1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: Two dead, a thousand structures destroyed, numerous people injured, eighty 2 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: thousand people evacuated, twenty two square miles burned, half a 3 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: million people without power, one hundred schools closed. LA is 4 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 1: on fire, and a lot of residents are on the run. 5 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: Hello everybody to the special edition of Amy and TJ 6 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: covering the mess that we are all witnessing from afar, 7 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: many of us, but many are experienced experiencing it in 8 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: southern California as those fires continue to burn out of control, 9 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: very limited containment out there because of those winds. Again, 10 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: we're talking about winds that are sixty to one hundred 11 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: miles an hour, that is strong enough to be a tornado. 12 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: And the fire chief out there and many have talked 13 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: about that fact that imagine a hurricane, imagine a tornado, 14 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: but instead of just whipping around wind and rain, whipping 15 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: around fire. That is what those folks are dealing with 16 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: right now. It looks like as of this recording, there's 17 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: some relief coming maybe on Thursday and Friday, because firefighters, 18 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: thousands of them out there. They're asking for all duty 19 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 1: folks to even come in. Folks are coming in from 20 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: out of state. They try to help out out there. 21 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 1: They're asking for all hands on deck, but they can't 22 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 1: even do a whole lot because the winds are so strong. 23 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: There's really not a whole lot that can be done. 24 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: They're trying to save lives and save property, but the 25 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: life is the priority and at least too dead as 26 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: of this recording. Like I said, a lot of residents 27 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: are on the run, and among them are several of 28 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: our direct iHeart team, our direct team that works with 29 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: us at iHeart. Many of them, a big chunk of 30 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: them are out in LA and they many of them 31 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: are on the run as well. I talk to several 32 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: of them, and I want to share their stories with 33 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: you now. Eileen, Lorraine, Kinderlen Blair, They're They're all some 34 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: of our people. And one of them I had to 35 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: talk to on the side of the road because that's 36 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: where she had to pull over with her family so 37 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: that she could make the phone call because they are 38 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: on the run right now. Another talk to from the 39 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: lobby of a hotel where she and their family of 40 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: five are waiting to check in to a hotel. Still 41 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: can't get in for the next several hours. But again, 42 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: these are just some of the many, many stories that 43 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: we are seeing and hearing play out in LA right now. 44 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: So right now, I want to share with you the 45 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 1: stories of some of our people who are literally running 46 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: and hoping they'll have a home to go back to. 47 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: And Eileen is with us now, and Eileen, we appreciate 48 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: you taking the time. I know you and your family 49 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,359 Speaker 1: are going through it. But tell me this. First of all, 50 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: you are talking to me from. 51 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 2: I'm talking to you from the west side of LA 52 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,839 Speaker 2: near where we've got evacuated, from where we live. 53 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: But you're physically sitting where. 54 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 2: Right now, I'm physically sitting in a car trying to 55 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: figure out our next move. We got evacuated last night, 56 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 2: so we're at a hotel hell, and then we just 57 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: stepped out to get some food and just kind of 58 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 2: see if we can get back home or close to 59 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 2: home to pick up some more stuff. 60 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 3: But we can't, so we're kind of just figuring out 61 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:09,959 Speaker 3: our next move. 62 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: And when you left, I leaned the house the first time. 63 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: What were you under mandatory evacuation? Did you get a 64 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: heads up or did you all just say, hey, we 65 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: need to get to get the hell on out of here. 66 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 3: So that's a great question. 67 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 2: So it was we from our backyard, we can see 68 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 2: all the flames. 69 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 3: And we it wasn't that close. 70 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 2: But I started to get worried, and then they evacuated 71 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 2: my kids' school, and then he came home and he 72 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 2: was really scared, and I was like, we got to 73 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 2: get ahead of this. 74 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 3: So we did get mandatory evacuated. 75 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 2: But we did leave about an hour before we got 76 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 2: the call, just to get a hotel because all the 77 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 2: hotels were sold out. So we left a little bit 78 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 2: before we were mandated to evacuate. 79 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: What what would you say you got out of there 80 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: just in the nick of time? Do you? I mean? What? 81 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: How much of a threat is you? All's home still 82 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: under right now? 83 00:03:58,360 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: So we're we're on the I. 84 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 2: Our house is literally on the border of the Palisades 85 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 2: and Brentwood, So we weren't in like immediate threat, but 86 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 2: because the winds are the winds were ferocious last night. 