This is doctor Wendy Walsh and you're listening to KFI AM six forty, the Doctor Wendy Waalsh Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app I Am six forty. You have Doctor Wendy Walsh with you. This is the Doctor Wendy Walls Show. Obviously, my content is a little different tonight because I have a background as a local news reporter. You may remember me from KCOP and then UPN and where I covered riots, fires, floods and earthquakes. So this is
not new to me. What's going on here today. Reminder to everybody, evacuation orders and warnings are in effect for portions of southern California. The governor has issued a state of emergency as powerful storms hit the region. Most of the cal States are closed. My University cal State Channel Islands is giving the professor's flexibility of deciding whether to go on zoom or not. If you're one of my students who's listening, I've reached out to the library to see if
the librarian can do our library class by zoom. Tomorrow we will see. We're starting to see as predicted, some power outages. Extended power outages can impact an entire community and the economy because they disrupt communications, water transportation, they can close retail businesses, they can cause food to spoil. Obviously, the most dangerous is the prevention of the operation of medical devices. So producer, Kayla, you've been monitoring it. Where do we have power outages right
now? We have some outages in Beverly Hills, Santa Monica. It's looking like some in Winnica, I Prona, there's some in Chatsworth. But and there's a lot of crews working as well. I believe on some power outages. So that's in West Hollywood, certain areas of Los Angeles. Doesn't say it necessarily one hundred percent. Where Granada Hills, people are going through it. It's starting. Yeah. Yeah, what's the longest power outage you've ever
been in? I lived in New Jersey during Hurricane Sandy. So we actually went a couple of days, a couple days, yeah, without power. And you don't even realize how much runs on power until you lose it. Yeah, all your pro teen went bad in the freezer. Yeah, you can't make a coffee. You can't do any coffee, can't no, no coon coffee for three days. It was rough. I think we all need one of those little camp coffee makers at home, just because that really would
be a state of emergency for me. I think with no coffee, that's smart camp coffee, those little things, those little burners, little I don't know. I have at home. One of those little Korean barbecue things you put on the tabletop with the little gas canoo. That's faahy. I take that camping, so that that could work anyways, Start to think about that, folks, where in an atmospheric river. It's another historic storm that we're
experiencing. Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency for eight counties in southern California, including Los Angeles, Orange Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Diego, and San Luis Obispo counties as this series of winter storms continues to impact the state. Santa Barbara Airport is completely closed, no flights flying out there. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning
for central and western Los Angeles County. Now, this warning expires at midnight, but then we'll see what they're going to do next. Because the thing about storms is they have to monitor them to see where they're going. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass urged Angelino's to stay home Sunday and Monday. Oh, she said Monday too. Maybe that does mean I should teach on Zoom. They want the city's emergency operations to have the freedom to get the job done.
LA Unified School District superintendent says that that district plans to keep schools open on Monday. There's one exception though, if you go to Vinedale Elementary School in Sun Valley. That is in a big flood zone, so that is definitely closed. Here's a little rundown of some of the other evacuation orders. Listen closely if you may be in one of these areas. Mandatory evacuations were ordered for people living in unincorporated areas of oh High, including North Fork,
Camino Cielo. Also, evacuation warnings were issued for Ventura, a Ventura RV Resort, the community of Foster Park Camp Chafe, Old Creek Road, structures on Grenada Avenue and Trerello Avenue in unincorporated Camerio. So I guess cal State Channel Islands and came Rio is not being evacuated yet. We will see. What we do know is that these evacuation orders have happened. They are in
effect in all parts in different parts of Ventura County. As a storm continues to move through the region, it is bringing a risk of dangerous flooding. Also into Panga Canyon, we have seen evacuations. An evacuation order was issued for areas along Santa Maria Road that's north of Tapanga Canyon due to a high
risk of mud and debrif flows. Let me tell you, folks, when I was a news reporter, I remember wearing my big rubber boots and my full wet suits if you will, my rainwear, and going to the houses where it was heartbreaking to see people crying on their front lawns with first responders around them, as that hillside behind their house was now sitting in their living
room. These mud slides are no joke. All I could hope is that they had insurance, and of course they were always crying for the things that we care about emotionally, the family photos, the videos, the mementos. I mean, walls and dishes can be replaced, couches can be replaced,
but it's those memories that people want to keep. Deer also, meanwhile, evacuation warnings have been issued for several other unincorporate unincorporated parts of La County near the Agua fire, remember that one, the Bobcat fire, the Lake fire on the Owen fire burn scars. If you are in one of those areas, go online find out if your area was evacuate. These evacuation warnings are not leaving quickly. They are in effect until at least six pm on Tuesday.
