WEBVTT 00:02.102 --> 00:05.737 align:start >>> WILDFIRES BURNING ACROSS 00:05.740 --> 00:06.571 align:start ARIZONA. 00:06.574 --> 00:08.406 align:start >> SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA IS 00:08.409 --> 00:11.309 align:start PROBABLY ONE OF THE HOTTEST 00:11.312 --> 00:11.609 align:start DRIEST PLACES IN OUR GEOGRAPHIC 00:11.612 --> 00:13.244 align:start AREA. 00:13.247 --> 00:14.278 align:start >> THE MONSOON EN ROUTE, WILL IT 00:14.281 --> 00:15.980 align:start BRING RELIEF? 00:15.983 --> 00:17.982 align:start >> EVENTUALLY WE GET ENOUGH 00:17.985 --> 00:20.418 align:start MOISTURE IN TO WHERE HUMIDITY 00:20.421 --> 00:22.387 align:start STAYS AT HIGHER LEVELS AND THEN 00:22.390 --> 00:22.987 align:start THAT DOES EVENTUALLY HELP 00:22.990 --> 00:25.890 align:start FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS. 00:25.893 --> 00:27.025 align:start >> PLUS A SHOOTING NEAR OUR 00:27.028 --> 00:27.625 align:start NATION'S CAPITOL. 00:27.628 --> 00:35.633 align:start THIS IS "ARIZONA WEEK." 00:35.636 --> 00:37.535 align:start ♪♪ 00:37.538 --> 00:39.570 align:start >>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING 00:39.573 --> 00:40.805 align:start US, WE'RE IN COCHISE COUNTY THIS 00:40.808 --> 00:42.273 align:start WEEK COVERING THE LIZARD FIRE. 00:42.276 --> 00:44.142 align:start WE WILL GET TO THE STORY IN JUST 00:44.145 --> 00:46.444 align:start A MOMENT, BUT FIRST A SHOOTING 00:46.447 --> 00:47.812 align:start NEAR OUR NATION'S CAPITOL. 00:47.815 --> 00:49.914 align:start ARIZONA SENATOR JEFF FLAKE WAS 00:49.917 --> 00:52.517 align:start THERE WHEN THE SHOTS RANG OUT. 00:52.520 --> 00:54.452 align:start WE TURN TO ARIZONA PUBLIC 00:54.455 --> 00:54.752 align:start MEDIA'S CHRISTOPHER CONOVER FOR 00:54.755 --> 00:57.288 align:start MORE. 00:57.291 --> 00:57.989 align:start >> ARIZONA SENATOR JEFF FLAKE 00:57.992 --> 00:59.023 align:start WAS STANDING ALONG THE FIRST 00:59.026 --> 01:00.258 align:start BASELINE WHEN THE SHOOTING BEGAN 01:00.261 --> 01:00.625 align:start AT THE REPUBLICAN BASEBALL 01:00.628 --> 01:03.394 align:start PRACTICE. 01:03.397 --> 01:05.063 align:start >> THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IRONICALLY 01:05.066 --> 01:07.331 align:start ONE OF THE EVENTS IN CONGRESS, 01:07.334 --> 01:09.300 align:start ONE OF THE INSTITUTIONS IN 01:09.303 --> 01:09.767 align:start CONGRESS, THAT BREEDS 01:09.770 --> 01:10.902 align:start BIPARTISANSHIP. 01:10.905 --> 01:12.403 align:start OF COURSE, IT'S REPUBLICANS 01:12.406 --> 01:14.138 align:start AGAINST DEMOCRATS, BUT WE ALL 01:14.141 --> 01:16.674 align:start GET TOGETHER BEFORE THE GAME TO 01:16.677 --> 01:18.276 align:start PROMOTE IT, WE RAISE MONEY 01:18.279 --> 01:22.580 align:start TOGETHER FOR THESE CHARITIES AND 01:22.583 --> 01:24.082 align:start THEN WE HAVE A BIG AFTER PARTY 01:24.085 --> 01:26.484 align:start WITH BOTH PARTIES ENGAGED. 01:26.487 --> 01:27.952 align:start AND SO IT'S ONE OF THE MOST 01:27.955 --> 01:30.988 align:start BIPARTISAN AND FRANKLY ONE OF 01:30.991 --> 01:32.190 align:start THE FEW LASTING INSTITUTIONS OF 01:32.193 --> 01:33.925 align:start BIPARTISANSHIP IN CONGRESS. 01:33.928 --> 01:37.662 align:start >> SENATOR FLAKE CAME TO TUCSON 01:37.665 --> 01:40.932 align:start FOLLOWING THE 2011 SHOOTING WHEN 01:40.935 --> 01:41.299 align:start DEMOCRAT GABRIELLE GIFFORDS WAS 01:41.302 --> 01:42.934 align:start WOUNDED. 01:42.937 --> 01:44.001 align:start THAT EVENT BROUGHT CIVILITY AND 01:44.004 --> 01:44.402 align:start MANY QUESTION WHETHER THAT CAN 01:44.405 --> 01:46.070 align:start HAPPEN NOW. 01:46.073 --> 01:49.440 align:start >> WELL, I THINK FOR A TIME WE 01:49.443 --> 01:49.774 align:start HAD IT AND IT WAS A NICE 01:49.777 --> 01:51.876 align:start RESPITE. 01:51.879 --> 01:52.510 align:start I HOPE THAT THIS LASTS LONGER 01:52.513 --> 01:55.546 align:start THIS TIME. 01:55.549 --> 01:57.048 align:start IT'S BEEN NEEDED FOR A LONG 01:57.051 --> 01:59.050 align:start TIME, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT 01:59.053 --> 02:01.352 align:start SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS TO 02:01.355 --> 02:02.019 align:start PROMPT IT AND MAKE US THINK, YOU 02:02.022 --> 02:03.554 align:start KNOW, ABOUT IT. 02:03.557 --> 02:06.791 align:start >> THE CALLS FOR CIVILITY ARE 02:06.794 --> 02:08.259 align:start NOT LIMITED TO THOSE IN POWER, 02:08.262 --> 02:10.328 align:start THOUGH FLAKE SAYS IT NEEDS TO 02:10.331 --> 02:11.729 align:start START WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS. 02:11.732 --> 02:13.164 align:start SOUTHERN ARIZONA CONGRESSWOMAN 02:13.167 --> 02:14.699 align:start MARTHA McSALLY, A REPUBLICAN, 02:14.702 --> 02:16.667 align:start ALSO ADDRESSED REPORTERS ABOUT 02:16.670 --> 02:18.736 align:start THE NEED FOR CIVILITY. 02:18.739 --> 02:20.538 align:start >> I'VE MET SOME PEOPLE IN THE 02:20.541 --> 02:21.372 align:start LAST FEW WEEKS THAT HAVE 02:21.375 --> 02:22.406 align:start DIFFERENT POLITICS WITHIN THEIR 02:22.409 --> 02:24.675 align:start MARRIAGE OR WITHIN THEIR FAMILY 02:24.678 --> 02:24.976 align:start AND THEY HARDLY CAN TALK TO EACH 02:24.979 --> 02:25.743 align:start OTHER. 02:25.746 --> 02:27.745 align:start COME ON, AMERICA. 02:27.748 --> 02:31.616 align:start YOU KNOW, WE ARE AMERICANS AND 02:31.619 --> 02:33.484 align:start WE NEED TO BE UNITED AND THE 02:33.487 --> 02:34.952 align:start ENEMY IS OUT THERE, THE ENEMY IS 02:34.955 --> 02:35.853 align:start NOT IN HERE. 02:35.856 --> 02:39.223 align:start >> THREE CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS 02:39.226 --> 02:40.424 align:start WERE AT PRACTICE AS SECURITY FOR 02:40.427 --> 02:41.993 align:start REPRESENTATIVE STEVE SCALISE 02:41.996 --> 02:43.261 align:start BECAUSE HE IS THE REPUBLICAN 02:43.264 --> 02:45.363 align:start WHIP IN THE HOUSE. 02:45.366 --> 02:45.696 align:start THAT'S THE THIRD HIGHEST RANKING 02:45.699 --> 02:47.565 align:start MEMBER. 02:47.568 --> 02:48.199 align:start IF HE HADN'T BEEN THERE NO 02:48.202 --> 02:48.533 align:start OFFICERS WOULD HAVE BEEN 02:48.536 --> 02:49.834 align:start PRESENT. 02:49.837 --> 02:51.969 align:start MOST PEOPLE SAY THAT WOULD HAVE 02:51.972 --> 02:54.138 align:start LED TO MORE CASUALTIES. 02:54.141 --> 02:56.007 align:start DURING A FACEBOOK LIVE TOWN HALL 02:56.010 --> 02:58.276 align:start ON THURSDAY ARIZONA REPUBLICAN 02:58.279 --> 02:59.877 align:start SENATOR JOHN McCAIN SAID 02:59.880 --> 03:01.512 align:start SECURITY IS A TOUGH QUESTION, 03:01.515 --> 03:03.681 align:start ADDING HE HAS NEVER HAD A 03:03.684 --> 03:05.249 align:start SECURITY GUARD OTHER THAN SECRET 03:05.252 --> 03:06.918 align:start SERVICE PROTECTION DURING HIS 03:06.921 --> 03:08.152 align:start PRESIDENTIAL RUN IN 2008. 03:08.155 --> 03:10.221 align:start >> I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE 03:10.224 --> 03:12.690 align:start GOT TO SORT OUT. 03:12.693 --> 03:14.792 align:start I THINK THE SHOCK OF THESE 03:14.795 --> 03:16.627 align:start KILLINGS AND WOUNDING IS JUST -- 03:16.630 --> 03:19.697 align:start YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING 03:19.700 --> 03:22.934 align:start WE'RE THINKING, WOW, AT A 03:22.937 --> 03:23.301 align:start CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME 03:23.304 --> 03:23.634 align:start PRACTICE? 03:23.637 --> 03:25.303 align:start REALLY? 03:25.306 --> 03:25.903 align:start SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SORT 03:25.906 --> 03:28.206 align:start IT OUT. 03:28.209 --> 03:30.007 align:start I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 03:30.010 --> 03:31.075 align:start HAVE HEARINGS IN OUR RULES 03:31.078 --> 03:32.877 align:start COMMITTEE WHICH SET THE 03:32.880 --> 03:35.179 align:start PARAMETERS FOR PEOPLE BEING ABLE 03:35.182 --> 03:37.381 align:start TO COME IN AND OUT OF THE 03:37.384 --> 03:40.084 align:start CAPITOL AND I THINK AT LEAST IT 03:40.087 --> 03:41.719 align:start REQUIRES SOME HEARINGS AND SOME 03:41.722 --> 03:44.388 align:start EXPERTS BEFORE THE CONGRESSIONAL 03:44.391 --> 03:46.591 align:start COMMITTEES TO SAY, LOOK, YOU ARE 03:46.594 --> 03:47.992 align:start IN DANGER OR YOU ARE NOT IN 03:47.995 --> 03:50.695 align:start DANGER, OR HERE IS WHAT SOME OF 03:50.698 --> 03:52.763 align:start THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT YOU 03:52.766 --> 03:55.433 align:start MIGHT -- ACTION YOU MIGHT TAKE. 03:55.436 --> 03:57.134 align:start IT CAN'T BE IGNORED. 