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Because it got wiped out. We need to move beyond that. We have to look at not just Building Back to what we always looked at cost benefit analysis and make investments. This gives us the ability to move beyond just looking at one set of criteria. It seems that your mitigation effort has to be focused on the actual hazard. In this budget youre looking at additional funds for Hazard Mitigation but i would certainly want to know that is based on the actual hazard itself and mitigate both the hazard and longterm cost for the federal government and the locality. And that has been the criteria for d...

And maintaining old systems that we think we can do a better job by modernizing the system and reducing our costs. In many cases we think we can have substantial reductions by upgrading to newer systems than to pay legacy costs. This becomes a Cyber Security concern as well. When you have systems running on old, old systems including the fact that microsoft is no longer supporting serving 2003, but your systems are built on that, if youre not upgrading them youre going to increase your signer vulnerabilities. Weve done a lot of work on that end. We were not a poster child at all for that. We c...

And make investments. This gives us the ability to move beyond just looking at one set of criteria. It seems that your mitigation effort has to be focused on the actual hazard. In this budget youre looking at additional funds for Hazard Mitigation but i would certainly want to know that is based on the actual hazard itself and mitigate both the hazard and longterm cost for the federal government and the locality. And that has been the criteria for determining Hazard Mitigation. I can show you example where we have had predisaster mitigation. States have taken that like in oklahoma to do grants...

But more moisture has developed just off the coast there. Let me show you some of the heavier cells to the south and west heading towards the sunnyvale area as well. You can see returns in the shades of yellow. San jose picking up rain. Even down towards santa cruz and check out what is going on out towards Livermore Valley area. They had quite a bit of rainfall move through that area. In the north bay not that much at all. Things will start to pick up a little more overnight tonight. I do want to emphasize this is a very weak system and tomorrow we will enjoy some sunshine. Back to you. Good ...

Weather related disasters like droughts, wildfires, storms, floods are potentially going to be costlier and harsher. Droughts have been a part of life out here in the west since before any of us were around. Water politics in california have always been complicated. The evidence shows a change in climate will make them more intense. Were listening to president obama to reporters and farmers in the central valley. Just to surprise what hes saying, he will authorize 183 million age paid package and it effects californians here. President obama in the central valley. Hell be leaving fresno within...