Okay, so this is going to continue. This is not a quickie, come and go kind of storm. Also, there are evacuations in Santa Maria Road. Officials issued in evacuation order for residents living in Santa Maria Road. That's Topanga Canyon, as I mentioned, due to the high risk of mud or debris. So we are talking about a multiple day storm that could drop up to eight inches of rain along the coastal and valley areas in the mountains up to twelve inches, and we are expecting that to occur in just
a twenty four to thirty six hour period. I want to explain why it is so dangerous for a huge amount of water to come in such a short period of time. I always use the example, and I think it's a good one of you or kitchen sponge. If it sits on the edge of the sink for too long, it becomes it shrinks, it becomes dry. It is not porous. When you first hold it under the kitchen water, the first thing that happens is the water rolls off before the sponge opens up
and it can absorb it. So when the rain comes fast and pure furious, too quickly and too much. This is what we see in the Southland. Because we're usually accustomed to drier weather, we don't forecasters don't know how heavy this rain will be, how high the winds will be. They are suggesting they could be as high as sixty to eighty miles an hour in higher
mountain areas and along the Golden State five Freeway corridor. If you've ever driven on the five, you're heading to northern California and you feel they actually have signs along the five they say, you know, high gusts or wind warning along this area, and all of a sudden you're like, oh, I actually have to hold the steering wheel now, I can feel the wind really push my car right. And so that's only sort of your average thirty forty
mile at hour winds. We're talking gusts of up to potentially sixty to eighty miles an hour. We do know that rain is continuing to fall across the region as it has done all day to day on Sunday. If you're experiencing anything on the roads or in your area, whether it's flooding, whether it's mud slides, let us know. Give us a call. Call one eight hundred five to zero one KFI. That's one eight hundred five two zero one
five three four. We do know that, given the sheer amounts of rainfall that is expected to fall today and tomorrow, that these rain rates could be highly problematic. We are watching closely for mud and debrief flow issues and swift water moving in our local rivers and streams. This is not a time to go near to the Los Angeles River. We just got an update from San
Bernardino County. They have now declared their own state of emergency. San Bernardino County declared a state of emergency tonight in anticipation of extreme rain and snow that is expected they say today all the way through Wednesday. According to the Board of Supervisor's chair and Third District Supervisor Don Roe, the declaration puts the state and federal government on notice that our residents in San Bernardino County will need their
help. The county is taking all available steps to keep their residents safe, and they're making preparations to meet the needs during and after the storms. Officials there are urging everyone to take necessary precautions avoid unnecessary travel. Also, there's a website you can go to so you can prepare things. You go to prepare dot Sbcounty dot gov for vital Safety information SB standing for San Bernardino.