87 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 2: They were so bad and we don't know which are 88 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 2: you're gonna they were gonna blow and I don't want 89 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 2: to be sleeping, you know, and watch them. 90 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 3: We just didn't know, so we just we wanted to leave. 91 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: Plus I've kids and they were scared, so we just 92 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 2: knew that it was obvious to leave. 93 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: Ilean ten with their ages. Your kids. 94 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 3: Wait, I have a twelve year old and fourteen year old, 95 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 3: and my fourteen year old school is in the Palisades 96 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 3: and it's gone. 97 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: It's now you will to pick up a family of four. 98 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 1: I think you said you went to the store and 99 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: you were trying to buy some stuff because you left 100 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: the house and had nothing. But what do you all 101 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: physically have in terms of possessions right now? On you? 102 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 2: So we left when all this happened. We left, and 103 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 2: I just I looked around. I'm like, I don't really 104 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 2: have only have anything to take. 105 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 3: I got my kids, so I we just left. I 106 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 3: packed nothing. 107 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 2: I took my computer and my and my bag with 108 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 2: my wallet, and literally my my kids grab their chargers 109 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 2: and their iPads, and then we just left. I just 110 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 2: didn't think we'd be out that long. I mean, hopefully 111 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 2: it we'll be back soon. But I know there are 112 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 2: people that are just so much worse than us. That 113 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 2: we have so many friends that lost their homes. 114 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, how long have you been in the 115 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: LA Area. 116 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 3: I've been here, O, my goodness, almost twenty years. I'm 117 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 3: actually from New York. 118 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: Okay, you've been there twenty years. Folks that live in 119 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: LA are accustomed to these to fires, these these wind 120 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: whipped fires oftentimes. But so much of what I've been 121 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: hearing from people I talked to and just news coverage 122 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 1: and what I've been reading from folks that this is 123 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: different for some reason because of location and because just 124 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,559 Speaker 1: of just how ferocious this thing is. Does this feel 125 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: different than years past? 126 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it's one hundred percent. 127 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 2: Like when I see fires on the news, they're usually 128 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 2: like in I mean, of course they're horrible, but they're 129 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 2: like in a field somewhere and they're burning like trees 130 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 2: and grass. 131 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 3: Which is bad. But to see it happen, you know. 132 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 2: In your town, where your kids' school is, your grocery store, 133 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 2: it's just and and there's nothing you can do because 134 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 2: the winds are so bad. You just everyone's just watching 135 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 2: it on. I mean, their homes burned like live and 136 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 2: there's nothing you can do. It's so different when it's 137 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 2: like people, you know, and a town as opposed to 138 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 2: like a field somewhere. 139 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: Well, give me an idea of what LA looks like, 140 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 1: because I've been on the phone. I was on the 141 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: phone a short time ago with a friend in La 142 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: and the description of just how armageddon like if you 143 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: will the skies and just how it's scary the place 144 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: looks right now? Can you just kind of describe the 145 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: look of La? 146 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 3: So, I think the word we've been using is I 147 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 3: don't can say it right? Is a po apocalyptic? Is that? What? 148 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,679 Speaker 3: With mi? One of my kids is with me? It's spent? 149 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 2: I mean it was obviously yesterday was frightening because it 150 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 2: just started. And last night when it's so dark you 151 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 2: just see like orange, and it was it's just so scary. 152 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 3: So I would say, like like apocalyptic? Would you say that? Yeah? 153 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 1: What do you do? I mean, how do you in 154 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 1: a situation like this given the ages of your kids? 155 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 1: They're they're not babies necessarily, but they're also not adults. 156 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: They are not teenagers, not high schoolers. I mean, what, 157 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: how how have you been talking and guiding and I 158 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: don't know, you're scared yourself? How do you go about 159 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: keeping them calm through this? All? 160 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 4: You know? 161 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 3: I know we're going to be fine. 162 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 2: I mean, like I said, a lot of people lost 163 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 2: so much, so we're so grateful. My older one is fourteen, 164 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 2: and I think he's kind of he's okay. I don't 165 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 2: think he realizes just like he's not. His school's gone 166 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 2: and stuff. But my twelve year old really scared and 167 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 2: that was like the main reason why I left. He 168 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 2: was really really scared. 