supersandy, and i understand that superstorm sandy we did a number of briefings and people were acclimated. don t be deceived by that. it s because the trajectory of the storm changed and we have short notice. we re talking about tomorrow. so if you have to move, if you have to stock up, if you have to get to higher ground, it has to be today, please. now, i know new yorkers and i know new yorkers are tough, and i know their first instinct is we don t have to go anywhere, we re going to batten down the hatches and we re going to be fine. i understand that instinct. and i understand the questioning of the weather reports. i got into a lot of trouble once with all the weather forecasters
homes are getting washed away. trying to take children out of windows before the house gets washed away. if if you don t take the right actions, not only do you put your life in danger, you then put the life in danger of the emergency workers who have to come to help you. and that is an unnecessary risk. i understand we didn t have the build up we had with super storm sandy. i understand that this is my first briefing on this. super storm sandy we did a number of briefings and people were acclimated. don t be deceived by that. it s because the trajectory of the storm changed. and we have short notice. we re talking about tomorrow. so if you have to move, if you have to stock up, if you have to
consequence we need to acknowledge, straight up, these acclimated used wildfires. despite more than 5000 firefighters battling the blaze, authorities warned it could take weeks to contain, and with rescue workers expecting higher temperatures in the coming days, more of california will be swallowed up by flames. we can now speak to craig clements, who s director of sanjose state university s wildfire interdisciplinary research center. craig, what is your take on these wildfires? are they significantly worse than you have seen in the past? yes, these fires have seen in the past? yes, these fires are have seen in the past? yes, these fires are getting - have seen in the past? yes, | these fires are getting bigger and more intense over the last few years, particularly the dixie fire, it s 26 days and it s burning more and more acres, and it sjust a complicated problem that we have.~ . complicated problem that we have. ~ ., ., ~ have. what do you think there needs to be have. what d
new approach, and then on september 13th, during that week, we ll begin inspections and enforcement. so we want to give businesses big and small a chance to get acclimated. we want to make adjustments based on input, but this will move forward, starting in the week of august 16th, and then full enforcement and inspection begins the week of september 13th which is very pertinent, because that s the first full week after labor day, when we really expect a lot more activity in this city. now i ll tell you, we know those conversations with the business community are crucial. we ve had a lot of them already and what we re hearing from so many folks in the business community is they understand it s time but they need government to lead, that s going to help them to do what they need to do. not everyone s going to agree with this. i understand that. but for so many people, this is going to be the life saving act that we re putting a mandate in place, it s going to guarantee a higher level of