They can't call global warming a hoax anymore 8

Part 8 covers the current LA heat wave, in this series on the summer they had to stop denying global warming, w videos and transcripts

Thur PM: "Sepulveda Basin fire breaks out amid triple-digit heat wave in Southern California | FOX 11 LA"

AI Transcript: 0:07 >> All right, Adam, thank you 0:08 so much. 0:09 >> Let's get back to that brush 0:10 fire that broke out in the 0:12 Sepulveda Basin, just as temps 0:13 soared past 100 degrees. We 0:14 have Chelsea Edwards with more 0:16 on the fire and the heat. And 0:17 you are in all of that brush 0:19 that could ignite just like 0:20 that. 0:21 >> I'm telling you, it is so 0:22 hot out here. Marla, my my 0:24 colleague Joe Prince and I are 0:25 just absolutely sweating 0:26 standing out here. And that 0:27 happens just when you step out 0:29 of the car. And I want to show 0:31 you just how dry this brush is. 0:33 It just snaps in your fingers 0:34 when you touch it. So you can 0:36 imagine how quickly this would 0:37 have ignited and how quickly 0:38 this did happen earlier today, 0:40 not far from where we're 0:41 standing right now. Take a look 0:42 at some of that video from that 0:44 fire that broke out earlier. 0:45 And again, thank goodness that 0:46 crews were pre-deployed here. 0:48 It was a fast moving brush fire. 0:49 Like you said. It broke out 0:51 near Burbank Boulevard and 0:52 Woodley Avenue right here in 0:53 the Sepulveda Basin. This was 0:54 just before 1 p.m. so it was 0:56 really hot at that time. We're 0:58 still in triple digits right 0:59 now, though. That prompted an 1:00 immediate response from Park 1:01 Rangers, Air Resources and the 1:02 California Office of Emergency 1:03 Services. And thankfully, that 1:05 crew had been pre-deployed by 1:06 the state in anticipation of 1:08 this heat wave. So they were 1:09 able to use water drops and 1:11 ground teams to quickly get a 1:12 handle on it. But these triple 1:14 digit temps are impacting 1:15 everyone from here all the way 1:17 out to the Inland Empire. Take 1:18 a look at some of this video. 1:20 So the heat was actually 1:21 visible. This is wild. You can 1:23 see it coming off the train 1:24 tracks there in Jurupa Valley. 1:25 That's how hot it was there. 1:27 The scorching temps of course, 1:29 especially difficult for people 1:30 working outside like people in 1:31 construction. We saw a lot of 1:34 them wearing full sun 1:35 protection while operating 1:35 heavy machinery and. 1:39 Really hard for those guys. 1:41 Some people hit local parks and 1:42 lakes to get a break from this 1:44 heat. We saw one guy using a 1:46 water fountain to cool down his 1:47 pups. Nice for those pups. Then 1:49 at the Paris native's nursery 1:51 in Ontario, full sprinklers 1:52 blasted conas nursery 1:54 owners tried to keep their 1:56 plants alive. And that was a 1:57 welcome treat for people who 1:59 were shopping there. 1:59 >> Maybe it's 100 something, 2:01 maybe it's 100 something, maybe 2:04 102 three, but>> It's a little t 2:11 it's okay. Yeah, it's not that 2:13 bad. It's better than sitting 2:15 home in insid and all that. It'a 2:19 dry heat, but, you know, the 2:21 wind blowing makes it alright. 2:22 Can't compl in the house. 2:27 >> He's got a great attitude. I 2:29 can certainly complain. It is. 2:31 It is really, really hot out 2:32 here. And again I mean just 2:34 look at this dry brush goes on 2:36 for such. It's such a huge area, 2:38 the Sepulveda Basin here. And 2:39 we saw right at where cars are 2:40 parked actually there's a bunch 2:42 of cigarette butts that are 2:43 kind of littering the highway 2:44 there. So just a reminder for 2:46 everybody, do not discard your 2:47 cigarette butts out the window, 2:49 especially in areas like this. 2:51 Take as many precautions as you 2:52 can, hydrate as much as 2:53 possible. Stay inside

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From KTLA earlier Thur: "Extreme heat wave continues, raising Southern California fire concerns" 

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GOING TO BE ANOTHER HOT DAY OF 0:08 COURSE TODAY IN SOUTHERN 0:09 CALIFORNIA, THE EXTREME HEAT 0:10 TRIGGERING DANGEROUS 0:11 CONDITIONS AND RAISING FIRE 0:13 CONCERNS, KTLA FIVE'S CARLOS 0:14 HERRERA LIVE NOW FROM SANTA 0:15 RITA MORE DETAILS CARLOS GOOD 0:16 MORNING TO YOU. 0:20 >> GOOD MORNING CHRIS OF 0:20 NEGATIVE YOU THOUGHT YESTERDAY 0:21 WAS HOT GET READY. TODAY'S 0:24 GOING TO BE EVEN HOTTER. THE 0:25 HOTTEST DAY OF THE WEEK. 0:26 POSSIBLY EVEN OF THE YEAR SO 0:28 FAR. AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S 0:32 NOT GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE 0:33 POSSIBLY BREAKING RECORDS, 0:34 ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE VALLEY 0:36 WHERE IT'S ALREADY IN THE 70'S 0:36 AND IT'S ONLY FOR A AM SO GET 0:40 READY. 0:40 >> THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HEAT 0:41 EVENT OF THE YEAR CONTINUES 0:42 WITH SEVERAL DAYS OF POSSIBLE 0:45 TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES 0:47 MONSOONAL MOISTURE COULD MAKE 0:49 MCGEE SCORCHER. BUT THAT DOES 0:51 NOT ELIMINATE THE RISK OF 0:53 WILDFIRES WITH THIS HEAT COME 0:54 THE RED FLAG WARNINGS AND 0:54 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ACTUALLY 0:57 LAGUNA NIGUEL GOT A SMALL 0:58 TASTE OF WHAT THESE CONDITIONS 0:59 ARE CAPABLE OF THE SO-CALLED 1:00 BEACON FIRE BROKE OUT NEAR 1:02 RIDGEWAY AVENUE FORCING 1:04 EVACUATIONS AND BURNING 4 1:05 ACRES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES 1:06 BEFORE CREWS WERE ABLE TO GAIN 1:07 THE UPPER HAND THERE. 1:10 OFFICIALS SAY FLAGS ARE IN 1:11 EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 1:12 INTER COUNTY TO THE EASTERN 1:12 SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, IT UP 1:14 TO HERE IN SANTA CLARITA. THAT 1:19 AREA THAT DE LA COUNTY FIRE 1:20 CREWS ARE REALLY KEEPING A 1:20 CLOSE EYE ON TEAMS ARE SPREAD 1:21 OUT THEY'RE PREPARED TO MOVE 1:22 AND THEY'RE PREPARED TO MOVE 1:23 FAST. 1:28 >> WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT 1:29 WE'RE PRE DEPLOYING WITH 2 1:31 SEPARATE STRIKE TEAMS AS IF 1:32 SOMETHING DOES POP UP THE 1:32 QUICKER THEY CAN GET TO THE 1:33 FIRE AND KEEP THAT FIRE UNDER 1:35 10 ACRES TO 50 ACRES THE 1:37 FASTER WE CAN GET OUR ARMS 1:38 AROUND IT AND IT NOT BE A 1:39 MAJOR FIRE THESE ENGINES ARE 1:40 SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR FIGHTING 1:42 BRUSH FIRES. AND THERE'S 4 1:42 GUYS PRINTER. 1:49 >> I SEE THE FIRE IS DOING THE 1:50 SAME IN AREAS OF HIGH CONCERN 1:52 SUCH AS WHAT HILLS NORTH WHICH 1:53 SOME OF THAT WEST LA THAT 1:56 INCLUDES THE PALACE AIDES 1:57 BRENTWOOD TEAMS ARE ALSO 1:58 CLEARING BRUSH AND HILLSIDE 1:59 COMMUNITIES ARE MAKING SURE 2:00 FIRE HYDRANTS ARE WORKING 2:02 PROPERLY. STATE RESOURCES ARE 2:03 ALSO BEING SENT TO LA COUNTY 2:06 AS INCLUDING 10 FIRE ENGINES, 2:07 2 WATER TENDERS TO BULLDOZERS 2:10 A HELICOPTER. AND INCIDENT 2:11 MANAGEMENT TEAM SAYS RESOURCES 2:13 WERE MADE IN SOUTHERN 2:15 CALIFORNIA. UNTIL RED FLAG 2:17 CONDITIONS EXPIRE THEY ALSO 2:18 REMIND FOLKS ABOUT THE HEALTH 2:20 RISKS THAT INVOLVED WITH ALL 2:21 THIS. AT THESE TEMPERATURES 2:23 WHICH SAID IT'S SWITCH IN 2:26 THESE CONDITIONS IN A MATTER 2:28 OF DAYS COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR 2:29 FOLKS WANT TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL 2:33 THAT OFFICIALS ALSO AGAIN 2:33 REMINDING FOLKS TO BE EXTRA 2:36 VIGILANT. I'M REMINDED THAT 2:37 OPEN FLAMES AND AT ANY OTHER 2:39 POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARDS ARE 2:40 PROHIBITED AT

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Here's Part 8 first entry from Wednesday: "Extreme heat wave coming to Southern California | FOX 11 LA (wAI generated transcript)

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wave poised to eat up Southern 0:04 California. 0:05 Some dangerous heat has firefighters and 0:07 residents on alert. 0:08 We do have team coverage on this heat 0:10 wave with Ed Lasco out there in the 0:12 sweltering valley. But we begin with 0:14 Chief Meteorologist Adam Krueger. Adam. 0:17 All right. Well, earlier today was warm, 0:18 that's for sure, but we expect warmth 0:20 during August. But it's what's coming 0:22 the next several days that's going to be 0:23 more what we would call a major heat 0:25 wave. So, we're talking about tomorrow 0:27 through Saturday, but especially 0:29 Thursday through Friday. Those will be 0:30 the hottest days. So, during this 0:32 stretch, there's going to be dangerous 0:33 heat. There could be heat related 0:34 illnesses, possible record highs, and 0:36 yes, the increased fire risk out of all 0:39 this as well. The temperature breakdown 0:40 for tomorrow for LA, at least around the 0:43 downtown area, you see the temperatures 0:44 topping up pretty close to 90°. It did 0:46 get up to 89 in downtown LA today. So, 0:49 similar or maybe slightly warmer 0:51 tomorrow than what we saw today. Here it 0:52 is in map view. You can see a lot of 0:54 100s in the places you would expect like 0:56 the deserts. And then as we bring this 0:57 in a little bit closer, well up through 0:59 Santa Clarita around 100°. The San 1:01 Fernando Valley, we've got temperatures 1:02 there that are probably going to exceed 1:04 100 in some spots and also into the 1:06 Inland Empire. We expect temperatures to 1:08 reach or exceed 100°. Between those two 1:10 regions, I mentioned there's going to be 1:11 a lot of 90s here across the San Gabriel 1:13 Valley. 90° maybe around LA, Inland 1:16 Orange County, upper 80s to near 90 as 1:18 well. And then naturally as you go 1:20 closer to the coast, it's going to be a 1:21 little bit cooler, but still warm for 1:22 the beaches with highs there in the 1:24 upper 70s. Now, as I switch you over to 1:26 Thursday, you can see how we've got 1:27 temperatures going up even more. This is 1:29 when it gets more dangerous. Look at 1:30 those high numbers there in the San 1:32 Fernando Valley, 107 around Woodland 1:34 Hills. We could see some 105 plus 1:36 readings in the Inland Empire as well, 1:38 well into the 90s for LA and 90s 1:40 stretching down through Orange County 1:41 and probably some 80°ree highs or even 1:43 low 80s along the beaches. Then on top 1:46 of this, we have a red flag warning 1:48 posted for areas north of LA, north of 1:50 the San Frernando Valley into the San 1:51 Gabriel Mountains here. And that 1:52 stretches all the way back westward 1:54 towards around St. Louis Abyispo as we 1:56 are looking at the potential for 1:58 explosive fire behavior. Less because of 2:00 what the winds are doing, but more about 2:02 how the atmosphere is set up. A little 2:04 bit of a scientific breakdown on this 2:05 one. We're going to explain that in more 2:07 detail coming up later on. And another 2:08 thing we have to mention also, a few 2:10 thunderstorms in some parts of our 2:12 Southern California area at the end of 2:13 the week. Dry lightning may also spark 2:16 some fires. Lots to get to. We'll break 2:18 it down in more detail later on, but for 2:19 now, back to you. 2:20 A mixed bag. All right, Adam, thanks so 2:22 much. As you just heard from Adam, the 2:24 weather is heating up, but there's a 2:25 warning if you want to head to the 2:27 beaches. Let's go live to Fox 11's Ed 2:28 Lasco. He's in the San Frernando Valley 2:31 reporting from Enino tonight. Ed 2:34 and Marlin, it really comes down to 2:36 beating the heat in many ways as we're 2:38 bracing for this dangerous heat that's 2:40 moving in here in the San Fernando 2:41 Valley. Oh, they're used to heat. It's 2:43 summertime after all, but not like this. 2:45 Think about it. It's our first major 2:46 heat wave of the summer. Then you have 2:48 these beach warnings, and that means for 2:50 outdoor activities like that. Well, it 2:52 goes down when that sun goes down. 2:54 Watch. 2:57 Play ball playing under the lights here. 2:59 It's sure much better than having to 3:01 deal with this. 3:04 The blistering sun. Even here at the 3:06 beach, it's hot and it's going to get a 3:08 lot hotter. 3:08 Yeah, when it gets hot, it's pretty 3:10 uncomfortable. You're sweating 3:11 everywhere. all the crevices of your 3:13 body, right? 3:14 So, what better way to cool off than 3:15 coming out here to the water, um, you 3:17 know, taking your shoes off and just 3:18 hanging out. 3:19 But hanging out here, Santa Monica and a 3:21 few other beaches has lifeguards on 3:23 watch, all due to high levels of 3:25 bacteria in the ocean water. The LA 3:27 County Department of Public Health 3:29 warning you to avoid the water 100 yards 3:31 on both sides of the pier. And that same 3:34 100yard warning for Ramirez Creek at 3:36 Paradise Cove and the Maria Canyon storm 3:39 drain. And it's the entire swimming area 3:40 at Mother's Beach in Marina del Rey. 3:42 Offlimits, one warning to another. 3:45 Drink a lot of water. Stay mostly 3:47 inside. Stay in air cooled conditioning 3:49 uh places. And avoid going out maybe 3:53 especially like in the heat 3:54 from the coast to the valley where 3:55 they're bracing for several days of 3:57 intense heat, tripledigit heat. 4:00 Yeah. No. Yeah. That's really hot cuz 4:02 it's been like 80° but the weather's so 4:04 up and down. It's like one week is 100 4:05 and the next week it's like fresh. Last 4:07 night it was cold. 4:09 Get ready for heat. 4:10 Yeah. Um I'm going to enjoy it though. I 4:13 love the heat. 4:13 Especially if you know just how to beat 4:15 the heat. Walking your dog much later 4:18 early evening as the sun goes down or 4:20 just finding lots of shade. 4:21 Probably stay indoors. Yeah. And keep 4:24 the AC crank on the fan. Yeah. Just to 4:27 try to beat the waves. 4:29 That has all eyes on the Southland's 4:30 power grid. An intense heat wave brings 4:33 an intense demand for electricity, 4:35 forcing some not to take any chances. 4:37 They know there's there's no rolling 4:39 blackouts here at the beach. 4:40 I'm going to jump in and do a couple 4:42 laps. See how far out I can swim and 4:45 cool down. 4:46 Just to beat the heat. 4:46 Yeah, I got a big body, so I got to keep 4:48 it cool. 4:52 Now live, Johnny has the right idea. 4:54 Huh. In any event though, a lot of folks 4:56 here already talking about power 4:58 concerns, those dreaded flex alerts, 5:00 saying they're preparing for it. Usually 5:02 though the as you recall usually it's 5:03 like the second or third day of a 5:05 continuous heat wave that we have those 5:07 flex alerts and the the urging to 5:09 conserve power. Remember though the peak 5:11 hours for conservation the cut down on 5:13 power runs from 4 in the afternoon till 5:15 9 at night. We'll take it a day at a 5:17 time. For now we're live here in the 5:18 valley. Back to the west side we go. 5:20 Good info right there. Ed, thank you. 5:22 New tonight, LA Mayor Karen Bass says 5:24 the release of the afteraction report on 5:26 the Palisades fire is delayed at the 5:28 request of the US Attorney's Office. The 5:31 mayor says they've been asked to 5:32 postpone the release of the report while 5:34 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and 5:36 Firearms continues its investigation 5:38 into what sparked the fire back on 5:40 January 7th. There's no expected date as 5:43 to when the report will be released. 