169 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 3: And you know that he. 170 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 2: Woke up last night a few times thinking our hotel 171 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 2: wasn't further enough away from the fire and we should 172 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 2: go somewhere else. So it's really hard. I mean, these 173 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 2: kids have seen so much that, you know, in their life, between. 174 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 3: COVID and now this. It's just it's hard. 175 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 2: But they're doing great, you know, Like I said, we're 176 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 2: grateful that we're all together and you know, we got 177 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 2: a place to stay. 178 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: You know what, what has the conversation been like with 179 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: Like I said, you've got a hotel, and I'm sure 180 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: you run to other people. Everybody's in the same situation 181 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: out there. But I guess what is the Oftentimes in 182 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: situations like this, we see people come together and nables, 183 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: neighbors helping one another. But I guess, give me a 184 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: sense of the folks who are in the same boat, 185 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: how what the feel and the mood and how the 186 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: interactions have been. 187 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 2: Sure, sure, so we're on on so many group chats 188 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 2: with so many friends just about evacuation and where they're staying, 189 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 2: and like, we have a great team at work that 190 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 2: everyone's just kind of checking in with each other and 191 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 2: if anyone needs anything, if anyone's pets need to go anywhere, 192 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 2: if anyone needs a place to stay, we have so 193 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 2: many offers, and it's been like overwhelmingly with like just 194 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 2: so many great people willing to help. 195 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: Well, I only we appreciate you jumping on here and 196 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: again it's you're taking the time and you're telling a 197 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:49,559 Speaker 1: story that's going to help give perspective to this story 198 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: to a lot of other people across the country. So 199 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: just please know it's it really is appreciated that you 200 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: and your family would just even take a few minutes 201 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: with us. So thank you so much, Eleen. 202 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you. 203 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 5: You all right, I'll be safe out there, thank you. 204 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 5: And another one of. 205 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: Our colleagues, producer that works with us, Lorraine, is out 206 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: there in southern California as well, at a hotel with 207 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: her family and Lorraine, I want to say thank you 208 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: first of all for taking any time with us, giving 209 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: what you all are going through. But do you know 210 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,079 Speaker 1: right now the status of your home that you had 211 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: to evacuate. 212 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 6: I don't. I have no idea what's going on in 213 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 6: that pocket of Lacagnata. And I'm you know, coming through 214 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 6: every app and next door trying to get information, but 215 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 6: there's nothing about where we are specifically. So it's really 216 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 6: frustrating praying. 217 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: For a lot of people. Give us the best ideas 218 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: you can geographically where your home is compared to I 219 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: guess so much of what people have been seeing on 220 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: TV about the Palisades fire, the Eating Fire, the hurt, 221 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: but can you give us an idea of where your 222 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: home is and just how I guess close these fires 223 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: A get into it. 224 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 6: So the fire that has displaced my family is the 225 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 6: Eating fire, and that's the one that originated Eaton Canyon, 226 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 6: and that's in Alcadena and locking out of flint Ridge, 227 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 6: which is where my family lives. We are right next door, 228 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 6: so we are like JPL is in Alta Dina and 229 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 6: that is also like adjacent to our town. And it's 230 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 6: a very small town. I think it's like a population 231 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 6: twenty two thousand people and the entire town was evacuated 232 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 6: this morning. I got, you know, all the emergency texts 233 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 6: started coming in at five am. My friend, my best 234 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:50,079 Speaker 6: friend was calling me, and then I was like, oh 235 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 6: my god. And it was of course dark because we 236 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 6: lost power last night. So I just had to start packing, 237 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 6: you know, and and I was still half asleep, like 238 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 6: wouldn't even think about what I was packing. And if 239 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 6: you know, I was like, where's the Living Trust? You know, 240 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 6: where are my mom's pictures, like all the things that 241 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 6: matter to me? 242 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:08,719 Speaker 3: The ray? 243 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: What time a night was it you were doing that? 244 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,559 Speaker 6: It was it was five am this morning? It was 245 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 6: it was still very dark. We went to bed last night, 246 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 6: you know, seeing the flames in through a window, going well, 247 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 6: it's still in Altadena, you know, it'll take a long 248 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,079 Speaker 6: time to pop over. And then when we woke up, 249 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 6: you know, and it was still nighttime. 250 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 4: It was just. 251 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 6: Real flames a lot and it had grown, and we're like, 252 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:35,559 Speaker 6: oh god, this is it, Like this is going to 253 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 6: be us, and sure enough, you know, the phone started 254 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 6: going off. 255 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: I have to ask, what kind of night's sleep did 256 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: you get knowing the fire is out the window, knowing 257 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: all the warnings were giving. Was that a difficult night sleep? 