That's prepare dot Sbcounty, dot gov. So you probably if you live in San Bernardino County already got some kind of phone or text warning in either English or Spanish warning you but the potential for flooding and mudslides. The county is going to continue out in San Bernardino to post these warnings and safety information on its social media platforms. So if you want to follow them on social media,
go to San Bernardino County see what they're telling you. Remember, the National Weather Service has predicted catastrophic and life threatening flooding for the San Bernardino Valley and the coastal slopes of the San Bernardino Mountains. That's tonight through Tuesday and even Wednesday. They're also saying saying that some of the showers and chances the chances of these showers actually might last all the way through until Friday. So
remember travel and commuting will be extremely difficult. If you're experiencing a power failure and your cell phone still working, we'd like to hear from you. We want to know where the power is out and what you're experiencing, what the temperatures like. If you don't have a power failure yet, this might be a good time while the lights are on, to dig out your candles. I've had that situation where the power goes out, it's nighttime. I had
small children with me. We're digging around drawers in the dark. If you're smart enough to happen to have I mean, we're all smart, but if you happen to have flash lights around, make sure the batteries are new good. This is the time. When your lights are on. Go to your flashlights, change the batteries. Go to your drawers, find your lighters and matches. Go get the candles. Get them out because once the lights are
out, it makes it very difficult to do this. We are going to continue to cover this atmospheric river, this historic storm that is happening in Los Angeles. Stay with us here on KFI. You are listening to the Doctor Wendy Wall Show on KFI AM six forty Relive everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. You're listening to Doctor Wendy Walsh on demand from KFI AM six forty. KFI Am six forty, you have Doctor Wendy Walsh with you. This is the
Doctor Wendy Walsh Show. Well, you won't be taking a flight out of Santa Barbara Airport tonight because it is completely closed from our historic well, it's flooding because of this atmospheric river that we're seeing flow across. I keep getting emails from my students saying, do we have class tomorrow? Do we have class tomorrow? We're supposed to have a special class at cal State Channel Islands
with a librarian, so students, I have written to the librarian. I'm going to see if she can be available on zoom and if that is true, then we will do that. So I've mentioned earlier that flooding is how he is the most dangerous part, and driving in your vehicle while flooding is the most dangerous when it comes to these storms. In fact, flooding is the second leading cause of weather related fatalities in the United States in general.
The only I know you're like, what's the first one that has to do with weather? I know you're thinking tornadoes, right, Flooding is the second leading cause of weather related fatalities in the entire country. No, tornadoes aren't number one. No, snowstorms and avalanches are not number one. What else could it be? Hail? A hail on your head could be number one. No, it's excessive heat, and we also have that in California.
So number one is heat. Number two is flooding. According to the National Weather Service, a majority of these flood related deaths are a result of driving through floodwater. So let's talk a little bit. If you are driving, then you do encounter floodwaters, what you need to do to try to save yourself, to keep yourself safe. So, first of all, I've been saying it, everybody's been saying it. Driving through flooded roadways is highly discouraged.
Did you know that just sink six inches of moving water can knock a person down? How often you have you ever stood out at the beach and a little wave came in. It only went halfway up your calves, but the force was so strong that before you knew it, you were down on your butt. We're talking about water moving faster than that, right. Two feet of water can actually sweep away large vehicles, even SUVs and pickup trucks
just twenty four inches of water. Okay. Now, obviously these unexpected situations can occur if you do find yourself trapped in floodwaters. Here are some of the tips to follow. According to the National Weather Service, the one we hear all the time, remain as calm as possible because you need to think clearly, and when you're frightened, you're not making good decisions with your brain. So if you drive into a flooded area you're not sure if you can
get out, then just be take a few deep breasts. It's the first thing I want you to do. They recommend that you turn your head lights on and your hazard lights on, your foreways and your headlines headlights. This helps first responders locate you. Now, flood waters may begin to rise around your car. If the water is not moving, this is important. They could be just rising up because it's coming in from somewhere else, and it's just getting deeper in this low lying area where the road is. Then get
out of your car as fast as possible and move to higher ground. But listen closely. Do not leave your car if water is moving around your vehicle. Because the water, if it's not strong enough to sweep your vehicle away, it may be strong enough to sweep you away. You have no idea until you're in it, and then it's knocked you off your feet. The Natural Weather Service suggests that you lower your window very slowly. Apparently I didn't
know this. Most electric windows work unless the car is completely submerged in water. I've always had that thought, you know, if I'm driving in a flood zone, and how will electric windows work? But apparently they will still work. It is suggested that you do not break your window. Okay, only break your window if it's a last resort. And I don't even know how you break your window. What are you going to use? Hi heel? I don't know. You're gonna need something hard. Who drives around with
the hammer? I don't know if you can lower your windows, climb out and get to higher ground as soon as possible, and call nine one one These flood safety tips can save a life. If anybody is going on the roads tonight, make sure you understand that if a barricade has been put out by law enforcement, you don't violate it. You don't go around. This is not the night for that. Again, we are in a state of emergency in southern California. Evacuation orders and warnings are an effect in portions of
southern California. The governor has issued a statewide state of emergency, and we don't know what's going to happen come midnight. The state of emergency is going until midnight. After that, we're going to wait for more instructions. Most of the cal State universities have been closed. Cal State Channel Islands, where I teach has been telling professors to use their good judgment about whether to come in or whether to do their classes by zoom. There are eight counties in
southern California where the governor has declared a state of emergency. Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County. As I mentioned earlier, Bernardino County has issued its own state of emergency now, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, San Diego County, San Luis Obispo counties. This is a series of winter storms that has continued to impact the entire state. And
this is a storm that may not leave early. There is word that it actually may go through until Tuesday, right, So it's a quick one. We have a caller on the phone, by the way. If you're anywhere and you have news for us about what's happening in your area regarding this storm, give us a call. The number is one eight hundred five two zero one KFI. That's one eight hundred and five two zero one five three four. Okay, I think we have a caller now, Hi, it's Hi.