03:57.137 --> 04:00.605 align:start >> SOUTHERN ARIZONA 04:00.608 --> 04:02.240 align:start CONGRESSIONAL RAUL GRIHALVA SAID 04:02.243 --> 04:04.175 align:start BY PHONE HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES 04:04.178 --> 04:06.944 align:start MUST REMEMBER THAT THEY SHOULD 04:06.947 --> 04:09.447 align:start MEET WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS. 04:09.450 --> 04:10.481 align:start >> MAYBE WE WILL LIKELY GO ALONG 04:10.484 --> 04:12.183 align:start PRETENDING NOTHING EVER HAPPENED 04:12.186 --> 04:14.385 align:start THAT'S AN ATTITUDE I HAVE TO 04:14.388 --> 04:15.820 align:start HAVE OTHERWISE YOU'RE LIVING IN 04:15.823 --> 04:16.787 align:start A SHELL AND IN A REPRESENTATIVE 04:16.790 --> 04:17.521 align:start GOVERNMENT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED 04:17.524 --> 04:18.889 align:start TO DO THAT. 04:18.892 --> 04:20.791 align:start >> SOME NEW SECURITY MEASURES 04:20.794 --> 04:21.125 align:start ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AT THE U.S. 04:21.128 --> 04:23.227 align:start CAPITOL. 04:23.230 --> 04:25.096 align:start MORE MAY BE COMING. 04:25.099 --> 04:26.664 align:start >> BACK TO WILDFIRES NOW. 04:26.667 --> 04:28.199 align:start THERE ARE NEARLY 30 BURNING 04:28.202 --> 04:30.568 align:start THROUGHOUT ARIZONA THIS WEEK. 04:30.571 --> 04:32.470 align:start MANY OF THEM CONSIDERED TYPE ONE 04:32.473 --> 04:34.639 align:start INCIDENTS, EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. 04:34.642 --> 04:36.274 align:start ARIZONA IS LEADING THE WAY IN 04:36.277 --> 04:38.009 align:start COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC, 04:38.012 --> 04:40.745 align:start ESPECIALLY THE DEAF COMMUNITY. 04:40.748 --> 04:41.412 align:start HERE IS CAMEO HUNSAKER, AN 04:41.415 --> 04:42.780 align:start INTERPRETER AND YOU WILL BE 04:42.783 --> 04:43.414 align:start SEEING A LOT OF HER THROUGHOUT 04:43.417 --> 04:46.050 align:start THIS BROADCAST. 04:46.053 --> 04:46.684 align:start >> SO I AM A NATIONALLY 04:46.687 --> 04:47.418 align:start CERTIFIED SIGN LANGUAGE 04:47.421 --> 04:48.719 align:start INTERPRETER. 04:48.722 --> 04:50.621 align:start NORMALLY I FREELANCE, I'M AN 04:50.624 --> 04:52.323 align:start INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, BUT HERE 04:52.326 --> 04:53.090 align:start WE ARE SENT ON THIS FIRE BY THE 04:53.093 --> 04:54.525 align:start ARIZONA COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF 04:54.528 --> 04:57.228 align:start AND HARD OF HEARING WHO STARTED 04:57.231 --> 04:58.796 align:start A PROGRAM CALLED THE EMERGENCY 04:58.799 --> 04:59.530 align:start RESPONSE CREDENTIALING PROGRAM 04:59.533 --> 05:02.166 align:start FOR INTERPRETERS. 05:02.169 --> 05:03.534 align:start SO THE INTERPRETERS COULD BE 05:03.537 --> 05:04.969 align:start AVAILABLE AT ANY TYPE ONE 05:04.972 --> 05:06.637 align:start INCIDENTS ALL OVER THE STATE. 05:06.640 --> 05:09.240 align:start THERE IS A NEED FOR SIGN 05:09.243 --> 05:10.741 align:start LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION TO BE 05:10.744 --> 05:12.310 align:start PROVIDED, ESPECIALLY WITH NEWS 05:12.313 --> 05:14.478 align:start BROADCASTS DURING AN EMERGENCY. 05:14.481 --> 05:15.746 align:start IT'S A COMMON MISCONCEPTION THAT 05:15.749 --> 05:19.116 align:start CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDES 05:19.119 --> 05:21.352 align:start ACCESS TO ALL DEAF PEOPLE. 05:21.355 --> 05:22.520 align:start FOR MANY DEAF PEOPLE SIGN 05:22.523 --> 05:24.588 align:start LANGUAGE, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE 05:24.591 --> 05:26.924 align:start IS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE NOT 05:26.927 --> 05:29.193 align:start ENGLISH AND SO THERE CAN BE A 05:29.196 --> 05:29.794 align:start LANGUAGE BARRIER CLOSED 05:29.797 --> 05:32.463 align:start CAPTIONING ISN'T ALWAYS 05:32.466 --> 05:33.998 align:start COMPLETELY ACCURATE, AEITHER. 05:34.001 --> 05:36.267 align:start CLOSED CAPTIONING IS A WONDERFUL 05:36.270 --> 05:37.301 align:start SERVICE AND WORKS GREAT FOR OUR 05:37.304 --> 05:38.769 align:start HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITIES AND 05:38.772 --> 05:41.439 align:start THE DEAF POPULATION HAS A 05:41.442 --> 05:42.173 align:start STRONGER COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH 05:42.176 --> 05:44.275 align:start LANGUAGE, UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS 05:44.278 --> 05:45.609 align:start A SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF THE DEAF 05:45.612 --> 05:47.945 align:start POPULATION AND A LOT OF DEAF 05:47.948 --> 05:48.779 align:start PEOPLE DO STRUGGLE WITH WRITTEN 05:48.782 --> 05:51.982 align:start ENGLISH. 05:51.985 --> 05:54.418 align:start SO IN ORDER FOR ALL OF OUR -- 05:54.421 --> 05:56.253 align:start OUR MESSAGE TO BE ACCESSED 05:56.256 --> 05:57.254 align:start EQUALLY BY THE DEAF POPULATION 05:57.257 --> 06:00.024 align:start WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE 06:00.027 --> 06:02.460 align:start INTERPRETERS ON THE NEWS AND IN 06:02.463 --> 06:04.962 align:start OTHER MEDIA BROADCASTS USING 06:04.965 --> 06:07.131 align:start THEIR NATURAL LANGUAGE, THEIR A 06:07.134 --> 06:07.498 align:start LANGUAGE, WHICH IS AMERICAN SIGN 06:07.501 --> 06:08.966 align:start LANGUAGE. 06:08.969 --> 06:10.968 align:start SO JUST LIKE HEARING PEOPLE DEAF 06:10.971 --> 06:12.703 align:start PEOPLE THEIR EDUCATION LEVELS 06:12.706 --> 06:14.905 align:start RUN THE GAMUT, JUST LIKE THE 06:14.908 --> 06:17.475 align:start HEARING POPULATION. 06:17.478 --> 06:19.410 align:start ONE THING THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE 06:19.413 --> 06:20.678 align:start A MISCONCEPTION ABOUT IS THAT 06:20.681 --> 06:23.314 align:start ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SIGN 06:23.317 --> 06:24.048 align:start LANGUAGE ARE NOT THE SAME. 06:24.051 --> 06:25.616 align:start AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE HAS A 06:25.619 --> 06:28.319 align:start COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SYNTAX AND 06:28.322 --> 06:29.019 align:start COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STRUCTURE 06:29.022 --> 06:29.787 align:start AND FOR MANY DEAF PEOPLE 06:29.790 --> 06:31.055 align:start AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IS THEIR 06:31.058 --> 06:33.290 align:start FIRST LENGTH BADGE AND ENGLISH 06:33.293 --> 06:36.026 align:start IS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE. 06:36.029 --> 06:37.228 align:start TEACHING DEAF KIDS IN SCHOOL 06:37.231 --> 06:39.897 align:start ENGLISH LITERACY HAS BEEN A 06:39.900 --> 06:42.666 align:start CHALLENGE FOR 200 YEARS. 06:42.669 --> 06:44.034 align:start SO ENGLISH IS A CHALLENGE FOR 06:44.037 --> 06:46.370 align:start QUITE A FEW DEAF PEOPLE AND WHEN 06:46.373 --> 06:48.038 align:start WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 06:48.041 --> 06:49.039 align:start PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS TO THIS 06:49.042 --> 06:50.941 align:start INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY DURING 06:50.944 --> 06:52.810 align:start AN EMERGENCY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS 06:52.813 --> 06:55.012 align:start PROVIDING THE INFORMATION TO THE 06:55.015 --> 06:58.516 align:start DEAF COMMUNITY IN THEIR NATURAL 06:58.519 --> 06:59.016 align:start LANGUAGE, THEIR A LANGUAGE WHICH 06:59.019 --> 06:59.717 align:start IS SIGN LANGUAGE. 06:59.720 --> 07:01.185 align:start THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY 07:01.188 --> 07:05.289 align:start ACT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 25 07:05.292 --> 07:06.090 align:start YEARS, HOWEVER, THE -- THE 07:06.093 --> 07:07.725 align:start REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEAF 07:07.728 --> 07:10.060 align:start POPULATION TEND TO BE A LITTLE 07:10.063 --> 07:11.662 align:start VAGUE, CLOSED CAPTIONING WAS 07:11.665 --> 07:13.798 align:start PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT OF AS BEING A 07:13.801 --> 07:14.999 align:start WAY TO PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS AND 07:15.002 --> 07:17.368 align:start UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE DEAF 07:17.371 --> 07:19.837 align:start COMMUNITY IT JUST -- IT JUST 07:19.840 --> 07:21.639 align:start LACKS IN ACCESS. 