258 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,079 Speaker 1: Because you know you might wake up and the flame 259 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 1: is right outside of the window. 260 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, I know it was. It was one of those 261 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 6: things where, you know, my husband and my two kids, 262 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 6: the four of us just kind of cuddled in bed 263 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 6: and I would check on my dad. But I mean 264 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 6: it was I think I was just so emotionally drained 265 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 6: from yesterday being worried losing power for hours, you know, 266 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 6: with two kids. It was just I was exhausted, and 267 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 6: I'm like, well, let's let's see what happened. I was 268 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:17,719 Speaker 6: just hoping my my cell phone would last overnight. That 269 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 6: was my main thing. I just want my cell phone 270 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 6: to have enough battery, you know. 271 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: Learn how did you all go about making the decision 272 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: to when to evacuate? I know the mandatory one came, 273 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: but how were you all weighing the decision before that, 274 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 1: of when you all were going to decide to maybe 275 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 1: go ahead and get out of there. 276 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 6: I think that because we're never been through this before, 277 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 6: this is the first time, we just we actually didn't 278 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 6: even think about what if this happened to us. 279 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 3: I don't know why. 280 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 6: I don't know if we were just like in l 281 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 6: La Land, but we weren't really worried about ourselves. We 282 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,599 Speaker 6: were watching the news going on, My god, look at it. 283 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 6: Poor these poor folks in the palisade, Like you know, 284 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 6: we were those people and then you know a few 285 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 6: hours later that was us. So it just happened so fast, 286 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 6: it really does. I know it's an overnight thing, but 287 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 6: it's just shocking at five am to you know, to 288 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,719 Speaker 6: start grabbing everything, knowing that you might never come back 289 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 6: to your stuff. And it almost felt I know, it 290 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 6: sounds really weird to say, but it almost was kind 291 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:21,559 Speaker 6: of freeing. It's kind of like, well, guess what, I 292 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 6: don't really need all this stuff. All I need are 293 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 6: just a few, you know, pictures of my mom and 294 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 6: my kids, and and some documents. And I'm okay, you know, 295 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 6: so I just felt okay about that. 296 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: That is great perspective, Lorine. Thank you for that. You've 297 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,439 Speaker 1: You've actually gotten me emotional with that. You make such 298 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 1: a good point of so much. So many things we 299 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: hold onto in value, that a material that mean nothing 300 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: in the grand scheme of things, They. 301 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 6: Really do, They really mean nothing. Of course, my husband, 302 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 6: can I just tell you though I did. I snuck 303 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 6: in a fight with him this morning because here I 304 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 6: am taking in all like just grabbing the things that 305 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 6: are super necessary. And here I find he saved a 306 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 6: nineteen nineties cam quarter that doesn't even work like a 307 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 6: cam quarter. 308 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:13,079 Speaker 3: He saved it. 309 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: You know that is perspective. You know what, That's a 310 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: great story. And you put a smile on my face 311 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: after making me cry before order my face with that. 312 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: Thank you so touch for that story. Can you tell 313 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: me didn't didn't you say that this house you will 314 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: haven't been in this house long or this neighborhood. 315 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 4: Long, correct? 316 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 6: Yeah, we used to live in West Hollywood and we 317 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 6: moved to Locking Down of flint Ridge in September. It 318 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 6: was our dream neighborhood and we've loved it ever since. 319 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 6: And now we've been. 320 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: Displaced September twenty four. 321 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 6: Yeah, September twenty twenty fourth, Lorrain. 322 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: You just moved into this dream neighborhood and dream home 323 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: months ago, and right now as you speak to me, 324 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: you don't know if the thing is still standing exactly. 325 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 3: Yeah. 326 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: Yeah. Tell me how the kids are doing. 327 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 6: I mean, they're just they're kind of happy that school 328 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 6: has been canceled for the entire school district of Laciata 329 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 6: for the week, So they're happy about that, but they're 330 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 6: annoyed because we're in the lobby of the double Tree. 331 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 6: They won't check us in until three pm, and so 332 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 6: we're just sitting here in the lobby watching the news 333 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 6: and waiting, you know, waiting to get into our room 334 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 6: so we can shower and just kind of refresh. 335 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 3: You know. 336 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 6: But they just a lot of people that are staying 337 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 6: here have been displaced. I met some people from Altadena. 338 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 6: I mean, you could just tell, you could just tell 339 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 6: the clients here that are definitely homeless. 