankle.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, no doubt, that's brain you Okay, they got
Speaker 1: the cooler. Well, your ability to deflect is still intact.
Speaker 4: It'll be good. Just give me a sick let me help.
Speaker 4: Oh I'm good, I said, I'm good.
Speaker 1: Okay, we should check on the door.
Speaker 4: Damn, he busted the log. Knock this thing right off
Speaker 4: its hinges.
Speaker 1: Do we have extras? Nah?
Speaker 4: But we could probably use the hinges from the office door.
Speaker 4: The lock's a lost cause.
Speaker 12: Though.
Speaker 1: Nothing says setting ducks like a house with a broken loss.
Speaker 4: Well, what do you suggest we do?
Speaker 8: The thing I've been saying, Let's leave, not until we
Speaker 8: get a decent offer on the house.
Speaker 1: That may never happen.
Speaker 8: I'm pretty sure, Barbara Corkoran said, setting your cash on fire.
Speaker 8: It's smarter than buying in la Right, we need the
Speaker 8: money to move forget about the money.
Speaker 9: Brain doesn't work.
Speaker 8: Like, oh my god, do you hear it yourself? How
Speaker 8: do we even get through the day tomorrow? Or cooler
Speaker 8: is gone? We don't have any ice for the makeshift.
Speaker 8: A see, maybe the power could come back. And if
Speaker 8: it doesn't, do you know how hard I work to
Speaker 8: buy this place?
Speaker 1: Yes, because I was there by your side.
Speaker 9: I love you.
Speaker 1: And I know you. I put a ring on your finger,
Speaker 1: and I want us to live a better life than this.
Speaker 4: God no things so bad, but it's hard to know
Speaker 4: when it's time to fully jump ship.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 8: Really, I cut a man and then I saw him
Speaker 8: kick you. I knew right then.
Speaker 4: I think it's time. Fuck, it's time.
Speaker 3: It's Monday, July fifteenth, twenty twenty nine. I'm Karthik chotherg.
Speaker 3: The heat wave continues to be the most pressing story
Speaker 3: in Los Angeles. The death toll has now surpassed five
Speaker 3: hundred people and is expected to continue to rise throughout
Speaker 3: the next couple of weeks, especially if the city fails
Speaker 3: to restore the energy grid. Sofi Stadium has been flooded
Speaker 3: with the climate refugees and the talks to open up
Speaker 3: the Intuit Dome and the Crypto dot Com Arena.
Speaker 10: A mass exodus from Lussig has seen traffic for miles.
Speaker 4: Major hu.
Speaker 6: No, no, no, we're at a gas already. A'cult triple
Speaker 6: A is bumber out there. They got a helicopter.
Speaker 4: They must have some way through.
Speaker 6: I'm sure all those abandoned cars that we passed. They
Speaker 6: tried calling Triple A too.
Speaker 4: No one's picking up. We've got a walk.
Speaker 10: No, just no.
Speaker 4: Look the sun just set. It'll cool down enough for
Speaker 4: us to go get some gas and come back before sunrise.
Speaker 1: The nearest gas station is miles away.
Speaker 4: I doubt my ankle is up for that.
Speaker 10: Then I'll go.
Speaker 4: No, please don't. We can't just stay here.
Speaker 1: I'll get through to someone eventually. I don't want to
Speaker 1: be here alone.
Speaker 4: Hey, hey, I'm not going anywhere. We'll get through this.
Speaker 4: You and me can get through anything.
Speaker 12: I can.
Speaker 4: I already feel the heat seeping in. She drink some water.
Speaker 4: It'll cool down soon.
Speaker 5: Huslie, Leslie, I'll be back.
Speaker 4: Oh sorry about that.
Speaker 10: You're good?
Speaker 4: So where are we all walking? Some more cooler? I
Speaker 4: hope you're getting gas? Caniser give it away?
Speaker 12: Huh?
Speaker 10: Can I walk with you?
Speaker 12: Why not?
Speaker 4: I'm kidding. I'm Tominique. Some people call me Dom. How
Speaker 4: is it this hot at night? You'll hear stuff like
Speaker 4: that often.
Speaker 12: My guess is it's people hoping to find water, food,
Speaker 12: and abandoned cars.
Speaker 4: Don't bother anybody, and nobody will bother you. It works
Speaker 4: for me.
Speaker 2: We'll be back with our broadcast. After these messages.
Speaker 13: This is Feifong reporting from member station k CYLO in
Speaker 13: San Francisco. Sister station KPXX, which serves the Greater Los
Speaker 13: Angeles area, has shut down amidst an historic and devastating
Speaker 13: heat wave that has claimed the lives of over three
Speaker 13: thousand people and counting. That number is said to be
Speaker 13: drastically low as many of the methods to report these
Speaker 13: depths have broken down. Chaos has overtaken LA and surrounding areas.
Speaker 13: Mayor Quinn Cortes and many high level officials are rumored
Speaker 13: to have fled the city in search of safety and
Speaker 13: cooler temperatures, abandoning their residents when they needed guidance. Most
Speaker 13: as crime skyrockets, many wonder what LA will look like
Speaker 13: in the aftermath of this heat wave. Unfortunately, these temperatures
Speaker 13: are expected to stay for the next few weeks.
Speaker 9: Hey, come on and.
Speaker 11: Thank you us waiting here forever.
Speaker 4: This line is wild. I need to take it back
Speaker 4: almost to the front.
Speaker 10: It's so weird.
Speaker 4: They're not letting any cars through.