07:21.642 --> 07:22.907 align:start SO DURING, AGAIN, DURING THESE 07:22.910 --> 07:25.576 align:start EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WE WANT TO 07:25.579 --> 07:28.312 align:start MAKE SURE THAT THE DEAF 07:28.315 --> 07:29.480 align:start POPULATION OF ARIZONA HAS UP TO 07:29.483 --> 07:30.347 align:start THE MINUTE, ACCURATE 07:30.350 --> 07:31.615 align:start INFORMATION, JUST LIKE THE 07:31.618 --> 07:33.317 align:start HEARING POPULATION DOES. 07:33.320 --> 07:34.785 align:start THIS IS A BRAND NEW PROGRAM, IT 07:34.788 --> 07:36.020 align:start JUST STARTED IN THE LAST YEAR, 07:36.023 --> 07:37.388 align:start ALTHOUGH I KNOW PEOPLE AT 07:37.391 --> 07:38.689 align:start ARIZONA COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF 07:38.692 --> 07:40.157 align:start AND HARD OF HEARING HAVE BEEN 07:40.160 --> 07:40.458 align:start RAMPING THIS UP FOR QUITE SOME 07:40.461 --> 07:41.959 align:start TIME. 07:41.962 --> 07:44.595 align:start THE FIRST COHORT OF INTERPRETERS 07:44.598 --> 07:46.130 align:start WAS JUST TRAINED WITHIN THE PAST 07:46.133 --> 07:46.464 align:start YEAR AND THIS IS OUR FIRST FIRE 07:46.467 --> 07:47.665 align:start SEASON. 07:47.668 --> 07:48.732 align:start WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS THAT THIS 07:48.735 --> 07:50.334 align:start BECOMES MUCH MORE COMMONPLACE 07:50.337 --> 07:52.236 align:start AND ALL OF THE WILDFIRES ACROSS 07:52.239 --> 07:55.239 align:start THE STATE AS WELL AS ANY OTHER 07:55.242 --> 07:56.440 align:start EMERGENCY RESPONSE INCIDENTS AND 07:56.443 --> 07:58.943 align:start HOPEFULLY OTHER STATES WILL LOOK 07:58.946 --> 08:00.010 align:start AT ARIZONA AS A MODEL IN THIS 08:00.013 --> 08:01.479 align:start BECAUSE AS FAR AS WE KNOW WE ARE 08:01.482 --> 08:04.081 align:start THE OPENLY STATE TO HAVE THIS 08:04.084 --> 08:07.718 align:start ROBUST OF A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE 08:07.721 --> 08:08.919 align:start ACCESS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. 08:08.922 --> 08:10.921 align:start SO WE ARE REALLY THE LEADER. 08:10.924 --> 08:12.389 align:start THIS IS A CUTTING EDGE PROGRAM 08:12.392 --> 08:16.093 align:start THAT ARIZONA HAS PROVIDED FOR 08:16.096 --> 08:18.062 align:start ITS RESIDENTS. 08:18.065 --> 08:19.063 align:start >> THIS IS THE LIZARD FIRE, 08:19.066 --> 08:20.998 align:start LIGHTNING SPARKED IT BACK ON 08:21.001 --> 08:23.501 align:start JUNE 7th, IT'S BURNED FOR MORE 08:23.504 --> 08:24.335 align:start THAN A WEEK, CHARRING MORE THAN 08:24.338 --> 08:27.137 align:start 15,000 ACRES. 08:27.140 --> 08:28.005 align:start MORE THAN 600 MEN AND WOMEN FROM 08:28.008 --> 08:28.639 align:start SEVEN STATES INVOLVED IN THE 08:28.642 --> 08:30.941 align:start FIRE FIGHT. 08:30.944 --> 08:31.308 align:start HERE IS INCIDENT COMMANDER JOHN 08:31.311 --> 08:32.443 align:start PIERSON. 08:32.446 --> 08:34.578 align:start >> JOHN, THANKS FOR HAVING US 08:34.581 --> 08:36.347 align:start OUT HERE TO WILCOX HIGH SCHOOL. 08:36.350 --> 08:37.548 align:start WHY IS WILCOX CONSIDERED THE 08:37.551 --> 08:39.216 align:start BASE CAMP FOR THE LIZARD FIRE. 08:39.219 --> 08:42.586 align:start >> LOGISTICALLY IT WAS THE RIGHT 08:42.589 --> 08:45.289 align:start PLACE FOR US TO COME AND SET UP 08:45.292 --> 08:46.824 align:start INCIDENT COMMAND POST BECAUSE 08:46.827 --> 08:48.792 align:start THE AGENCIES THAT WE ARE WORKING 08:48.795 --> 08:52.496 align:start FOR, YOU KNOW, THEY WANTED US TO 08:52.499 --> 08:54.098 align:start BE ABLE TO ENGAGE REALLY QUICKLY 08:54.101 --> 08:56.233 align:start AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO DO 08:56.236 --> 08:58.836 align:start THAT WE UTILIZED FACILITIES LIKE 08:58.839 --> 08:59.937 align:start THIS WHERE IT'S A KIND OF A 08:59.940 --> 09:02.540 align:start KEYSTONE OPERATION WHERE YOU 09:02.543 --> 09:05.509 align:start JUST CAN OPEN THE DOOR AND START 09:05.512 --> 09:06.644 align:start DOING BUSINESS, LOGISTICALLY AND 09:06.647 --> 09:08.445 align:start ADMINISTRATIVELY AND SUPPORTING 09:08.448 --> 09:08.746 align:start THE OPERATIONAL FOLKS OUT ON THE 09:08.749 --> 09:10.214 align:start FIRE. 09:10.217 --> 09:10.581 align:start >> HOW FAR ARE WE FROM THE FIRE 09:10.584 --> 09:12.416 align:start LINE HERE? 09:12.419 --> 09:15.219 align:start >> YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT 18 MILES 09:15.222 --> 09:17.154 align:start OR 18-MINUTE DRIVE TO WHERE WE 09:17.157 --> 09:17.755 align:start INITIALLY STARTED WORKING ON 09:17.758 --> 09:20.758 align:start THIS FIRE. 09:20.761 --> 09:22.159 align:start YOU KNOW, WHICH WAS OVER BY 09:22.162 --> 09:24.161 align:start DRAGOON, THE COMMUNITY OF 09:24.164 --> 09:25.796 align:start DRAGOON, AND THEN MOST OF THE 09:25.799 --> 09:27.331 align:start ACTIVITY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE 09:27.334 --> 09:28.732 align:start DRAGOON MOUNTAINS, SO THIS WAS 09:28.735 --> 09:29.733 align:start THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR US TO 09:29.736 --> 09:31.402 align:start SUPPORT THAT OPERATION. 09:31.405 --> 09:33.437 align:start >> THIS HAS BEEN CONSIDERED THE 09:33.440 --> 09:33.737 align:start LARGEST WILDFIRE IN ARIZONA THIS 09:33.740 --> 09:35.105 align:start WEEK. 09:35.108 --> 09:37.474 align:start WHAT IS SO UNIQUE ABOUT IT? 09:37.477 --> 09:39.443 align:start >> YOU KNOW, SOUTHEASTERN 09:39.446 --> 09:41.812 align:start ARIZONA IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE 09:41.815 --> 09:43.681 align:start HOTTEST DRIEST PLACES IN OUR 09:43.684 --> 09:45.983 align:start GEOGRAPHIC AREA, BETWEEN NEW 09:45.986 --> 09:47.551 align:start MEXICO AND ARIZONA, SO, YOU 09:47.554 --> 09:49.353 align:start KNOW, THE FUEL CONDITIONS DOWN 09:49.356 --> 09:51.522 align:start HERE ARE VERY RECEPTIVE TO LARGE 09:51.525 --> 09:52.756 align:start FIRE GROWTH, SO THAT'S, YOU 09:52.759 --> 09:53.824 align:start KNOW, PRIMARILY WHY WE'RE HERE. 09:53.827 --> 09:55.059 align:start >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE SOME OF THE 09:55.062 --> 09:55.826 align:start TERRAIN THAT WE'RE SEEING IN 09:55.829 --> 09:58.395 align:start THIS PARTICULAR AREA? 09:58.398 --> 10:01.532 align:start >> YOU KNOW, IT'S TYPICALLY, YOU 10:01.535 --> 10:05.903 align:start KNOW, THE SOUTHEASTERN SKY 10:05.906 --> 10:07.871 align:start ISLANDS, DESERT SHRUB TYPE, VERY 10:07.874 --> 10:10.107 align:start FLASHY FUELS WHICH CREATES VERY 10:10.110 --> 10:11.742 align:start HIGH RATES OF SPREAD. 10:11.745 --> 10:13.410 align:start YOU KNOW, DUE TO THE 10:13.413 --> 10:17.114 align:start TEMPERATURES AND THE RELATIVE 10:17.117 --> 10:18.849 align:start HUMIDITIES HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY 10:18.852 --> 10:19.216 align:start CONDUCIVE TO FIRE, FIRE 10:19.219 --> 10:21.452 align:start BEHAVIOR. 10:21.455 --> 10:21.785 align:start YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL 10:21.788 --> 10:23.520 align:start ABOUT. 10:23.523 --> 10:24.588 align:start >> THIS FIRE HAS BURNED FOR MORE 10:24.591 --> 10:27.324 align:start THAN A WEEK NOW. 10:27.327 --> 10:28.158 align:start WHAT IS IT ABOUT IT THAT IS SO 10:28.161 --> 10:30.494 align:start HARD TO CONTAIN IT? 10:30.497 --> 10:32.096 align:start >> YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN BURNING 10:32.099 --> 10:34.431 align:start IN REALLY STEEP RUGGED COUNTRY 10:34.434 --> 10:36.066 align:start AND OF COURSE WE DON'T WANT TO 10:36.069 --> 10:39.403 align:start ENGAGE OUR OPERATIONAL PEOPLE IN 10:39.406 --> 10:39.903 align:start PLACES WHERE WE CAN'T BE 10:39.906 --> 10:41.605 align:start SUCCESSFUL. 