340 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: Right now, Lorraine, what's the plan? I know you just 341 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: want to get into the room and maybe want to 342 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: get some rest when you can check in, But I 343 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: guess what's the plan the rest of the night and 344 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: into the morning. 345 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 6: You know, monitor the apps and the you know, what 346 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 6: the fire is doing in our neck of the woods, 347 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 6: and just hope that some one of these days it's 348 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 6: going to be listed. I don't know how long we 349 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 6: can afford to stay in this hotel, so we might 350 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 6: have to go to my sister in law San Diego. 351 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 6: You know, when it's like this, you just have to 352 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 6: take it literally minute at a time, you know, like 353 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 6: it's just this hour, what are we doing? Okay? I 354 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 6: can't even think about tomorrow. 355 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 3: I'm being honest, it's Lorraine, you know what. 356 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: That is absolutely fair and you have a perspective and look, 357 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: I know it's been tough, but there's something in your 358 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: voice that sounds confident and assured, and for some reason 359 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: it's making us all feel a little better. So for that, 360 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: I thank you, and I'm sure it's a reassuring to 361 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 1: your family as well. But I know you have to 362 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: be going through it yourself while you're still keeping everybody 363 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: there calm and safe and maybe even upbeat. So Lorraine, 364 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: you taking the time here with me is a really 365 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: big deal. So thank you, thank you, Thank you so much, 366 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: and I promise you we'll be checking back in. 367 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 6: With you glad to do it. Thank you so much. TJ, 368 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 6: have a good one. Appreciate you. 369 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 7: By guys, What is that I. 370 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 1: Hear in your voice? Kendle? Okay, oh where are you 371 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: right now? So? 372 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 4: I live in Brentwood, but last night I evacuated and 373 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 4: now I'm in Orange County, which I feel so much 374 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:19,640 Speaker 4: better being here. 375 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,400 Speaker 1: Now, Why do you say that for folks who don't 376 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: who aren't out there and not as familiar with the geography. 377 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: Why is it you feel better where you are now, well. 378 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 4: There's obviously like still fires that may come to this area, 379 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 4: but when you're in Brentwater anywhere near the Los Angeles area, 380 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 4: the air quality is just terrible. And you know, the 381 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 4: roads are completely gridlocked, and the grocery stores like I 382 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 4: was in Whole Foods, and people it's like the purge 383 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 4: like COVID, Like everyone's freaking out. And you know, I 384 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 4: was at the gas station getting gas before I like evacuated, 385 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 4: and there was like all these cute families next to me, 386 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 4: like crying because they came from Palisades and they lost 387 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 4: their house, and it literally felt like a nightmare. 388 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 7: So now I'm in an area where, you know, it 389 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,919 Speaker 7: feels a little bit more normal. But it's just crazy 390 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 7: to think what's going on, honestly, you know. 391 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: When you've heard a few stories and descriptions, but I 392 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: like to hear yours. What does La look like right now? 393 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 1: I just hear the skies are gray, and like you, 394 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: I haven't heard anybody describe the stuff in the grocery store. 395 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: But to think back to COVID times and people were 396 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: that whole thing, and people crying at the gas station, 397 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 1: but just putting I guess described for me in your words, 398 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 1: what does La look like right now right? 399 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,199 Speaker 4: And to give you like a background, like I'm from 400 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 4: the Midwest, I'm used the tornadoes, so this for me 401 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 4: my first time like dealing with this and the air, 402 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 4: like I will send you some photos. It is like 403 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 4: pitch black and it almost feels like it's like eighty 404 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 4: ninety degrees outside and it's hot and humid, and it 405 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 4: smells like fire, and it just feels like a ghost town. 406 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 4: Like there's literally Christmas trees that were like on the 407 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 4: side of the road needing to get picked up because 408 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 4: people were cleaning this week, and those are like in 409 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 4: the middle of the road. Like everything's just flying everywhere. 410 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 4: I mean, it literally just feels like it's an abandoned 411 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 4: town honestly. 412 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: And Kendall, you you evacuated, but was this a mandatory evacuation? 413 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 4: So I live in an area where I was one 414 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 4: block away from the mandatory evacuation. So I just decided, 415 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 4: rather than just sleeping and worrying, I was going to 416 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 4: get out before the night because it did get worse. 417 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 4: So I voluntary evacuated. But my apartment has no power 418 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 4: and it has limited water. 419 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,400 Speaker 1: It's still standing as far as you know, yes, okay, 420 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: how did you go about making that decision? I've heard 421 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: different stories from people making the decision about when to evacuate. 