ITT's doctor Wendy. Hi, doctor Wendy. Who's this? You remember that? My name is Jeff, Hi, Jeff and Hi. Do you remember back in the eighties when we had those zonings and the waves were crashing on pas and had all those horrible mudslines. Oh yeah, I was a news reporter covering it. Words. It wasn't called atmosphereic, you know what burgularies. Burgularies used to not be called home invasion robberies either. But I mean we never had weather like that since you know, in the eighties when
all those Alminos went through. You think it was worse then really, oh about the same waves. I think it was way worse. Waves were crashing on PCH and they were bringing you know, all those houses were evacuated. It was causing mudslides. Remember when PCH. Remember driving from Santa Monica to PCH. The mud slides were so great that wasn't PCH like at least one
of the lanes or two closed for like months and months. And then in the early nineties, I remember that was I think eighty five Almino eighty four eighty five is when actual waves were crash. I mean I remember I was with friends and we actually went out onto a house where ways were crashing through the living room and crashing on the What were you doing there, Jeff? What were you doing there? I remember, while we're having storm memories in
California that are so dear to our heart. In two thousand and five, I was living in Venice Beach and you know how they put up the berm, right, the big sand berm to keep the waves in the front of the winter storms coming in to flood the houses. And so there were crowds of people standing up at the berm watching something. So I had like a kid on one hip, you know, a toddler, and another one by the hand, and I go, let's go see, let's go see,
and we're standing up there. I remember specifically, it was like December of two thousand and five, right around Christmas, and we're standing up on the top of the berm and we're watching something that they called then monster waves. Monster waves crash on the Venice Pier and take out the bathrooms. By the way, they never rebuilt those bathrooms. That was it, and part of
the pier. And as I'm sitting there watching these monster waves and the people are cheering, I'm thinking this, what if this turns out to be like one of those videos you see on the news where as you're watching it, you know the aftermath, you're saying, why are the people just standing there? Don't they know these waves are going to come and take them. I took my kids and I ran inside. Anyway, Jeff, thanks for calling. You're right. We do give things new adjectives all the time to impress
upon people. I can't say it enough, no matter how much we warn people, no matter how much the city or county officials come out, talk about state of emergency, tell people to stay home. There's always some knuckleheads. There's some knuckleheads who do the darnedest things and then it costs all of us money, you know, not to mention the loss of life and the damages, but all of us as first responders are heading out there, so they do this as a precaution. You know, if you don't need to
go out, don't go out. That's basically how it works, right, You stay home in the big storms. This is a time to cuddle with your loved ones, cook something delicious and yeah, find out where the batteries are for your flashlight, find out where your candles are. You never know. We're starting to see more power outages. Let's talk about some of the evacuation orders that are happening. Oh, we have to go to break. When we come back, we'll talk about more evacuation orders and the latest from
LAUSD. You are listening to the Doctor Wendy wallsh Show on KFI AM six forty. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. You're listening to Doctor Wendy Walsh on demand from KFI AM six forty. I can stand the rain, KF I am six forty you of doctor Wendy Walsh with you. I am here with you during this storm. We're all going to be okay, all right, as long as we do what we're supposed to do, keep calm and keep safe. Earlier today, our Mayor Karen Bass held a press conference
to warn Angelino's of the severity of this current storm. Angelinos, My pledge to you is to keep you informed and to make sure that the city is operating in an all hands on deck manner to keep Angelino safe. Storms can change quickly, but let me be clear, this storm is a serious weather event. This has the potential to be a historic storm, severe winds,