10:41.608 --> 10:43.073 align:start MORE SO TO THE FACT WE DON'T 10:43.076 --> 10:44.708 align:start WANT TO PUT PEOPLE WHERE WE 10:44.711 --> 10:46.110 align:start CAN'T GET THEM OUT IF THEY WERE 10:46.113 --> 10:47.945 align:start TO GET INJURED OR HURT OR 10:47.948 --> 10:50.314 align:start SERIOUSLY INJURED, WE NEED TO BE 10:50.317 --> 10:52.082 align:start OPERATING IN AN AREA WHERE WE 10:52.085 --> 10:53.884 align:start HAVE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF 10:53.887 --> 10:55.285 align:start SUCCESS, OF CONTAINING THE FIRE. 10:55.288 --> 10:56.787 align:start SO PRIMARILY THAT'S DOWN IN THE 10:56.790 --> 10:59.423 align:start LOW LANDS WHERE IT'S MORE 10:59.426 --> 11:02.526 align:start FLATTER TERRAIN AND WE CAN 11:02.529 --> 11:03.794 align:start UTILIZE MULTIPLE OPERATIONAL 11:03.797 --> 11:07.297 align:start ASSETS, BEING HEAVY HELICOPTERS 11:07.300 --> 11:08.065 align:start OR HOT SHOT CREWS, ENGINES, 11:08.068 --> 11:09.166 align:start DOZERS WHERE IT'S MORE CONDUCIVE 11:09.169 --> 11:09.566 align:start TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND 11:09.569 --> 11:10.734 align:start EFFECTIVE. 11:10.737 --> 11:11.669 align:start >> TELL ME ABOUT THE PEOPLE 11:11.672 --> 11:12.369 align:start FIGHTING THESE FLAMES BECAUSE 11:12.372 --> 11:14.071 align:start YOU HAVE PEOPLE REPRESENTING 11:14.074 --> 11:16.507 align:start MORE THAN AT LEAST SEVEN STATES. 11:16.510 --> 11:18.275 align:start >> YEAH, SEVEN STATES AND 11:18.278 --> 11:20.144 align:start PROBABLY, YOU KNOW -- SO WE ARE 11:20.147 --> 11:22.780 align:start LOOKING AT MULTIPLE RESOURCES 11:22.783 --> 11:24.181 align:start FROM HEAVY HELICOPTERS TO MEDIUM 11:24.184 --> 11:25.315 align:start HELICOPTERS TO LIGHT 11:25.318 --> 11:27.418 align:start HELICOPTERS, IN ADDITION WE HAD, 11:27.421 --> 11:29.953 align:start YOU KNOW, A FEW DAYS AGO WE HAD 11:29.956 --> 11:33.190 align:start THE VERY LARGE AIR TANKER AND 11:33.193 --> 11:34.425 align:start THEN WE HAD THE LARGE AIR 11:34.428 --> 11:37.294 align:start TANKERS AND THEN COMBINING THAT 11:37.297 --> 11:40.097 align:start WITH THE GROUND RESOURCES OF 11:40.100 --> 11:43.667 align:start DOZERS, ENGINES, HOT SHOT CREWS 11:43.670 --> 11:45.569 align:start AND TYPE 2 IE INCIDENT CREWS AND 11:45.572 --> 11:46.904 align:start MULTIPLE OVERHEAD RESOURCES. 11:46.907 --> 11:48.105 align:start >> FOR YOU AS AN INCIDENT 11:48.108 --> 11:49.139 align:start COMMANDER A LOT OF THE TIMES 11:49.142 --> 11:50.507 align:start THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A FIRE 11:50.510 --> 11:50.874 align:start THAT MAKES IT UNIQUE OR 11:50.877 --> 11:51.875 align:start MEMORABLE. 11:51.878 --> 11:53.477 align:start WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS ONE? 11:53.480 --> 11:54.745 align:start >> YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT'S 11:54.748 --> 11:56.013 align:start UNIQUE ABOUT THIS IS THAT, YOU 11:56.016 --> 11:57.748 align:start KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH 11:57.751 --> 11:59.650 align:start MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS, YOU 11:59.653 --> 12:02.086 align:start KNOW, ARIZONA STATE FORESTRY, 12:02.089 --> 12:04.755 align:start PRIVATE LANDS, COCHISE COUNTY, 12:04.758 --> 12:08.225 align:start THE CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST AND 12:08.228 --> 12:09.727 align:start JUST THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE 12:09.730 --> 12:11.128 align:start BUILT OR HAVE BEEN BUILT 12:11.131 --> 12:12.229 align:start PREVIOUS TO US COMING HERE AND 12:12.232 --> 12:13.964 align:start US MAINTAINING THOSE. 12:13.967 --> 12:16.834 align:start IT'S BEEN A VERY COLLABORATIVE 12:16.837 --> 12:17.234 align:start PROCESS FOR US, VERY EASY 12:17.237 --> 12:19.203 align:start TRANSITION. 12:19.206 --> 12:19.570 align:start IT JUST MAKES THINGS WORK MORE 12:19.573 --> 12:23.741 align:start SMOOTHLY. 12:23.744 --> 12:33.884 align:start AND LASTLY I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE 12:33.887 --> 12:36.920 align:start THE PIERCE COCHISE DISTRICT. 12:36.923 --> 12:39.156 align:start THE CONTAIN AMOUNT Z OF LAST 12:39.159 --> 12:41.492 align:start NIGHT WAS 54% OR 15,000 ACRES. 12:41.495 --> 12:44.194 align:start THE PRIORITY AREAS FOR US ARE ON 12:44.197 --> 12:45.863 align:start THE SOUTHERN PRIMT ERR AROUND 12:45.866 --> 12:47.498 align:start THE COCHISE STRONG HOLD, WE HAVE 12:47.501 --> 12:49.466 align:start CREWS INSERTED THERE AND BY THE 12:49.469 --> 12:50.834 align:start END OF THE SHIFT WE FEEL PRETTY 12:50.837 --> 12:52.202 align:start GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO 12:52.205 --> 12:54.838 align:start BE AT BY THE END OF SHIFT. 12:54.841 --> 12:57.274 align:start WE ARE CONDUCTING SUPPRESSION 12:57.277 --> 12:59.843 align:start REHAB ON THOSE AREAS WHERE WE'VE 12:59.846 --> 13:03.680 align:start DISTURBED THE LANDSCAPE WITH 13:03.683 --> 13:06.316 align:start DOZERS OR OTHER APPARATUSES. 13:06.319 --> 13:09.553 align:start SO WE ARE FOCUSING ON THAT. 13:09.556 --> 13:12.556 align:start WE WILL BE RELEASING RESOURCES 13:12.559 --> 13:13.624 align:start TO BE COMMITTED TO OTHER 13:13.627 --> 13:18.695 align:start INCIDENTS WITHIN ARIZONA AND THE 13:18.698 --> 13:18.996 align:start REST OF THE COUNTRY AND SCALING 13:18.999 --> 13:20.597 align:start DOWN. 13:20.600 --> 13:22.533 align:start >>> FLURRY DROPS FROM AIRCRAFT 13:22.536 --> 13:25.068 align:start ARE KEY IN FIRE FIGHTS LIKE THIS 13:25.071 --> 13:25.402 align:start ONE BECAUSE OF THE RUGGED 13:25.405 --> 13:27.638 align:start TERRAIN. 13:27.641 --> 13:28.472 align:start MARK PATER WITH MORE ON AIR 13:28.475 --> 13:30.440 align:start OPERATIONS FOR THE LIZARD FIRE 13:30.443 --> 13:33.811 align:start >> ON THE LIZARD FIRE I'M ONE OF 13:33.814 --> 13:34.678 align:start TWO AIR OPERATIONS BRANCH 13:34.681 --> 13:36.513 align:start DIRECTORS AND WE HELP COORDINATE 13:36.516 --> 13:37.681 align:start THE AVIATION RESOURCES, THE 13:37.684 --> 13:38.982 align:start AIRCRAFT AND THE MISSIONS THAT 13:38.985 --> 13:39.983 align:start THOSE AIRCRAFT PERFORM EVERY DAY 13:39.986 --> 13:41.151 align:start IN COORDINATION WITH THE PEOPLE 13:41.154 --> 13:42.686 align:start ON THE GROUND. 13:42.689 --> 13:43.854 align:start >> WE TALK AIRCRAFT. 13:43.857 --> 13:45.122 align:start WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UTILIZING OUT 13:45.125 --> 13:46.290 align:start ON THIS FIRE? 13:46.293 --> 13:47.491 align:start >> WE HAVE A VARIETY OF 13:47.494 --> 13:48.625 align:start DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIRCRAFT. 13:48.628 --> 13:49.860 align:start FIRST WE HAVE A FIRE TRAFFIC 13:49.863 --> 13:51.428 align:start AREA ESTABLISHED OVER THE FIRE 13:51.431 --> 13:55.332 align:start WHERE ONLY FIRE AIRCRAFT CAN FLY 13:55.335 --> 13:57.935 align:start WITHIN IT, IT'S AN EIGHT 13:57.938 --> 14:00.070 align:start NAUTICAL MILE RADIUS CYLINDER. 14:00.073 --> 14:01.405 align:start WE HAVE AN AIR TECH THAT FLIES 14:01.408 --> 14:03.907 align:start HIGH ABOVE THE FIRE AND DIRECTS 14:03.910 --> 14:05.108 align:start THE AIRCRAFT LIKE VERY LARGE AIR 14:05.111 --> 14:06.877 align:start TANKERS, LARGE AIR TANKERS, 14:06.880 --> 14:08.512 align:start HELICOPTERS WHEN THEY COME IN TO 14:08.515 --> 14:10.914 align:start DROP RETARDANT OR WATER. 14:10.917 --> 14:13.884 align:start THE AIR ATTACK DIRECTS THEM AS 14:13.887 --> 14:14.985 align:start TO WHERE THEY NEED THE WATER OR 14:14.988 --> 14:17.087 align:start RETARDANT DROPPED. 14:17.090 --> 14:18.355 align:start >> HOW MANY HELICOPTERS, PLANES, 14:18.358 --> 14:20.457 align:start HAVE YOU HAD UP IN THE AIR? 14:20.460 --> 14:21.859 align:start HOW MUCH WATER ARE WE TALKING? 14:21.862 --> 14:23.026 align:start >> WITH THE VERY LARGE AIR 14:23.029 --> 14:24.228 align:start TANKER I BELIEVE THEY USED THAT 14:24.231 --> 14:26.463 align:start AIRCRAFT EARLY ON IN THE FIRE 14:26.466 --> 14:28.065 align:start AND THAT AIRCRAFT CAN DROP ABOUT 14:28.068 --> 14:30.834 align:start 12,000 GALLONS OF RETARDANT AT 14:30.837 --> 14:33.971 align:start THAT TIME A TIME. 14:33.974 --> 14:34.938 align:start THEN WE HAVE LARGE AIR TANKERS 14:34.941 --> 14:36.139 align:start THAT RUN 2,000 TO 3,000 GALLONS 14:36.142 --> 14:37.474 align:start OF RETARDANT. 14:37.477 --> 14:38.809 align:start THEN THE LARGE HELICOPTERS WILL 14:38.812 --> 14:41.945 align:start DROP PRIMARILY WATER ON THIS 14:41.948 --> 14:43.013 align:start FIRE, ANYWHERE FROM 1,000 TO 14:43.016 --> 14:43.313 align:start 2,000 GALLONS OF WATER AT A 14:43.316 --> 14:44.448 align:start TIME. 14:44.451 --> 14:46.516 align:start THE MEDIUM HELICOPTERS WILL 14:46.519 --> 14:48.819 align:start FOLLOW IN AND THEY WILL DROP 14:48.822 --> 14:50.854 align:start BETWEEN 300, MAYBE 400 GALLONS 14:50.857 --> 14:52.289 align:start OF WATER DEPENDING ON HOW HOT 14:52.292 --> 14:53.490 align:start AND HOW HIGH THEY HAVE TO FLY. 14:53.493 --> 14:54.224 align:start >> IS THERE A WATER RESOURCE OUT 14:54.227 --> 14:55.525 align:start HERE FOR YOU? 14:55.528 --> 14:57.594 align:start >> THAT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE. 14:57.597 --> 15:00.197 align:start WE HAD A HARD TIME, BUT LUCKILY 15:00.200 --> 15:01.665 align:start SOME OF THE LOCAL AGRICULTURAL 15:01.668 --> 15:03.834 align:start PRODUCERS, FARMERS, ONE IN 15:03.837 --> 15:05.035 align:start PARTICULAR OVER ON AN EAST SIDE 15:05.038 --> 15:07.804 align:start PROVIDED HIS WELL AND WE WERE 15:07.807 --> 15:09.172 align:start ABLE TO FILL A 10,000 GALLON 15:09.175 --> 15:10.374 align:start PUMPKIN WHICH IS A LARGE 15:10.377 --> 15:12.142 align:start CONTAINER THAT HOLDS WATER AND A 15:12.145 --> 15:13.911 align:start SMALLER ONE FOR THE SMALLER 15:13.914 --> 15:15.145 align:start HELICOPTERS AND WATER TENDERS. 15:15.148 --> 15:16.246 align:start ON THE OTHER SIDE OF COURSE 15:16.249 --> 15:17.848 align:start THERE IS THE RIVER, BUT THERE IS 15:17.851 --> 15:18.916 align:start A LANDOWNER THAT HAS SOME PONDS 15:18.919 --> 15:20.550 align:start OVER THERE AND WE HAVE AN 15:20.553 --> 15:22.686 align:start AGREEMENT WITH THAT PERSON TO 15:22.689 --> 15:23.854 align:start USE OUR LARGE AND MEDIUM 15:23.857 --> 15:24.354 align:start HELICOPTERS TO DRAW WATER OUT OF 15:24.357 --> 15:28.091 align:start THOSE PONDS. 15:28.094 --> 15:29.293 align:start >> FOR A LOT OF THE LOCALS DOWN 15:29.296 --> 15:31.295 align:start HERE PEOPLE SAW THE DCC-10, 15:31.298 --> 15:32.396 align:start GREAT PICTURES OF THAT, THAT WAS 15:32.399 --> 15:33.463 align:start EXCITING, IT ALSO MEANT YOU WERE 15:33.466 --> 15:34.531 align:start PULLING OUT THE BIG GUNS. 15:34.534 --> 15:34.831 align:start WAS THAT IMPORTANT FOR THIS 15:34.834 --> 15:35.999 align:start FIGHT? 15:36.002 --> 15:37.234 align:start >> I WOULD SAY YES. 15:37.237 --> 15:38.802 align:start EARLY ON THIS FIRE WAS MOVING 15:38.805 --> 15:40.704 align:start VERY RAPIDLY AND WHEN THAT FIRE 15:40.707 --> 15:43.140 align:start CAME DOWN OFF THE SLOPES AND 15:43.143 --> 15:47.244 align:start INTO THE FLATS WE SAW FIRE 15:47.247 --> 15:49.012 align:start BEHAVIOR THAT WAS A LITTLE MORE 15:49.015 --> 15:50.380 align:start OUT OF WHAT WE'RE USED TO SEEING 15:50.383 --> 15:53.750 align:start FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. 15:53.753 --> 15:55.752 align:start THE VERY LARGE AIR TANKER WITH 15:55.755 --> 15:58.388 align:start BREAK THE LOAD UP INTO A SERIES 15:58.391 --> 16:00.457 align:start OF DROPS AND MORE STRATEGICALLY 16:00.460 --> 16:01.892 align:start PLACE THE RETARDANT ON THE 16:01.895 --> 16:02.559 align:start GROUND TO TRY TO SLOW THE SPREAD 16:02.562 --> 16:04.461 align:start OF THE FIRE. 16:04.464 --> 16:06.496 align:start THE IMPORTANT PART OF THAT IS 16:06.499 --> 16:07.998 align:start YOU CAN DROP ALL THE RETARDANT 16:08.001 --> 16:09.967 align:start YOU WANT BUT UNTIL YOU HAVE 16:09.970 --> 16:12.469 align:start PEOPLE ON THE GROUND TO BACK UP 16:12.472 --> 16:15.072 align:start THAT RETARDANT FIRE CAN BURN 16:15.075 --> 16:16.239 align:start THROUGH THAT AS IT DRIES OUT. 16:16.242 --> 16:17.274 align:start >> HOW POWERFUL IS THAT 16:17.277 --> 16:17.641 align:start RETARDANT? 16:17.644 --> 16:18.375 align:start RETARDANT? 16:18.378 --> 16:19.042 align:start CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THE USE IT 16:19.045 --> 16:19.343 align:start AND WHAT IT LOOKS AND FEELS 16:19.346 --> 16:20.444 align:start LIKE? 16:20.447 --> 16:21.712 align:start >> IT'S A RED, IT'S VERY SLICK. 16:21.715 --> 16:23.547 align:start YOU DON'T WANT TO BE STANDING 16:23.550 --> 16:24.915 align:start THERE WHEN THEY'RE DROPPING 16:24.918 --> 16:26.950 align:start RETARDANT, IT CAN PICK UP ROCKS, 16:26.953 --> 16:28.585 align:start IT WILL DIG A SMALL TRENCH IN 16:28.588 --> 16:30.053 align:start THE GROUND, I'VE SEEN IT TAKE 16:30.056 --> 16:31.788 align:start TREES OUT OF THE GROUND, SMALL 16:31.791 --> 16:32.522 align:start TREES. 16:32.525 --> 16:33.991 align:start SO GENERALLY ACTUALLY ALWAYS WE 16:33.994 --> 16:35.359 align:start TELL OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO CLEAR 16:35.362 --> 16:36.893 align:start THE DROP ZONE, THEY HAVE TO BE 16:36.896 --> 16:38.929 align:start OUT OF THE AREA BEFORE THE 16:38.932 --> 16:39.629 align:start AIRCRAFT CAN DROP THE RETARDANT 16:39.632 --> 16:41.064 align:start ON THE GROUND. 16:41.067 --> 16:42.766 align:start THE SAME THING WITH THE WATER 16:42.769 --> 16:45.335 align:start BUCKETS. 16:45.338 --> 16:46.069 align:start IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S 2,000 16:46.072 --> 16:47.137 align:start GALLONS OF WATER OR 200 YOU DO 16:47.140 --> 16:47.637 align:start NOT WANT TO BE STANDING 16:47.640 --> 16:49.439 align:start UNDERNEATH THAT. 16:49.442 --> 16:50.941 align:start >> THE AIR ATTACK HAS BEEN A 16:50.944 --> 16:52.109 align:start SIGNIFICANT PART OF THIS FIRE 16:52.112 --> 16:53.410 align:start FIGHT GETTING IT UNDER CONTROL. 16:53.413 --> 16:54.111 align:start WITHOUT IT HOW WOULD FIRES 16:54.114 --> 16:55.812 align:start CHANGE THESE DAYS? 16:55.815 --> 16:56.947 align:start >> WE WOULDN'T BE FLYING ANY 16:56.950 --> 16:58.448 align:start AIRCRAFT BECAUSE THE AIR ATTACK 16:58.451 --> 16:59.316 align:start IS THE PERSON THAT COORDINATES 16:59.319 --> 17:00.650 align:start THE DANCE. 17:00.653 --> 17:02.586 align:start THEY MAKE SURE THAT THE AIRCRAFT 17:02.589 --> 17:04.388 align:start COMING IN DON'T GET TOO 17:04.391 --> 17:06.423 align:start CONGESTED, THAT OUR FIRE TRAFFIC 17:06.426 --> 17:07.524 align:start AREA STAYS CLEAR AND THEY TALKED 17:07.527 --> 17:08.959 align:start DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE ON THE 17:08.962 --> 17:10.427 align:start GROUND IN THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS 17:10.430 --> 17:11.995 align:start AND SEE WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, DO 17:11.998 --> 17:13.563 align:start THEY NEED HELICOPTERS, DO THEY 17:13.566 --> 17:15.699 align:start NEED AIR TANKERS AND THEN THEY 17:15.702 --> 17:17.134 align:start WILL MAKE THAT -- HELP THEM MAKE 17:17.137 --> 17:18.668 align:start THE PROPER DECISIONS AND DIRECT 17:18.671 --> 17:19.669 align:start THE AIRCRAFT INTO WHERE IT'S 17:19.672 --> 17:21.171 align:start TRULY NEEDED. 17:21.174 --> 17:22.406 align:start ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE'VE SEEN 17:22.409 --> 17:23.106 align:start OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IS THE 17:23.109 --> 17:24.241 align:start USE OF DRONES. 17:24.244 --> 17:26.176 align:start BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A FIRE 17:26.179 --> 17:28.211 align:start TRAFFIC AREA IN EFFECT, THAT 17:28.214 --> 17:30.013 align:start FIRE TRAFFIC AREA IS RESTRICTED 17:30.016 --> 17:32.549 align:start ONLY TO FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT. 17:32.552 --> 17:34.684 align:start IF A DRONE WERE TO FLY INTO THAT 17:34.687 --> 17:36.553 align:start FIRE TRAFFIC AREA THEY'RE 17:36.556 --> 17:38.155 align:start TECHNICALLY BREAKING THE LAW AND 17:38.158 --> 17:40.123 align:start WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN ALL OF OUR 17:40.126 --> 17:42.459 align:start AVIATION OPERATIONS, AIR ATTACK, 17:42.462 --> 17:43.894 align:start EVERYBODY GOES AWAY UNTIL WE CAN 17:43.897 --> 17:45.262 align:start ASSURE EVERYBODY THAT THAT DRONE 17:45.265 --> 17:46.196 align:start ISN'T IN THE FIRE TRAFFIC AREA. 17:46.199 --> 17:47.597 align:start >> THE CONVERSATION GOES AWAY 17:47.600 --> 17:49.166 align:start FROM THE SAFETY OF THIS TYPE OF 17:49.169 --> 17:49.766 align:start WORK, BUT FLYING OVER A FIRE IS 17:49.769 --> 17:51.601 align:start VERY DANGEROUS. 