422 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 1: Of course they did when evacuation orders came, but how 423 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 1: did you go about balancing sticking around versus going ahead 424 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 1: and getting out of there and win? 425 00:19:58,880 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 6: Right? 426 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,879 Speaker 4: So I was content, Like I said, like, I literally 427 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 4: have been in Los Angeles for a couple of years now, 428 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 4: and I'm clueless on how to deal with the fire. 429 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,120 Speaker 4: So I went to the grocery store and I went 430 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 4: to the gas station to prepare if I needed to evacuate, 431 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 4: and just seeing how everyone acted around me, I was 432 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 4: it was clear that, like this is serious and I 433 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 4: should probably figure out where I'm going to go. So 434 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 4: I have a dog, and I kept thinking about, like 435 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 4: if I need to take my dog to the bathroom, 436 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 4: like outside is not safe, and you know, I don't 437 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 4: know what's with these what are they called embers? Like 438 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,199 Speaker 4: they kept telling us about these embers and how they 439 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 4: could spark an apartment or even anywhere I'm close by, 440 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 4: and I just was getting stressed out about it. So 441 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,399 Speaker 4: I just chose to get in my car at eight 442 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 4: pm last night, and I'd rather just get away and 443 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 4: stay somewhere safe than wait till the last minute and 444 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 4: be stranded and have to leave my car or anything 445 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 4: scary that people have been having to do. 446 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 1: So Ken, where are you staying now? 447 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 7: I'm an Orange County. 448 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,360 Speaker 4: I'm in like Anaheim area, and it's very very windy here, 449 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,120 Speaker 4: but the skies are completely like normal and the sun 450 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,640 Speaker 4: is out. So I'm just thankful that waiting it out 451 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 4: and seeing what's happening. But unfortunately, like I have a 452 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 4: lot of best friends whose parents have lost their homes 453 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 4: and it's just crazy. 454 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,439 Speaker 1: Now are you able, because again I've heard different stories 455 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,880 Speaker 1: people struggling to get hotel rooms, and of course people 456 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,400 Speaker 1: have friends and family where you did have a difficult 457 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,400 Speaker 1: time finding a getting a roof over your head. 458 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 7: I guess I should no, but I actually like it's amazing. 459 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 4: I went to the first hotel like off an exit 460 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 4: where I felt like it was safe, and I have 461 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 4: a dog and usually they don't allow dogs, and they 462 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 4: let my dog come and they gave me a bunch 463 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,440 Speaker 4: of vouchers for like food and drink, for in room 464 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 4: dining and stuff. 465 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 7: So it's been actually great where I've. 466 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: Been have you seen that. I know you described some 467 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: of the I mean seeing some of the people in 468 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,920 Speaker 1: the grocery stores and people crying at at the gas station, 469 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: but what have you also noticed about people in terms 470 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: of right? People often come together at times to help 471 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: each other out, helping a neighbor out. But what is 472 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: the feel in the mood you're sensing from the people 473 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: you are able to interact with. 474 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, even strangers and people I know, I feel like 475 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 4: everyone's kind of like this they've never experienced before. Like 476 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 4: a lot of my friends, my boyfriend, they're from the valley, 477 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 4: they're from LA, They're used to fires, and they're like, 478 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 4: this is some thing we have never seen before. We 479 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 4: honestly don't know what to do and how to act. 480 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:15,120 Speaker 4: So it's honestly just the unknown for a lot of people, 481 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 4: which is definitely freaky to me. 482 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 1: What is your plan now for the next several hours? 483 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:21,640 Speaker 1: And I guess day or two. 484 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's my Fuctor actually reached out and he was like, 485 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 4: the air quality where I live is terrible, so I regardless, 486 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 4: I'm just going to stay away even if the fire 487 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 4: is not right where my place is. If it gets 488 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,159 Speaker 4: better or anything, So I'm just planning to stay at 489 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,679 Speaker 4: a hotel for another night, and just going day by 490 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 4: day and seeing what I should do. 491 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,479 Speaker 1: You said, you're from the Midwest. Your family's still back 492 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 1: in the Midwest. 493 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 7: Most of them, right, Yeah, they're still in the Midwest. 494 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 7: I'm from Indiana, Okay. 495 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: I can imagine the phone calls and the text messages 496 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 1: you've been getting from your phones. 