5:45 We're about to head into our worst heat 5:47 wave yet this year, raising the risk for 5:50 fire in and around Los Angeles. Fox 11's 5:52 Nick Garcia reports on the city's 5:54 preparations. 5:56 This is a dangerous heat event. This 5:58 recurrence rate of this particular 6:00 magnitude is once every 2 to four years 6:03 or so. The hot weather has people 6:05 seeking shade and cutting their time 6:08 outdoors short. 6:09 We literally were going on a walk and 6:10 we're like, "Okay, this is way too hot." 6:12 Also top of mind for these friends. 6:15 You concerned about fire risk with this 6:17 increased heat? Yeah, I was actually 6:18 thinking about that earlier this morning 6:20 when I first got outside, but um I mean 6:23 hopefully it's not so dry, so hopefully, 6:26 you know, things will be good and there 6:27 won't be there won't be any more fires 6:28 like what we had. 6:30 It's top of mind for city officials, 6:32 too, especially given how the weather 6:35 contributed to the Palisades and Eden 6:37 fires earlier this year. 6:39 I want to assure Angelenos that we are 6:43 prepared. Governor Nuome has ordered 6:45 additional resources, including ground 6:48 and air crews, to be prepositioned 6:50 throughout the weekend in Los Angeles 6:52 County, ready to tackle any fire that 6:54 sparks. 6:56 That's in addition to the increased 6:58 presence already in LA. LFD will be 7:01 augmenting and pre-eploying critical 7:03 firefighting services throughout the 7:05 city in high hazard areas. 7:08 The greatest risk areas will be north of 7:10 the city in the San Frernando Valley. 7:13 It's going to be important that folks in 7:15 those areas, say around the San Gabriel 7:16 Mountains, that they're very ready to 7:20 take evacuation orders seriously. 7:22 Nick Garcia, Fox 11 News. 7:27 All right, that brings us to our chief 7:28 meteorologist, Adam Krueger. You've got 7:30 your work cut out for you this week. 7:32 Yeah, and not just because of the heat. 7:34 I mean, there's the fire situation and 7:35 then I mentioned earlier in the TE's, 7:36 but thunderstorms are going to be 7:38 something that will probably form, I'd 7:40 say, over our eastern areas like Big 7:41 Bear, Palm Springs, that kind of general 7:43 area. Uh, the monsunal storms we 7:45 sometimes get in the summertime. 7:46 And that could lead to fires. 7:48 Yeah, I mean, lightning away from the 7:49 rain can be another thing that that uh 7:51 that would spark some fires as well. So, 7:53 we're serious about this heat, though. 7:55 Yeah, I mean, it's going to be 7:56 dangerous. It's going to be really hot 7:57 in some spots. You know, the valleys for 7:59 sure. We'll see those temperatures well 8:00 into the 100s. So, let's jump into it. 8:02 Again, I've got a lot to cover here in 8:03 the next 3 minutes or so. We'll start 8:05 though with kind of a nice scene as we 8:07 look from West LA towards Santa Monica 8:09 towards the coast of the sunset, the 8:11 time lapse of that sunset today. It was 8:14 a warm one, but it is going to get 8:15 hotter over the next couple of days. So, 8:17 on our weather headlines, we have what 8:18 we're calling a major heat wave on the 8:20 way. Also, extreme fire behavior, that's 8:23 a quote from the National Weather 8:24 Service, is possible. And like I said, 8:26 some storms in the mountains and deserts 8:28 will be possible as well. We've got this 8:30 strong area of high pressure bringing 8:31 heat. It's expanding westward towards 8:33 us. So, the hottest temperatures are yet 8:35 to come. And you can see the wide 8:36 stretching heat