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you picked up 31/4 inches of rain in two days? hold my sandwich. for a place like miami that would be 47 inches worth of rainfall in the same amount of time. we could call hillary historic. >> neil: that is an understatement. great coverage. thanks, bob. karen is here from los angeles. she's been busy of late. major, very good to have you. how are things looking there? >> things are looking much better. you know, we prepared early, we were all in place. so we were able to weather this. just like the last reporter said, i know in other cities, this might look like a trivial, a of rain. but think, we are not used to rain in the summertime. also, there's many homeowners that have not recovered from the rains in january. there's plastic tarps on hillside communities.
for this volume of rainwater? >> you are absolutely correct. it was just a few months ago that a number of the hillside communities that were slides, homes that fell into, you know, the water. so, we are still overcoming that. in those hillsides where there were slides in january, they are still at risk. so, this is a big problem for us. >> and chief, what preparations has your department made in the event that you have to do rescues? >> right. we lean forward and plan. this is a very unique situation where this water event, this weather event, we knew was going versus the earthquake that just happened a half-hour ago. so, we are preplanning it is in place. staffed up our apparatus, we feel confident we have the right amount of resources to address the issues and keep the
to put that into perspective, palm springs, the desert resort, searing temperatures this time of your very dry is expected to get to ten or 12 cm of rain for the next 12 hours or so. which is notjust heavy rain here and as winter, we had quite a lot of rain but not like prison for a short period of time. people trying to shore up hillsides in vulnerable areas that we know when we have fluids here in certain areas that are vulnerable to strong winds and bringing in reinforcement in rocks and stones to stomach the hillside stronger. the army has been brought in stationing vehicles in certain parts of los angeles county to rescue people if they did to danger. homeless people moved to several areas and people often sweep
thank you. my phone is toast. >> we're through the worst of it. we're going to be okay. >> i'm joined now by 19-year-old noah tumkinson and his dad, david. noah, when the fires hit your neighborhood, you were with your mom, you were with your younger brother, milo. how quickly did you realize you needed to get out of there? >> within -- it was about five to ten minutes from when we smelled and saw the smoke over the hillside over up on that big mountain. >> wow, that fast? >> it was about that fast, yeah. >> and you got into a vehicle, i know, but there was a lot of traffic. was it -- how close was the fire when you were actually in your car?
fire zone. they're frustrated because they can't get back in to see what happened to their homes or belongings. they're afraid that people up here aren't getting the help that they need. that there's too much red tape in the shelters, down in the center of maui there. but, those folks here say that right now, it's a matter of managing the outpouring of aid. they don't want a lot of this to turn into trash. so they're trying to manage it as it's coming in. fema is now starting to bring in shipments, we understand. so right now, the message from here is they have enough -- plenty of tangible supplies. they would love to get a dust shield to protect this community from all of that toxic dust that's blowing up the hillside from down below. containers to store a lot of this stuff and keep it to when they need it, maybe months from now. and they are really begging for sustainable compassion and grief. they're afraid that our attention here will run out and shift elsewhere.
belongings. they're afraid that people up here aren't getting the help they need. that there's too much red tape in the shelters in the center of maui there. but those folks here say right now it's a matter of managing the outpouring of aid. they don't want a lot of this to turn into trash. they're trying to manage it as it's coming in. fema is starting to bring in shipments, we understand. so right now the message from here is they have enough -- plenty of tangible supplies. they have love to get a dust shield to protect this community from all that toxic dust that's blowing up the hillside from down below, containers to store a lot of this stuff and keep it to when they need it maybe months from now, and they are really begging for sustainable compassion. >> it's very well said. sustainable compassion. this is going to go on for a long time, the recovery of that area. for more information on how you
they're frustrated because they can't get back in to see what happened to their homes or belongings. they're afraid people up here aren't getting the help they need, that there's too much red tape. and the shelter is down in the center of maui. those folks here say right now it's a matter of managing the outpouring of aid. they don't want a lot of this to turn into trash. they're trying to manage it as it's coming in. fema is starting to bring in shipments. right now the message from here is they have plenty of tangible supplies. they would love to get a dust shield to protect this community from all the toxic dust that's blowing up the hillside from down below, containers to store a lot of this stuff and keep it to when they need it, maybe months from now. they're really begging for sustainable compassion and grief. they're afraid that our attention here will run out and shift elsewhere, maybe another tragedy on our overheated planet
so it's contained. there are hills. there are houses up on the hillside that i can see might have been escaped. and we came in from 60 where some homes had survived. but anything in the town center here is just completely devastated. i mean just -- you can see this reminds me of paradise. you walk by a car, and there are these aluminum sculptures from the melted rims of cars. the fire was so hot, it burned everything all the way to the ground. oh my goodness. i'm just making to it front street now. and there are signs of life. a few cleanup crews, a few search and rescue folks sort of walking through. but just lifeless, smoky, and sooty devastation where lahaina town used to be. >> you said you see a few people there picking up. can you get a sense of the recovery efforts if any that are
how much of this part of the island has been burned? >> so, this is a town of roughly 9000 people. -- when the tourists are here. it's right up, and lines along the coast. so it's contained, there are houses up on the hillside that i can see, that might have been escaped. and we came in from the south, where some homes have survived, that anything in the town center here, is just completely devastated. i mean just, you can see, this reminds me of paradise. you walk by a car, and there are these aluminum sculptures of the melted rims of cars. the fire was so heart, interned everything all the way to the ground. here. oh my goodness, i'm just make into the front seat now. and, there are signs of life, there's a few cleanup clues, a few search and rescue folks walking through. but, just lifeless, smoky and