497 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 3: I know. 498 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 7: I mean they are like, they just don't understand. They're 499 00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 7: not used to fires like this. 500 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 4: So I'm just like, I'm just going with it and 501 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:04,719 Speaker 4: following everyone's lead and just doing what I can. 502 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 1: Yeah. That's funny when you say you're from the Midwest, 503 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: so I don't get that either, right, fires, I'm from 504 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 1: the South. Tornado what we understand, but to hear the 505 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: fire officials talk about, yeah, imagine, is this is just 506 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: that some of these winds are a tornado just with fire, 507 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 1: I mean, just win and debris. When she said that, 508 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,479 Speaker 1: I said, oh, I get it. That's scary as hell. 509 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, Like I have seen some gnarly tornadoes and this, 510 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 4: like the fact it comes with fire, the strong winds 511 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,680 Speaker 4: is just crazy to see. Like I was standing on 512 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 4: the roof of my apartment yesterday when it really started, 513 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 4: and just watching it from Afar was crazy, like I 514 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 4: have never seen anything like this. 515 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: Well, Kendall, I know you got a lot going on 516 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 1: out there, but just taking the time and sharing your 517 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 1: story and helping add a voice and an experience to it. 518 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: For the rest of us in the country who aren't 519 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: out there, it helps us understand and experience what you all. 520 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 1: We can't really imagine what you all are experiencing, but 521 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: it really is important and I'm grateful that you took 522 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 1: time to tell your story. So thank you so so much, 523 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:12,679 Speaker 1: and please please please stay safe out there, all right, of. 524 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 7: Course we'll do thinking of everybody, all. 525 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: Right, I see you kindle Bye Blair. How are you doing. 526 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 8: I'm okay. I'm safe right now, which is good, but 527 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:32,679 Speaker 8: little shaken up. 528 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 1: Where are you right now? 529 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 8: I'm in Marina del Rey, and I came from Brentwood. 530 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 1: Oh goodness, brent Wood was yours a mandatory evacuation. 531 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 8: I'm on the. 532 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 9: Cusp of the mandatory evacuation, but I decided to leave 533 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 9: last night because we were worried that we might get 534 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 9: a warning at like three in the morning and have 535 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:56,479 Speaker 9: to go somewhere. 536 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 1: Now, how did you go about I'm curious here, Blake, 537 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 1: because I'm here different stories where like people have different 538 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: reasonings and different logic for how they decided to evacuate. 539 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: Some waited for the mandatory, some didn't wait at all, 540 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,439 Speaker 1: Some were trying to balance. Some were like, I want 541 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: to stay in my house. How did you go about 542 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: making that decision and balancing when it was time to 543 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: get out of there? 544 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 8: So I was watching the news all day, just kind 545 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:24,879 Speaker 8: of glancing at it. 546 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 9: It was on mute because I was working, and I 547 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,120 Speaker 9: didn't really start to get really worried about it until 548 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 9: about like four o'clock when I saw went from like 549 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 9: seven hundred acres to twelve hundred acres and I was like, oh, okay, 550 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 9: so this is getting This is not contained at all. 551 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 9: And we weren't in the evacuation zone, but my apartment 552 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 9: was shaking and my windows were rattling, and so my 553 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 9: boyfriend and I were like pretty freaked out. And he's 554 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 9: also from the UK, so he was in like a 555 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 9: total panic because he's like not used. 556 00:25:59,240 --> 00:25:59,919 Speaker 1: To this at all. 557 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 8: He was like, we need to go right now. 558 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 1: For the listeners here, the winds were so strong that 559 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: you were your building and your windows were shaking from 560 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: all those wing gusts. 561 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 6: Is that right? 562 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 9: Yes, yeah, so my building's pretty old, so I will 563 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 9: say like that had probably a lot to do with it. 564 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 9: But the windows in the bedroom were shaking back and 565 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 9: forth like so loudly, like we couldn't even be in 566 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 9: there now. 567 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: That Again, I'm from the South, I know tornadoes, but 568 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,200 Speaker 1: to hear them talk about out there that this the 569 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 1: winds are so strong, as strong as a tornado. The 570 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: tornado just is whipping around fire that is terrifying to 571 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: even imagine. 572 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 8: Yeah, it was. It was pretty freaky. 573 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 9: And so around like six o'clock we were debating, like, Okay, 574 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 9: do we go now? 575 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 8: Do we wait it out longer? 576 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 9: And my my boyfriend got a call from one of 577 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 9: his friends who works in the fire department up in 578 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 9: the Bay Area in California, and he was like, you 579 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 9: guys should probably just go now because it looks like 580 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 9: things are going to get worse and it's better to 581 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 9: be safe than sorry. So we started packing go bags 582 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 9: and you know, figuring out what to do next steps, 583 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 9: and we. 584 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 8: Left last night. 