thunderstorms, and even brief tornadoes. This morning, the city issued its first evacuation order related to this storm, and out of an abundance of caution. Residents along a portion of Latuna Canyon Road should have already evacuated because of the increased risk of significant flooding, mud slides, and sediment flow due to the burn scars left by the twenty twenty two landfire. If you are in this
area and have not yet done so, please evacuate immediately. Our emergency Operations Center is coordinating the information flow and is staffed by many different city departments as well as leaisons to region regional agencies. This this storm will flow without regard to city limits, our jurisdictional distinction, so we are all working closely with
county, state, and federal officials. Our Emergency Operations Center is designed for earthquakes, fires, and storms like these, with a way for each and every city department to be plugged in, so the City of Los Angeles is activated and ready to go. This is all part of our continued proactive response
to the storm's potential impacts. Just like our preparations for Tropical Storm Hillary paid off in August, I am confident we will weather this storm too, because once again the city is prepared, we are sharing information, and I'm seeing Angelino's take action to make common sense preparations. If you are not home already, please get home and stay home, stay off the roads. Make tonight
a Sunday night dinner. Our family gave Stay informed. Register for notify LA at emergency the full word emergency dot Lacity dot gov to sign up for alerts and get more information. Stay safe, keep your devices charged, and have your emergency supplies and medications on hand as we anticipate this weather event continuing into the next couple of days. If if you are able to work remotely,
please stay home. Keep nine to one one lines open for life threatening emergencies including falling fallen power lines, but for flooded roads, fallen branches, flooded gutters and the like. Please contact three to one one by phone on the web or download my three one one NY three one one app whichevery Angelino should do. Already, we have extended three to one one hours for this storm for power out of our water main breaks called DWP at one eight hundred DAL
DWP one eight hundred dial DAL DWP. This is an all hands on decked effort and that was our Mayor Karen Bass earlier today. We want to thank KTLA News for allowing us to use that video. She really made it clear to us that we need to be extremely careful. Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said the district plan to keep schools open on Monday. You
know why that is right. They got criticized so much during the pandemic for closing schools all the time that there you know, if this were another year pre COVID, I bet they would have totally closed it. But anyway, there's one exception though, if you are a student, If your child is a student at Vinedale Elementary School in Sun Valley, that school will be closed. Otherwise, continue to monitor the storm watch to see if there is evacuation
if they're flooding. Speaking of evacuation, let's remind people where some of the evacuations are. In Ventura County. We have mandatory evacuations for residents in OHI, including Northfolk area, Camino Cielo. Also the areas in Ventura, the Ventura RV Resort, the community of Foster Park, Camp Chafe, Old Creek
Road, structures on Granada Avenue and Trulleau Avenue in unincorporated Camillo. In Tapega Canyon, we've seen evacuations and evacuation order was issued for areas along Santa Maria Road north of Topega Canyon due to the very high risk of mud and debris flows and that order will rate remain in effect until six pm on Tuesday. Okay, so if you've had an evacuation order, you still must check to see when it is safe to go back. As I mentioned earlier, it
only takes twelve inches of water for your car to be flooded. If that water is moving water, it can knock a human being down and can be very very dangerous. Right. It's also where else I see evacuations? Oh, of course, Why does it always happen? I noticed in Latuna Canyon It seems every time we have a storm. Latuna Canyon. Did you guys have a lot of mudslides up there? Are you all houses built on hills?