17:51.604 --> 17:53.737 align:start >> YES, IT IS. 17:53.740 --> 17:55.539 align:start I'D SAY ONE THING, THE WAY THE 17:55.542 --> 17:56.740 align:start WINDS BEHAVE OVER THE FIRE, WE 17:56.743 --> 17:58.075 align:start HAD STRONG WINDS EARLY ON WITH 17:58.078 --> 18:00.610 align:start THIS INCIDENT AND THE WINDS 18:00.613 --> 18:03.280 align:start COMING OVER THAT MOUNTAIN OUT OF 18:03.283 --> 18:05.348 align:start THE WEST UP HIGH AN AIRCRAFT 18:05.351 --> 18:05.615 align:start WILL GET BOUNCED AROUND QUITE A 18:05.618 --> 18:07.784 align:start BIT. 18:07.787 --> 18:09.019 align:start THE AIRCRAFT MAY NOT FEEL THAT 18:09.022 --> 18:10.187 align:start EFFECT THAT MUCH BUT THEY WILL 18:10.190 --> 18:12.656 align:start FEEL THOSE STRONG WINDS COMING 18:12.659 --> 18:14.024 align:start OUT OF THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST, 18:14.027 --> 18:15.258 align:start BUT THE HELICOPTERS COMING IN AT 18:15.261 --> 18:17.694 align:start A LOWER ALTITUDE THEY HAVE TO 18:17.697 --> 18:19.396 align:start DEAL WITH THAT SO SAFETY WISE WE 18:19.399 --> 18:21.064 align:start HAVE WIND LIMITS THAT THE 18:21.067 --> 18:24.301 align:start AIRCRAFT HAVE TO ABIDE BY. 18:24.304 --> 18:25.469 align:start THEY CAN FLY UNDER CERTAIN WIND 18:25.472 --> 18:27.671 align:start LIMITS, BUT WHEN THE WINDS GET 18:27.674 --> 18:28.805 align:start ABOVE A CERTAIN SPEED OR KNOTS 18:28.808 --> 18:29.272 align:start THEN WE HAVE TO SHUT THEM DOWN 18:29.275 --> 18:31.108 align:start AND WAIT. 18:31.111 --> 18:32.676 align:start WE SAW THAT ON THE SAWMILL FIRE, 18:32.679 --> 18:33.810 align:start THERE WAS A FULL DAY WE COULD 18:33.813 --> 18:34.778 align:start NOT FLY AIRCRAFT BECAUSE IT WAS 18:34.781 --> 18:36.179 align:start TOO WINDY. 18:36.182 --> 18:39.549 align:start NOT ONLY IS IT DANGEROUS FOR THE 18:39.552 --> 18:40.984 align:start PILOTS AND THE AIRCRAFT BUT THE 18:40.987 --> 18:41.318 align:start RETARDANT ISN'T EFFECTIVE, 18:41.321 --> 18:42.252 align:start EITHER. 18:42.255 --> 18:44.354 align:start >>> WILDFIRES HAVE CHARRED MORE 18:44.357 --> 18:45.222 align:start THAN 80 SQUARE MILES IN ARIZONA 18:45.225 --> 18:47.290 align:start THIS WEEK. 18:47.293 --> 18:48.658 align:start HERE IS A LOOK AT THE MAP WITH 18:48.661 --> 18:49.025 align:start SOME OF THE FIRES BURNING 18:49.028 --> 18:50.227 align:start STATEWIDE. 18:50.230 --> 18:51.661 align:start YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE FIGHT 18:51.664 --> 18:52.829 align:start HAPPENING IN VARIOUS PARTS OF 18:52.832 --> 18:55.732 align:start ARIZONA, FROM THE NORTH TO THE 18:55.735 --> 18:57.267 align:start SOUTH, THE EAST TO THE WEST, IT 18:57.270 --> 18:57.567 align:start SEEMS FIRES STARTING NEARLY 18:57.570 --> 18:59.236 align:start DAILY. 18:59.239 --> 19:00.270 align:start THESE PHOTOS TAKEN FROM 19:00.273 --> 19:02.239 align:start THROUGHOUT THE STATE, CREWS FROM 19:02.242 --> 19:03.840 align:start ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN ARIZONA, 19:03.843 --> 19:04.875 align:start AN EFFORT ON THE GROUND AND IN 19:04.878 --> 19:06.376 align:start THE AIR. 19:06.379 --> 19:07.944 align:start ACCORDING TO THE FOREST SERVICE 19:07.947 --> 19:10.881 align:start THE STATE IS CONSIDERED TO 19:10.884 --> 19:12.115 align:start ALWAYS BE IN FIRE SEASON. 19:12.118 --> 19:14.117 align:start WILDFIRES STARTED EARLIER THAN 19:14.120 --> 19:16.753 align:start NORMAL THIS YEAR, IN LATE APRIL 19:16.756 --> 19:18.655 align:start THE SAWMILL FIRE SOUTHEAST OF 19:18.658 --> 19:20.724 align:start TUCSON CONSUMED 47,000 ACRES AND 19:20.727 --> 19:21.024 align:start COST MORE THAN $7 MILLION TO 19:21.027 --> 19:22.492 align:start FIGHT. 19:22.495 --> 19:24.661 align:start AND THE WEATHER PLAYS A ROLE IN 19:24.664 --> 19:26.496 align:start THE FIRE FIGHT. 19:26.499 --> 19:29.900 align:start METEOROLOGISTS KEEPING A CLOSE 19:29.903 --> 19:30.934 align:start EYE ON WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE 19:30.937 --> 19:32.502 align:start HAINES INDEX. 19:32.505 --> 19:33.870 align:start THE NATIONAL INTERAGENCY FIRE 19:33.873 --> 19:35.238 align:start CENTER SAYS THE STATE'S 19:35.241 --> 19:37.440 align:start POTENTIAL FOR FIRE IS HIGH. 19:37.443 --> 19:39.242 align:start HERE IS METEOROLOGIST JON BONK. 19:39.245 --> 19:42.045 align:start >> I'M HERE TO PROVIDE FIRST AND 19:42.048 --> 19:44.080 align:start FOREMOST FOR THE SAFETY OF THE 19:44.083 --> 19:46.283 align:start FIREFIGHTERS THE WEATHER IMPACTS 19:46.286 --> 19:48.018 align:start FIRE IN A PRETTY DRAMATIC WAY. 19:48.021 --> 19:51.221 align:start THE MAIN THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING 19:51.224 --> 19:52.889 align:start OUT FOR ARE HUMIDITY AND WIND. 19:52.892 --> 19:55.392 align:start THE IMPACTS OF HUMIDITY AND WIND 19:55.395 --> 19:55.725 align:start ARE THE PRIMARY DRIVERS OF FIRE 19:55.728 --> 19:58.929 align:start SPREAD. 19:58.932 --> 20:01.264 align:start SO I'M LOOKING OUT FOR EVENTS 20:01.267 --> 20:02.999 align:start THAT COULD CAUSE HAPPENED RATES 20:03.002 --> 20:05.268 align:start OF SPREAD OR WHAT WE CONSIDER 20:05.271 --> 20:07.003 align:start VERY DRAMATIC FIRE GROWTH. 20:07.006 --> 20:09.673 align:start >> ANYTHING UNIQUE ABOUT WHAT 20:09.676 --> 20:11.208 align:start YOU'VE SEEN IN WEATHER PATTERNS 20:11.211 --> 20:11.841 align:start DOWN IN HERE IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA 20:11.844 --> 20:12.909 align:start THIS WEEK? 20:12.912 --> 20:14.911 align:start >> THE WINDS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE 20:14.914 --> 20:15.812 align:start BIT OF A CHALLENGE TO BEGIN 20:15.815 --> 20:17.447 align:start WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE 20:17.450 --> 20:19.015 align:start TERRAIN, HOW YOU HAVE YOUR BROAD 20:19.018 --> 20:20.116 align:start AREAS OF FLAT AND THEN THE 20:20.119 --> 20:21.017 align:start MOUNTAINS KIND OF POKING UP 20:21.020 --> 20:23.386 align:start THROUGH THE MIDDLE. 20:23.389 --> 20:24.487 align:start THE WINDS THAT ARE HITTING ONE 20:24.490 --> 20:25.555 align:start SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN MAY NOT 20:25.558 --> 20:27.190 align:start NECESSARILY EFFECT THE OTHER 20:27.193 --> 20:28.592 align:start SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SAME 20:28.595 --> 20:31.928 align:start WAY, THIS HE MAY BE STRONGER, 20:31.931 --> 20:32.662 align:start THEY MAY BE WEAKER, THEY MAY BE 20:32.665 --> 20:33.063 align:start COMING FROM COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 20:33.066 --> 20:34.064 align:start DIRECTIONS. 20:34.067 --> 20:35.332 align:start SO HAVING THOSE MOUNTAINS ACT AS 20:35.335 --> 20:37.133 align:start A LITTLE BARRIER TO THE WIND 20:37.136 --> 20:38.401 align:start FLOW IS CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE. 20:38.404 --> 20:39.035 align:start >> HOW IMPORTANT ARE YOU IN THIS 20:39.038 --> 20:41.071 align:start FIRE FIGHT? 20:41.074 --> 20:42.205 align:start IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE JUST AS 20:42.208 --> 20:42.539 align:start CRITICAL AS THE BOOTS ON THE 20:42.542 --> 20:44.040 align:start GROUND. 20:44.043 --> 20:44.407 align:start >> THEY CONSIDER ME TO BE VERY 20:44.410 --> 20:46.309 align:start IMPORTANT. 20:46.312 --> 20:48.211 align:start I LIKE TO STAY PRETTY HUMBLE 20:48.214 --> 20:49.579 align:start ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY AS MOTHER 20:49.582 --> 20:50.247 align:start NATURE LIKE TO THROW WRINKLES 20:50.250 --> 20:52.415 align:start OUR WAY. 20:52.418 --> 20:53.917 align:start SO, AGAIN, I'M HERE FOR THE 20:53.920 --> 20:55.051 align:start FIREFIGHTER SAFETY AND THAT'S MY 20:55.054 --> 20:56.553 align:start GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY 20:56.556 --> 20:56.886 align:start ARE NOT SURPRISED BY ANY WEATHER 20:56.889 --> 21:00.190 align:start EVENT. 21:00.193 --> 21:00.690 align:start >> I KNOW YOU COME TO US FROM 21:00.693 --> 21:01.024 align:start PORTLAND, OREGON. 21:01.027 --> 21:01.758 align:start >> YES. 21:01.761 --> 21:03.927 align:start >> BUT HERE IN ARIZONA WE HAVE 21:03.930 --> 21:04.694 align:start THE MONSOON WHICH TECHNICALLY 21:04.697 --> 21:08.798 align:start LAUNCHES THIS WEEK. 21:08.801 --> 21:09.199 align:start DOES THAT COMPLICATE OR EXCITE 21:09.202 --> 21:10.333 align:start YOU AT ALL. 21:10.336 --> 21:12.269 align:start >> YOU CAN'T SAY THAT THE 21:12.272 --> 21:13.370 align:start MONSOON TECHNICALLY LAUNCHES, IT 21:13.373 --> 21:14.604 align:start COMMONLY WOULD START AROUND THIS 21:14.607 --> 21:15.605 align:start TIME OF YEAR, HOWEVER, THE 21:15.608 --> 21:17.607 align:start SEASON HAS BEEN DIFFERENT AND 21:17.610 --> 21:19.276 align:start WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT MAYBE A 21:19.279 --> 21:20.543 align:start WEEK OR TWO IF NOT LONGER BEFORE 21:20.546 --> 21:21.511 align:start WE GET THE TRUE MONSOON. 