585 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: How long did it take you when you started packing up, 586 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 1: from the time you made the decision to the time 587 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 1: you walked out the door. 588 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 8: It took me. 589 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 9: Longer then I wanted, because I found myself going around 590 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,440 Speaker 9: my house or my apartment and like, you know, taking 591 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 9: things off the shelf, like, oh, I need I need 592 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 9: to bring this this thing my sister got me, and 593 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 9: this thing my mom got me. And my boyfriend's like 594 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 9: you need to pack socks like toothpaste, and like, right, 595 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 9: I need to pack that. But it took us about, like, honestly, 596 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 9: like forty five minutes. But that's just because I was, 597 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 9: you know, dilly dialing. But we got out of there 598 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:56,159 Speaker 9: pretty quickly, filled up the car with gas, and we 599 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 9: got stuck in traffic, but we got to Marina within 600 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,359 Speaker 9: like the hour, and. 601 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 1: Blair, we're smiling and laugh a little bit about your 602 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 1: uh right, there's a fire on the way and you're 603 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: going through the house trying to grab certain items that 604 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 1: your mama got you for Christmas ten years ago. But 605 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:15,160 Speaker 1: I that kind of makes sense, So help us understand 606 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 1: a little bit. I've never been in that position to 607 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 1: where I'm walking out of a house and I know 608 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: I might not ever get to come back to it. 609 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: So what does that feel like to where you're in 610 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: the home and thinking I better grab every valuable thing 611 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 1: or anything that means anything to me. 612 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 9: I mean, it was honestly like total panic because I 613 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 9: just looked around. 614 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 8: I was like, like what do I do? 615 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 9: Like what am I supposed to grab? Like what will 616 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 9: I come to when I get some Marina? What will 617 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 9: I look in my bag and go Okay, this is here, 618 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 9: this is here. That's not there, and that's a problem. 619 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 9: So and I have my apartment is filled with a 620 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 9: lot of like sentimental things. So it was really really 621 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 9: difficult to honestly have to go by like Okay, this 622 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 9: is more important to me, that this is more important 623 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 9: to me. And I ended up leaving a lot of 624 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 9: stuff behind. I'm still thinking about it right now, like 625 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 9: thinking about that stuff that's sitting in there. 626 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 8: But it was It's hard, It was awful. 627 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: Have you all gotten an update about your home? Do 628 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,640 Speaker 1: you know if flames are getting closer? What's the latest 629 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 1: from your home? 630 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 8: Everything is fine right now, which is great. I was 631 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 8: worried that we'd wake up in the. 632 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 9: Middle of the night and get some really bad news, 633 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 9: but as of right now, we're still we're still on 634 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 9: the cusps, so we're doing okay. 635 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 1: What's your plan now, I guess what you're going to 636 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: do for the next several hours and into tomorrow. 637 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 6: What is it? 638 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 1: A lot of just watching the news, staying on the 639 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: phone and sitting and waiting. 640 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 8: It's a lot of playing it by ear. 641 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 9: We don't really have a solidified plan, but we're safe 642 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 9: right now, which I think is all that matters. 643 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: Ever been through anything like this, No how long you've 644 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: been in LA. 645 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,959 Speaker 8: Been in LA for about a year. 646 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 9: But I've lived in California my entire life, and I've 647 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 9: just I've never experienced anything like this. 648 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. Well, Blair, we appreciate you taking a 649 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: few moments out here with us. It sounds like you're 650 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:17,239 Speaker 1: a good place now. But again, I know you got 651 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 1: a lot on your mind, a lot going on, so 652 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 1: just taking a few minutes to give us some time 653 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 1: is a big deal. So I am grateful, But thank 654 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: you and good luck out there, all right. 655 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 8: Thank you, TJ. 656 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: I get our thanks to Eileen, Lorraine, Kendall and Blair 657 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 1: for taking the time to share their stories with us. 658 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: Of course, this isn't a story that's going to be 659 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: going away anytime soon. Hopefully those winds will die down 660 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 1: and the fires will go out, but LA is going 661 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 1: to be hurting and struggling for some time to come. 662 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 1: So please, if you got folks out there, check on them. 663 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:49,240 Speaker 1: And if you are out there, please know we are 664 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: all thinking about you, and please please please be safe. 665 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 1: We will continue to update you on this story. You 666 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 1: can always catch us on the morning Run as we 667 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: give you the news headlines every single day that will 668 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,720 Speaker 1: be in your available for you tomorrow morning as always 669 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 1: would of course uh the latest updates on the fire. 670 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 1: But for now, I'm TJ. Holmes for Amy, a Robot 671 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 1: and us here at Amy and TJ the Podcast. Thanks 672 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: for being with us