Sounds like great views? I will say that. But an evacuation warning was upgraded to a mandatory order for residents of Latuna Canyon Road in Sun Valley. The affected area encompasses horse Haven to the north, Martindale to the east, Primrose to the south, and Ledge to the west. Several evacuation centers have been established near there also Santa Barbara County evacuations. Evacuation orders are in place in several parts of Santa Barbara. They earlier in the day they were
ordering people to be gone by two pm. That includes any areas along the waterways with the Thomas Cave and alisel Burn areas and properties in the vicinity of Sycamore Creek and Stanwood Drive down to parts of Nino's Drive in the city of Santa Barbara. I also, we just got this in from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. It says all canyon roads leading into and from Malibu are closed due to rock and mud slides Malibu. If you're a Malibu resident,
do not go home. Find a hotel on high ground. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says all canyon roads leading into and from Malibu are closed due to rock and mud slides. Malibu Canyon Road is closed between Malibu Crest and Mulholland Highway, so traveling on any of these routes is not advisable. Okay, if you are if you are Malibu resident and you are trying to get home, don't do it tonight. We're done. Go on to Airbnb dot com, Go on hotels dot com. This is your moment. You know,
one of my favorite apps is actually called hotel tonight dot com. It is it's called hotel Today. I don't know, Kayla is if our booty calls or something, it's an awesome It's an awesome set. I do it when I'm driving up the five, and I start to get tired on my way up to Oregon, and I just go on hotel tonight and when I stop for gas, and then I find the closest hotel near me because what they are last minute hotels for late night people, although tonight they're probably they
take an inventory for people that check in after ten pm. I don't know who those people are. I don't know. When we come back, I want to talk a little more about a power outage and what you can do to stay safe. Also prepare for a power outage and to stay safe, and Kayla will give us an update on which areas have power outages. Right now in Los Angeles County. You're listening to the Doctor Wendy Wall Show on k if I Am six forty were live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. You're
listening to Doctor Wendy Walsh on demand from KFI AM sixty. Kf I Am sixty, you have Doctor Wendy Walsh with you. This is the Doctor Wendy Walsh Show. So uh, I mentioned that there's some areas around Los Angeles in our atmospheric river that we're seeing one of our many historic storms that will go down in history that are experiencing some power outages. Producer, Kayla, what's the latest? Who's where? Yeah, so there's still some power outages.
Beverly Hill, Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades. Yes, and you know i'd stiff upper lip as people in the Palisades would. That was what I was doing, right, because I couldn't pronounce it. Universal City. Uh, there's Wintica that messed it up again when that God? Yeah, So yeah, those are the areas they're mostly affected. Let me just say this. If you don't have a power outage in your neighborhood, great, but let's prepare for it just in case it's a long night ahead of us.
All right, So here's these are advice from La County of how to stay safe in a power outage. First of all, before your lights go out, figure out what needs to stay functioning. I mentioned earlier. Make sure you pull out your flashlights, check the batteries, put new batteries in, pull out some candles, have the matches nearby. There's nothing worse than in the pitch black dark, feeling around drawers trying to find you lighter. Right also, right now this time, go do it. Check your purse for
your backup iPhone battery. You got one, I know you do. I have one, So make sure it's charged, because how often do you go to put in that backup battery and it's dead. So make sure you're charging while you have power. Charge any backup batteries that you have. If you have a medical device that needs power, find out, you know, talk to your medical provider. Obviously not tonight, bother them unless it's an emergency, but in the future you should have a power outage plan for any medical
devices. Find out how long your medications can be stored at higher temperatures. Some of them do need to be refrigerated. Stay tuned to KFI and check your local weather forecast regularly, or visit the National Weather Service because you want to make a habit of watching the news reports so you can be aware when weather conditions are changing and when you might experience a power outage. Figure out
if your home telephone will work in a power outage. Some people have old fashioned, you know, hardwired phones, and some of them work right, like the flip ones. No, not flip ones. Okay, wait, what are you mean, young dial? Yeah, you have to dial? Can I push buttons, but plug hard wire. So it's a cable, and so your cable might not be out if your power's out. Home phone, home phone, Oh there you go, landline, right, landline, there we go. I have one of those. Might work. Okay.
So let's talk a little bit about your fridge, because everybody always says I don't know if I can eat that food. Well, believe it or not. A refrigerator, don't open it very often. We'll keep food cold for about four hours at least bacteria. Every chef will tell you that the food, if it's animal, protein, whatever, has to be at room temperature for about four hours before that bacteria starts to grow. I've had many chefs tell me that, So don't worry. You're good for a four or five
hours. A full freezer, keep that door closed, will keep its temperature for forty eight hours, so that's good. Use coolers with ice if necessary. Also, it's a good idea for all of us. I know we don't like processed food, but we should always keep some kind of food that does not require refrigeration. I always keep a few jars of that Trader Joe's Maynara sauce. Those glass jars in my cupboard and always a little pasta and some can goods coming in. Goods, yeah, san goods like that soups.