Speaker 12: I sarcute. Come on, I need some guess I can
Speaker 12: hook you up with that. What's with the line? How
Speaker 12: come we can't just pump it ourselves. Well, we need
Speaker 12: to keep order around these parts.
Speaker 11: Demand is higher than ever. We just don't want people
Speaker 11: trying to get more than their fair share.
Speaker 4: You know, sure, I guess?
Speaker 1: Are you sure?
Speaker 4: Or are you guessing?
Speaker 12: Look?
Speaker 4: I just need to fill up a cancer Yeah? Same?
Speaker 4: How much for that?
Speaker 1: Ah?
Speaker 12: Well, let me see this gas consume produce standard red nozzled.
Speaker 4: Five hundred to do it the fuck?
Speaker 10: Oh it's okay.
Speaker 9: If you don't have cash, we.
Speaker 12: Accept venmo funny once it actually cost I said what
Speaker 12: I said, sir?
Speaker 4: Oh sir?
Speaker 12: I like the sound as sir. That's a sign of respect.
Speaker 12: Do you see what's happening out there? This is a
Speaker 12: state of emergency for all of us. I've got a
Speaker 12: couple of kids to get back to, Okay, so stop
Speaker 12: messing around.
Speaker 11: Oh dude, an emergency? No, no, no, this is our
Speaker 11: new way of life. You better start acting like it.
Speaker 4: Hey man, maybe if you have the money, you just
Speaker 4: give it to me.
Speaker 12: No, that's not how this is gonna go. What's this
Speaker 12: operation you're running?
Speaker 4: Did you set this whole thing up with.
Speaker 12: Those backwoods guys manning the line and everything?
Speaker 10: What is this?
Speaker 9: You can't just I can't just what. I can't just
Speaker 9: take over.
Speaker 11: A gas station that was never mine to.
Speaker 10: Begin with, because I did.
Speaker 4: Where's your shirt from J Crew? Somewhere? Fancy like that?
Speaker 14: M you must have worked in an office pretty high
Speaker 14: up or something. I must be right on the money.
Speaker 14: Guy like you would have never given me the time
Speaker 14: of day before this latest wave.
Speaker 4: Give me gas before I call the police. Yo, oh,
Speaker 4: the police.
Speaker 11: I'm so scared.
Speaker 4: You still don't get it.
Speaker 9: We have all been abandoned. Earth wants it's gone.
Speaker 12: So she's picking us off one by one.
Speaker 9: Give me gas before I before you won before it.
Speaker 9: Beat your ass. Oh, go ahead, beat it, do it?
Speaker 9: Fuck you you little?
Speaker 4: Oh my god, oh my god.
Speaker 9: As I was saying, the Earth is picking us off
Speaker 9: one by one, and.
Speaker 1: I'm happy to help her.
Speaker 11: Missy, do you need me to repeat the price?
Speaker 13: No?
Speaker 4: No, my phone is dead.
Speaker 6: MM.
Speaker 4: That's a damn shame. Well I got business to do,
Speaker 4: so keep it moving. Wait my wedding ring, I'll trade
Speaker 4: you for it. It must be in quite the spot.
Speaker 4: I need gas, so please just take it. It's a diamond,
Speaker 4: a real one. It's been passed down in my wife's family.
Speaker 4: Dale here I had.
Speaker 11: To pump number one.
Speaker 14: My man will take care of you.
Speaker 12: Oh and hey, since I'm feeling generous, why don't you
Speaker 12: go ahead and take your friend's can and fill.
Speaker 14: That one up too?
Speaker 4: Okay?
Speaker 10: Uh uh? What do you say?
Speaker 4: Thank you?
Speaker 11: Thank you?
Speaker 14: Sir?
Speaker 4: I like the sound as sir?
Speaker 1: Why is she covered in blood?
Speaker 10: Hey?
Speaker 9: Hey, what's going on in there?
Speaker 4: If you want gas, I suggest you keep your mouth shut.
Speaker 10: We run a motel down the block if you need
Speaker 10: some rest.
Speaker 5: I'm good saying.
Speaker 10: You only got a few more hours till sunrise. You
Speaker 10: don't want to be caught walking. Then I got someone
Speaker 10: waiting for me. You say, so, your sun's coming up.
Speaker 10: I'm coming for you less, I'm going.
Speaker 4: I love you, I need you.
Speaker 2: Hies in the one thirties is written and directed by
Speaker 2: Kimberly and Dombay. The executive producers James Kim and Taylor Chacoyne.
Speaker 2: Erica Huang is a producer. Diego Perez is producer and
Speaker 2: lead sound designer. Alssina Sawe Nozari provided additional sound designer.
Speaker 2: Daniel Martinez is a production sound mixer. Matthew Wong is
Speaker 2: a composer. Theme music by Ryo Baum and Robert Garova.
Speaker 2: Artwork by Justin d.
Speaker 12: Lee.
Speaker 2: This episode was recorded at Hobby Shop West in Highland Park,
Speaker 2: Los Angeles. Michael Elainek is a production sound mixer. Kalema
Speaker 2: Gaston plays Dom Morgan's Smith plays Leslie, Anthony Gonzalez plays Keating,
Speaker 2: Christopher Gerse plays Wyatt, Satchen Bat plays Cardick Chatterjee. Rachel
Speaker 2: Michiko Whitney plays Fay Fong, Sam Duffy plays the Looter.
Speaker 2: Clayton Stocker Myers plays the guard. Tony Diamatto plays person
Speaker 2: in Line You Feel In This Too is a production
Speaker 2: of iHeartRadio and Overtones Media