alerts not only around a 8:39 lot of California, but towards Las 8:40 Vegas, Phoenix. We have got those 8:42 extreme heat warnings in place. Uh, 8:44 locally, two different colors on the 8:45 map. Heat advisory. And then a little 8:46 more severe than that is an extreme heat 8:48 warning. And this just has to do with 8:50 how high above average temperatures will 8:52 be. So, a little more above average here 8:53 than here, but still it's hot everywhere 8:55 with the exception being the coast, 8:57 although it will be warmer than average 8:58 along the coast as well. And then all 8:59 these areas in this pink color, we've 9:01 got a red flag warning, also known as a 9:03 fire weather warning that starts 9:04 tomorrow, lasts through Saturday. Not 9:07 because of necessarily strong winds 9:09 though. We don't have any wind 9:10 advisories in effect. And I'm going to 9:11 show you here the forecast gust 9:12 tomorrow. Most locations gusts are 9:15 between 10 and 20, maybe a little above 9:17 20 in some parts of the mountains. So 9:18 why this potential explosive fire 9:21 behavior has more to do with what's 9:22 going on vertically in the atmosphere. 9:24 And of course, we also have very hot 9:26 weather, very dry weather, but an 9:27 unstable air mass, which will allow for 9:29 vertical plume growth. And when that 9:31 happens, you can have explosive fire 9:33 behavior because when you have vertical 9:35 plume growth of the fire, the air is 9:37 rising really quickly and it draws in 9:39 air all around it. Uh kind of like 9:41 strong inflow winds in the immediate 9:43 vicinity of a fire. So that makes 9:45 unpredictable and erratic winds. So 9:47 again, the ambient winds broadly across 9:49 the area not going to be that strong, 9:50 but if a fire starts, it could create 9:52 its own weather pattern could create 9:53 some strong unpredictable winds in the 9:55 vicinity of it. Also, look at this out 9:58 towards Big Bear and maybe near Palm 9:59 Springs. Those are going to be some of 10:01 the hot spots I'd say for potential rain 10:03 starting Friday and into this weekend. 10:05 We could see some thunderstorms out in 10:07 that direction. And yes, dry lightning 10:09 may also spark some fires. Okay, so as 10:12 far as just the temperatures though, 10:13 we'll look at our 7-day forecast here. 10:14 This is for downtown LA and inland 10:16 Orange County around 90 tomorrow. 10:18 Thursday, Friday will be the hottest 10:19 days. Saturday and Sunday though, still 10:21 pretty hot and then back down to 80s as 10:23 we go into next week. For the coast, I 10:25 think we're going to be heading up 10:26 towards 80 this weekend. Maybe some low 10:28 80s on some of the beaches. So, really 10:29 warm there. Back to 70s next week. For 10:32 the valleys in the Inland Empire, this 10:33 is where it's really dangerously hot. 10:35 And the temperatures you're looking at 10:36 here will be more so for the San 10:38 Fernando Valley. The IE maybe like one 10:40 or two degrees lower than this. But you 10:42 know those typical hot spots, let's say 10:43 Woodland Hills or the western San 10:45 Frernando Valley could be up or over 105 10:48 over these next few days here coming up. 10:50 90s will return next week though. For 10:52 the mountains, we've got temperatures 10:53 heading into the 80s for several days. 10:55 Some 70s coming after the weekend. Then 10:57 we go to the deserts. You know it's 10:58 going to be hot there when we're talking 10:59 about a heat wave. So the high desert 11:01 like Paul, Lancaster, Analopee Valley, 11:03 temperatures in the 100s through Sunday. 11:05 And the hottest temperatures will be in 11:06 the low desert, 112, 113 through Friday, 11:09 and then around 110 for the weekend.

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