This is from sky 7 yesterday, actually sky 7, just a few minutes ago we had a live picture from there. We had to ground our helicopter because the winds are simply too strong in Sonoma County for it to keep flying. You can imagine what the fire crews are dealing with to try to get a containment line around the kincade fire which is burning more than 30,000 acres as we speak. Right now lets go ahead and show you this picture, taken from one of those wildfire alert cameras. In fact the website is called alert wifire. This is st. Helena. You can see, yep, in the wine country region, st. Helena right up the road, and you can see the smoke risingas a result of the fires burning, the dry brush, part of the kincade fire. It eats up the dry vegetation in the hills right now at this time of year. You can sort of see where the fire doesnt just burn in a straight line. You can see there was clear flames on one hill, then sort of a patch of clearance, then some more flames, as embers get thrown an
Announce the launch of the app called my shake during an event in oakland tomorrow. Good evening, im julie hane nor. And im frank somerville. Amber is in oakland. Reporter frank, the governor and others will gather here tomorrow morning the bay bridge as the back drop. They say the first of this kind Warning System could present vent peep from getting hurt. The earthquake from 1989 is an event few people in the bay area will forget, en now, 30 years later. I lived in San Francisco and it wouldve been helpful to know how to check in with other people. Reporter if you feel a quake reporter the nations first statewide quake Warning System will be officially launched by Governor Newsom and others on thursday. Itll be the same system that issues amber alerts and an app called my shake. Download the my shake app to get a warning when the earthquake shaking is headed your way. Reporter if a quake is at least a magnitude 47. 5, people in the area will get a warning. Drop, cover and hold on. Re
Version was actually used in 1989 to warn search and rescue teams trying to free people from the cypress structure. The usgs scientists set up a system to set up radio alerts whenever theres a significant aftershock that might shake the nimitz. Drop cover, hold on. Shaking expected. Developed at uc berkeley. My shake can provide up to 20 seconds of warning before the ground starts to shake from a nearby quake. Enough time to take some kind of protective action. When the earthquake begins, ground motion sensors detect and gather information rapidly. And allow the system to estimate the potential size of the earthquake. You may receive the alerts before, during or after the shaking. However, whether you get an alert or whether you feel shaking, the reaction is the same. Drop, cover and hold on. While local and state officials urge everyone to download the app, they also say it should be considered part of a larger emergency plan. The price of admission to live here is preparation. Report
Host it is the washington journal for september 5. Reclassify marijuana from a schedule one drug to a lower classification. This after health and Human Services Administration Made the recommendation. Nationwide show support for legalization of pot. Move several states have me. We start the program this morning, do you support a naonwide acrosstheboard legalization of marijuana . