Hurricane Hilary, Southern California Emergency Preparedness
Hurricane Hilary, a Category 4 storm, accelerated toward Mexico and Southern California, prompting a state of emergency and evacuations on Catalina Island. While meteorologists warned of catastrophic flooding and 90-mile-per-hour winds, local residents in San Diego and Ensenada appeared largely unfazed, with many refusing to board up windows. This storm marks the first tropical system to reach the region in 84 years, leading to skepticism regarding media reliability and climate change narratives.
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00:00 Smash that like button. Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. It's Sunday August 20th 2023 this is your award-winning Gilmore Nation media assassination episode 1583 This is no agenda Looking at the uptick and broadcasting live from the northern Italian coastline in Porto Veneto Italy In the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where I am the one who said don't use the rain stick I'm John C. Dvorak It's Crackpot and Buzzkill! In the morning. Well, okay... Hey I don't care about California we need the rain in Texas We are- we're about to burn up while Washington DC is flooded Oh and you're sad? No that was a good thing I was gonna say no man no no no did it I mean maybe you weren't pointing it right I mean I mean I I was clearly up and down
00:58 up and down in place to have it land right in Central Texas, and we still have nothing. It's still 107 degrees there And now not only do you get a hurricane but you get the Hurricane M Hillary which is just...it's kind of poetic justice In a way But that's not you right? You don't have any problems Well, what? Any rain. Oh here at the house? No I said there's nothing in Northern California you have no rain. Of course not! No i'm not a house you know i'm not at the house. Do you have any problems when I say you mean it to house and talk about my house not yours oh yeah so will you get anything is that only Southern California
01:40 You know, I'm looking at this thing. It's supposed to kind of move into the California area and then push itself up to Washington and across the country supposedly but it's Hillary. I mean what you can't count on her. Hold on, I got a clip Much of Southern California is under state emergency as Hurricane Hillary accelerates from Mexico where one person was killed in high water widespread and catastrophic flooding is forecast in southwestern US Evacuations are underway, including on California's Catalina Island. The LAist Robert Garrova reports from there. The L.A County Sheriff's Department sent out an advisory to leave just as droves of people got off ferries in the city of Avalon many people seemed unfazed though they sunbathed swam in the ocean and dined in the restaurants others like Breanne Boyd filled orange sandbags in preparation
02:32 the weather is going to b owner John LaFleur held t of his own. Mother nature for what might possibly happen. The city of Long Beach on the mainland says it will open a temporary shelter to take in residents and visitors evacuating Catalina. For NPR News, I'm Robert Garrova in Avalon. Here she comes. The category 4 hurricane brewing over the Pacific Ocean could weaken and become the first tropical storm to reach Southern California in 84 years It's currently located off Mexico's western coast packing sustained winds of 130 miles per hour Forecasters expect it to weaken by the time it hits Southern, California on Sunday
03:28 that could bring heavy rain and flash floods to the state and other parts of the Southwest. They can't, I don't have one either. But they couldn't do much because they got this 84 year old... 84 years ago it happened before so was that climate change? Oh there's the issue! I get it well here's San Diego's local station CBS Does it look like we're getting ready for a hurricane here No, Lizette Vasquez is in town on vacation from Houston. She's seen her share of hurricanes and tropical storms. They start boarding things up. They start closing things any like they start you know getting everything together. What does this look like? It's gonna happen there and they're not prepared.
04:19 It seems like half the people are like it's nothing is going to happen. The other half for like yeah, it was gonna be bad. I just think we're not used to it you know when someone says tropical storm or hurricanes coming? I don't think they're used to that. Walden Keys is a lifelong Mission Beach resident and business owner here where I haven't seen one window here on the oceanfront anywhere in Mission Beach or Pacific Beach has been boarded. He did see a couple people bag some sandbags not sure if a couple will help the reaction all over Is it really going to hit? We don't believe it's gonna hit. A little San Diego denial. Well that is interesting if you think about it. Okay... Well first of all, the news media has taken such a hit in terms of reliability that you have a storm bearing down with potential 90 mile an hour winds
05:10 Which means you better board your windows. And they're like, I don't know these guys are full of crap This is a bad thing that were you were your this clip that you played is a bad clip Well it's a good clip from our perspective Let's see what France 24 the European station makes of it A street becomes a river in Santa Rosalia on the east side of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico Mexico. Nearby, one person drowned as their vehicle was swept away. To the north not far from the US border residents of Ensenada were unfazed despite Hurricane Hillary heading their way and meteorologists warning of life-threatening waves
05:49 Here in Ensenada, whenever we are told that there's going to be a storm like this one the reality is that it does not come. Maybe we get a little rain but that kind of storm does not come." Over in Southern California residents braced for the first tropical storm to hit their in 84 years. I'm afraid people might die so I want everybody to stay home and you know, go out and think it's fun to be out there and just stay safe. So right now we're just getting prepared with sandbags hoping for the best but preparing for the worst and I'm just trying alleviate some of the water damage that possibly could happen." Heavy rain could cause widespread flash floods when it falls on the state's mountains and deserts authorities have proclaimed a state of emergency with beaches in San Diego and Orange County closed
06:44 Islands off the Pacific coast of the US and Mexico have been evacuated. Meh, that seemed kind of a mixed report really but it was better than I in the local station What islands have been evacuated? What are they talking about? I've no idea The Baja Islands Are there islands in Baja? What are they talking about? There's no populated island such as Catalina that I know of They're not evacuating that Supposedly seven... Are you there? Yeah, I'm listening. They're supposedly not they're going to be at least in some instances 90 mile an hour sustained winds yeah can you imagine that i mean that's got to be hilarity they better start boarding up their tent flaps in Los Angeles the poles are gonna be flying