Yeah, they can even have some proteins in them. Also, I can't believe I have to say this, but a lot of people don't know. You didn't even know about the landline thing. Never use a gas stove or an oven to heat your house. So a lot of people think, well, the power's out, it's cold, I'm gonna light the gas on my stove because that's a fire that'll warm things up. Yeah, it also can release a very dangerous gas. Okay. You know people put their heads
in the oven to do those things right off themselves. Yeah, so that's nothing. Also, if you are in a power outage, check on your neighbors, especially older adults or people with young children. They're specifically especially vulnerable to extreme temperatures. When it comes to food. When in doubt, throw it out. I'm sorry, but why make yourself sick right from bacteria growing?
If the power is out for more than a day, it's suggested by the county that you discard any medication that should be refrigerated, and you can always reach out to the LA County at other times to learn more about how to be prepared in a power failure. Two to one one is the number to dial, Isn't that interesting? Nine to one one is emergency and only dial that if it's a big emergency. Three to one one is city services and trash collection and whatever. And as our Mayor Karen Bass said in the
last segment that my La three to one one is the best app. I use it all the time for graffiti. Did you know, just throwing this out there, that if you have graffiti on your house, your wall, your fence or whatever, you know how if you have a little bit of graffiti, very quickly it becomes a lot of graffiti because somehow someone decided that if that tagger is going to put it, then it must be a great
place to tag. So it builds up very quickly. Well, as soon as you see the first sign of graffiti, you do my LA three one one app and you take a picture of it, upload it into the app, and within three days the city paints it. A lot of people don't know that it's amazing. They have a whole graffiti program. But I digress a reminder. We are in a state of emergency here in the state of California. That state of emergency is in effect until at least midnight. To
understand the amount of rain that's been coming down. Normally, in an average year, in a month of January, we get about three inches of rain. This storm has in some parts has been bringing an inch and a half every hour. That's like a whole January every two hours. We do have a very severe weather alert in Malibu right now. All roads the heading into Malibu are completely closed and evacuation is happening for Tapanga Canyon Santa Maria Road.
That is in effect until six pm on Tuesday. Okay. There is an evacuation center that has been set up on Victory Boulevard in Resita, so that if you do need to go somewhere, the La County Sheriff's Department has set up an evacuation center for you. If you're in Malibu, stay put until you're told to evacuate. The problem is all roads leading to and from pch through Malibu close now, okay, including some parts of Malibu Canyon. So if you're in Calabasas, stay over there too. Don't go over the hill.
Malibu often is vulnerable to lots of mudslides. Malibu residents know this, so hey, LIS's hand here, I don't want to miss. Oh. Yes, are alert by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says that all canyon roads leading into and from Malibu are closed due to rock and mud slides. Malibu Canyon Road is closed between Malibu Crest and Malholland Highway. That is normally my route into town, so I won't be doing that tomorrow or Tuesday.
I am waiting to hear if any students are listening. Most of the cal States campuses are closed tomorrow. I teach a cal State Channel Islands. Our president has decided to give us flexibility and whether we should teach on zoom or not. Look for an email from me, students, because as soon as I hear from our librarian about whether we can do our library class on zoom, then we will do that, although teaching in person is always so much better. But I am also going to monitor the storm, and I'm also
going to Oh there's our department chair emailing me right now. She says, flexibility is key. Think of your safety, think of the safety of the students. Okay, okay, So I'm going to make a decision in a couple hours. I think I want everybody out there to stay safe. I want you to follow the rules. Get off the road unless you have to be there. Only call nine one one if there is a real emergency. If the highway Patrol, the Sheriff's department has set up any kind of barricade,
do not be a knucklehead and go around that barricade. If you are trapped in your car in a flood, if the water is at least twelve inches and moving, do not get out of your car. Put on your four ways because moving water can knock a human being down. I want us all to stay safe. This is going to go on for a few days. We're not used to this kind of weather, and I am going to head out now. I want you to stay close to KFI because the KFI
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