21:21.514 --> 21:24.114 align:start THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME 21:24.117 --> 21:25.615 align:start THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA EARLY 21:25.618 --> 21:27.817 align:start NEXT WEEK, HOWEVER, THESE ARE 21:27.820 --> 21:30.120 align:start GOING TO BE JUST MORE FORMED BY 21:30.123 --> 21:31.354 align:start REALLY HOT AIR AND SO WE'RE NOT 21:31.357 --> 21:33.256 align:start SEEING THE HEAVY, HEAVY RAINS 21:33.259 --> 21:33.657 align:start THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY GET WITH 21:33.660 --> 21:35.125 align:start A MONSOON. 21:35.128 --> 21:36.326 align:start >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW POWERFUL 21:36.329 --> 21:37.761 align:start LIGHTNING CAN BE WHEN IT MAKES 21:37.764 --> 21:39.329 align:start THAT STRIKE ON DRY GROUND. 21:39.332 --> 21:41.931 align:start >> IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 21:41.934 --> 21:43.099 align:start TO GIVE AN IDEA SOME SCIENTISTS 21:43.102 --> 21:44.434 align:start HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THE 21:44.437 --> 21:45.969 align:start TEMPERATURE OF THE LIGHTNING IS 21:45.972 --> 21:47.537 align:start OVER 50,000 DEGREES, WHICH IS 21:47.540 --> 21:49.572 align:start CONSIDERED TO BE HOTTER THAN THE 21:49.575 --> 21:53.743 align:start SURFACE OF THE SUN. 21:53.746 --> 21:57.080 align:start THE MAIN IMPACT IS TO JUST 21:57.083 --> 21:59.049 align:start IMMEDIATELY IGNITE WHATEVER IT 21:59.052 --> 22:01.017 align:start STRIKES AND SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS 22:01.020 --> 22:03.453 align:start IF YOUR FUELS ARE DRY ENOUGH, IF 22:03.456 --> 22:04.688 align:start IT'S REALLY DRY LIKE IT IS RIGHT 22:04.691 --> 22:06.156 align:start NOW, THEN ANY LIGHTNING CAN 22:06.159 --> 22:08.658 align:start START ANY FIRE AND IT'S REALLY 22:08.661 --> 22:10.026 align:start BEST FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE 22:10.029 --> 22:11.261 align:start PROTECTION AROUND THEIR HOMES TO 22:11.264 --> 22:12.128 align:start GIVE THE FIREFIGHTERS A CHANCE 22:12.131 --> 22:13.663 align:start TO DEFEND THEM. 22:13.666 --> 22:14.731 align:start >> ANYTHING ABOUT ARIZONA'S DRY 22:14.734 --> 22:16.599 align:start WEATHER PATTERN THAT MAKES YOU 22:16.602 --> 22:17.901 align:start CONCERNED AS A METEOROLOGIST WHO 22:17.904 --> 22:18.234 align:start WATCHES OUT FOR FIREFIGHTER 22:18.237 --> 22:22.038 align:start SAFETY? 22:22.041 --> 22:24.741 align:start >> IT'S GOING TO BE HOT AND DRY 22:24.744 --> 22:26.509 align:start AND CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT IF 22:26.512 --> 22:27.544 align:start SOMEBODY PUTS A SPARK ON THE 22:27.547 --> 22:29.212 align:start GROUND, SOMEBODY PUTS FIRE ON 22:29.215 --> 22:32.382 align:start THE GROUND THERE'S GOING TO BE 22:32.385 --> 22:33.850 align:start WIND EVERY DAY AND WITH ALL THE 22:33.853 --> 22:35.919 align:start GRASSES THAT YOU HAVE AROUND, 22:35.922 --> 22:37.821 align:start ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE HAD A WET 22:37.824 --> 22:40.090 align:start WINTER WHICH HAS NOT REALLY BEEN 22:40.093 --> 22:41.658 align:start THE CASE THE LAST FEW MONTHS, 22:41.661 --> 22:43.193 align:start YOU CAN GET PRETTY RAPID FIRE 22:43.196 --> 22:44.461 align:start SPREAD BECAUSE THE WIND CAN 22:44.464 --> 22:45.161 align:start REALLY PUSH THE FIRE THROUGH 22:45.164 --> 22:47.030 align:start THAT GRASS. 22:47.033 --> 22:47.364 align:start >> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT WEEK FOR 22:47.367 --> 22:49.933 align:start ARIZONA. 22:49.936 --> 22:50.934 align:start THE DRY CONDITIONS, THE CLIMBING 22:50.937 --> 22:53.303 align:start TEMPERATURES AND WE HEAD INTO 22:53.306 --> 22:54.571 align:start THE MONSOON, WHICH BRINGS 22:54.574 --> 22:57.874 align:start THUNDERSTORMS. 22:57.877 --> 22:58.608 align:start HERE IS KEN DROZD FROM THE 22:58.611 --> 22:58.942 align:start NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 22:58.945 --> 23:00.810 align:start TUCSON. 23:00.813 --> 23:02.312 align:start >> THE MONSOON USUALLY TAKES 23:02.315 --> 23:04.214 align:start HOLD IN THE LAST WEEK IN JUNE OR 23:04.217 --> 23:05.181 align:start FIRST WEEK IN JULY. 23:05.184 --> 23:05.548 align:start THAT'S WHEN WE GET THE MOISTURE 23:05.551 --> 23:06.883 align:start HERE. 23:06.886 --> 23:08.551 align:start THE MONSOON OFFICIALLY BEGINS 23:08.554 --> 23:09.786 align:start THE SEASON ON JUNE 15th AND WE 23:09.789 --> 23:12.222 align:start START SEEING THE EARLY 23:12.225 --> 23:13.723 align:start INDICATIONS OF THAT TREND TOWARD 23:13.726 --> 23:14.991 align:start BRINGING THAT MOISTURE UP INTO 23:14.994 --> 23:17.427 align:start OUR AREA. 23:17.430 --> 23:18.828 align:start >> WE HAVE SEEN SOME MOISTURE 23:18.831 --> 23:19.496 align:start ALREADY, ESPECIALLY IN 23:19.499 --> 23:20.463 align:start SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA. 23:20.466 --> 23:21.564 align:start IS THAT UNUSUAL? 23:21.567 --> 23:23.099 align:start >> NOT AT ALL. 23:23.102 --> 23:24.334 align:start WE TEND TO GET LITTLE BURSTS OF 23:24.337 --> 23:25.568 align:start MOISTURE AS WE'RE TRANSITIONING 23:25.571 --> 23:27.270 align:start FROM THE JUNE PATTERN INTO THE 23:27.273 --> 23:27.604 align:start JULY PATTERN, WHICH IS MUCH 23:27.607 --> 23:29.239 align:start WETTER. 23:29.242 --> 23:31.307 align:start SO WE MAY HAVE A DAY OR TWO 23:31.310 --> 23:32.809 align:start WHERE WE GET MOISTURE UP HERE, 23:32.812 --> 23:33.910 align:start WHICH AT THIS TIME OF YEAR IT'S 23:33.913 --> 23:35.979 align:start USUALLY NOT VERY DEEP. 23:35.982 --> 23:37.147 align:start SO IT RESULTS IN SOME 23:37.150 --> 23:39.215 align:start THUNDERSTORMS, NOT NECESSARILY A 23:39.218 --> 23:40.617 align:start LOT OF RAINFALL, BUT A LOT OF 23:40.620 --> 23:42.318 align:start LIGHTNING STRIKES AND THIS YEAR 23:42.321 --> 23:45.522 align:start WITH THE FUEL CONDITIONS THAT WE 23:45.525 --> 23:48.057 align:start HAD PRESENT A LOT OF TALLER DRY 23:48.060 --> 23:49.092 align:start GRASS AND OTHER DRY FUELS. 23:49.095 --> 23:51.561 align:start WE HAD THOSE LIGHTNING STARTS 23:51.564 --> 23:51.961 align:start THAT STARTED ALL THESE 23:51.964 --> 23:53.596 align:start WILDFIRES. 23:53.599 --> 23:55.165 align:start >> IF WE CAN REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT 23:55.168 --> 23:56.733 align:start THE MONSOON BECAUSE THERE IS A 23:56.736 --> 23:57.801 align:start LOT OF CONFUSION SURROUNDING IT. 23:57.804 --> 23:58.768 align:start IT'S NOT RAINSTORMS IT INVOLVES 23:58.771 --> 24:00.837 align:start A PATTERN OR SYSTEM. 24:00.840 --> 24:04.007 align:start >> RIGHT, IT'S AN ACTUAL SEASON 24:04.010 --> 24:06.509 align:start THAT TAKES HOLD JUST AS IN THE 24:06.512 --> 24:07.444 align:start NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AS THE WHOLE 24:07.447 --> 24:09.646 align:start ATMOSPHERIC PATTERNS CHANGE IN 24:09.649 --> 24:10.814 align:start THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, THE JET 24:10.817 --> 24:12.348 align:start STREAM RETREATS NORTHWARD, 24:12.351 --> 24:13.716 align:start FURTHER INTO CANADA AND HIGH 24:13.719 --> 24:16.252 align:start PRESSURE BUILDS OVER US BRINGING 24:16.255 --> 24:17.754 align:start US USUALLY HEARD OF EXTREME HEAT 24:17.757 --> 24:19.789 align:start BEFORE THAT KIND OF SHIFTS 24:19.792 --> 24:21.357 align:start NORTHWARD AND ALLOWS OUR 24:21.360 --> 24:23.159 align:start PREVAILING FLOW TO BE MORE 24:23.162 --> 24:24.427 align:start EASTERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY. 24:24.430 --> 24:26.062 align:start >> I READ RECENTLY THERE WAS A 24:26.065 --> 24:27.664 align:start NEW REPORT THAT CAME OUT FROM 24:27.667 --> 24:29.165 align:start SOME CLIMATE STUDY THAT SAID 24:29.168 --> 24:30.467 align:start THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE WETTER 24:30.470 --> 24:31.901 align:start AND THEN DRYER CONDITIONS. 24:31.904 --> 24:33.636 align:start WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN FOR 24:33.639 --> 24:35.104 align:start THE REMAINDER OF THE NEXT, I 24:35.107 --> 24:35.872 align:start THINK, NEXT TEN YEARS, MAYBE 24:35.875 --> 24:39.542 align:start NEXT 20 YEARS? 24:39.545 --> 24:40.543 align:start >> WE'VE HAD SEVERAL FAIRLY 24:40.546 --> 24:43.680 align:start DECENT MONSOON SEASONS HERE IN 24:43.683 --> 24:45.114 align:start THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS AND 24:45.117 --> 24:47.217 align:start SO, I MEAN, EVERY SEASON IS 24:47.220 --> 24:49.552 align:start DIFFERENT, WITH HE WOULD EXPECT 24:49.555 --> 24:50.820 align:start EVENTUALLY TO KIND OF EVEN OUT 24:50.823 --> 24:52.522 align:start WHERE WE HAVE SOME WETTER AND 24:52.525 --> 24:54.591 align:start SOME DRYER SO WE ARE GOING TO 24:54.594 --> 24:55.091 align:start SEE A FLUCTUATION FROM SEASON TO 24:55.094 --> 24:56.326 align:start SEASON CERTAINLY. 24:56.329 --> 24:57.327 align:start >> IS THERE A CHANGE THAT'S 24:57.330 --> 24:58.895 align:start HAPPENING OVERALL WITH THE 24:58.898 --> 24:59.229 align:start CLIMATE, THE SHIFT, GLOBAL 24:59.232 --> 25:00.697 align:start WARMING? 25:00.700 --> 25:01.431 align:start I MEAN, WHERE IS THAT DISCUSSION 25:01.434 --> 25:04.033 align:start RIGHT NOW? 25:04.036 --> 25:06.236 align:start >> WE'VE SEEN CERTAINLY WARMER 25:06.239 --> 25:06.970 align:start TEMPERATURES, PARTICULARLY 25:06.973 --> 25:08.071 align:start NIGHTTIME LOWS, ALSO SOME HIGHER 25:08.074 --> 25:11.808 align:start TEMPERATURES OR A LONGER PERIOD 25:11.811 --> 25:12.542 align:start OF HIGHER TEMPERATURES. 25:12.545 --> 25:13.710 align:start I THINK THE RESULTS OF THAT ARE 25:13.713 --> 25:15.645 align:start A LITTLE BIT UP IN THE AIR. 25:15.648 --> 25:16.980 align:start WE'VE SEEN THE LAST FEW YEARS 25:16.983 --> 25:18.281 align:start EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE HAD HIGHER 25:18.284 --> 25:20.717 align:start TEMPERATURES WE HAVE ALSO HAD 25:20.720 --> 25:21.417 align:start THEN MORE MOISTURE COME UP HERE, 25:21.420 --> 25:22.685 align:start WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE 25:22.688 --> 25:23.987 align:start RAIN THAN NORMAL THOUGH WE ARE 25:23.990 --> 25:24.921 align:start STILL TALKING ABOUT SMALL 25:24.924 --> 25:26.689 align:start AMOUNTS, WE ARE IN THE SOUTHWEST 25:26.692 --> 25:27.023 align:start SO THOSE TOTALS ARE NOT TERRIBLY 25:27.026 --> 25:27.924 align:start LARGE. 25:27.927 --> 25:28.892 align:start >> WHAT ARE THE TOTALS ON 25:28.895 --> 25:30.560 align:start AVERAGE HERE IN ARIZONA? 25:30.563 --> 25:32.395 align:start I KNOW IT DEPENDS ON WHAT 25:32.398 --> 25:33.129 align:start GEOGRAPHIC AREA YOU ARE AT. 25:33.132 --> 25:34.864 align:start >> RIGHT. 25:34.867 --> 25:37.200 align:start IN THE TUCSON AREA YOU'RE KIND 25:37.203 --> 25:37.534 align:start OF LOOKING AROUND THE 5 TO 6 25:37.537 --> 25:38.868 align:start INCHES. 25:38.871 --> 25:40.270 align:start DURING THE MONSOON, WHICH 25:40.273 --> 25:42.372 align:start ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT HALF OF WHAT 25:42.375 --> 25:44.340 align:start YOU GET DURING THE WHOLE YEAR. 25:44.343 --> 25:45.909 align:start OF COURSE, THE -- AS YOU GET A 25:45.912 --> 25:47.343 align:start LITTLE BIT FARTHER WEST AND 25:47.346 --> 25:47.877 align:start NORTH THE AMOUNTS GO DOWN, THEY 25:47.880 --> 25:49.379 align:start ARE LOWER. 25:49.382 --> 25:50.947 align:start OF COURSE, THE MOUNTAINS TEND TO 25:50.950 --> 25:52.582 align:start GET A LOT MORE THAN THAT AS 25:52.585 --> 25:53.516 align:start WELL, TWO TO THREE TIMES AS MUCH 25:53.519 --> 25:55.752 align:start DURING THE MONSOON. 25:55.755 --> 25:56.753 align:start >> ONE OF THE HATS YOU WEAR AT 25:56.756 --> 25:58.221 align:start THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS 25:58.224 --> 25:59.622 align:start WEATHER PREPAREDNESS. 25:59.625 --> 26:01.891 align:start WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW AS 26:01.894 --> 26:03.092 align:start FAR AS LAUNCHING INTO THE SUMMER 26:03.095 --> 26:03.459 align:start SEASON HERE WHERE WE HAVE MORE 26:03.462 --> 26:05.028 align:start RAINFALL? 26:05.031 --> 26:06.329 align:start >> FIRST OF ALL, THE HEAT IS 26:06.332 --> 26:07.330 align:start VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND CAN BE 26:07.333 --> 26:09.499 align:start VERY DEADLY. 26:09.502 --> 26:13.102 align:start WE WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE HEED WHEN 26:13.105 --> 26:14.170 align:start IT'S VERY HOT OUTSIDE, TRY TO 26:14.173 --> 26:15.972 align:start CONDUCT OUR ACTIVITIES IN AS 26:15.975 --> 26:17.640 align:start EARLY IN THE MORNING AS POSSIBLE 26:17.643 --> 26:21.177 align:start AND STAY OUT OF THE HEAT OF THE 26:21.180 --> 26:22.478 align:start DAY IF POSSIBLE OBVIOUSLY. 26:22.481 --> 26:24.047 align:start AND THEN AS WE GET INTO 26:24.050 --> 26:25.782 align:start THUNDERSTORMS, LIGHTNING IS A 26:25.785 --> 26:27.584 align:start VERY BIG HAZARD HERE IN SOUTHERN 26:27.587 --> 26:28.885 align:start ARIZONA, WE GET A LOT OF 26:28.888 --> 26:29.953 align:start LIGHTNING STRIKES DURING THE 26:29.956 --> 26:31.154 align:start MONSOON TIME OF YEAR. 26:31.157 --> 26:33.156 align:start SO IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER THAT 26:33.159 --> 26:34.157 align:start MEANS LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH 26:34.160 --> 26:36.593 align:start TO STRIKE YOUR POSITION. 26:36.596 --> 26:38.828 align:start WHEN THUNDER ROARS GO INDOORS. 26:38.831 --> 26:40.630 align:start >> REGARDING THE LIGHTNING AND 26:40.633 --> 26:42.498 align:start WILDFIRES DOES THE MONSOON HELP, 26:42.501 --> 26:43.800 align:start DOES IT HURT OR HAMPER EFFORTS 26:43.803 --> 26:44.901 align:start AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE SEEING 26:44.904 --> 26:45.201 align:start ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW IN THE 26:45.204 --> 26:45.902 align:start STATE? 26:45.905 --> 26:47.704 align:start >> RIGHT. 26:47.707 --> 26:48.004 align:start IT DOES KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF 26:48.007 --> 26:49.939 align:start BOTH. 26:49.942 --> 26:51.140 align:start AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE MONSOON 26:51.143 --> 26:52.976 align:start WE MAY HAVE MORE MOISTURE COME 26:52.979 --> 26:54.344 align:start IN HERE BUT, AGAIN, MAYBE NOT 26:54.347 --> 26:56.779 align:start GREAT AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE BUT 26:56.782 --> 26:59.716 align:start ENOUGH TO POSSIBLY SPARK MORE 26:59.719 --> 27:01.417 align:start THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD 27:01.420 --> 27:02.752 align:start EXACERBATE FIRE CONDITIONS, ALSO 27:02.755 --> 27:04.153 align:start PRODUCE SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS 27:04.156 --> 27:06.155 align:start THAT WOULD REALLY ENDANGER 27:06.158 --> 27:07.223 align:start FIREFIGHTERS AS WELL. 27:07.226 --> 27:09.025 align:start EVENTUALLY WE GET ENOUGH 27:09.028 --> 27:11.160 align:start MOISTURE IN TO WHERE HUMIDITY 27:11.163 --> 27:13.730 align:start STAYS AT HIGHER LEVELS AND THEN 27:13.733 --> 27:14.497 align:start THAT DOES EVENTUALLY HELP 27:14.500 --> 27:16.532 align:start FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS. 27:16.535 --> 27:17.900 align:start >> BEFORE WE GO A WEATHER 27:17.903 --> 27:20.136 align:start PHENOMENON TO SHARE WITH YOU, A 27:20.139 --> 27:23.006 align:start PHOTO TAKEN LAST WEEK NEAR THE 27:23.009 --> 27:26.309 align:start TOWN OF HER FORD JUST OUTSIDE OF 27:26.312 --> 27:26.643 align:start SIERRA VISTA, A LAND SPOUT 27:26.646 --> 27:28.444 align:start TORNADO. 27:28.447 --> 27:31.214 align:start THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 27:31.217 --> 27:33.549 align:start SAYS THE CAUSE IS A DUST DEVIL 27:33.552 --> 27:34.250 align:start DRAWN BY THE CLOUD BASE WHICH 27:34.253 --> 27:35.485 align:start FORMED A CONNECTION FROM THE 27:35.488 --> 27:36.219 align:start GROUND TO A CLOUD. 27:36.222 --> 27:38.421 align:start THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 27:38.424 --> 27:38.755 align:start SAYS THIS IS A FIRST FOR THE 27:38.758 --> 27:40.423 align:start SEASON. 27:40.426 --> 27:42.558 align:start >>> FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA 27:42.561 --> 27:42.892 align:start PUBLIC MEDIA, I'M LORRAINE 27:42.895 --> 27:43.459 align:start RIVERA. 27:43.462 --> 27:43.993 align:start THANKS FOR JOINING US.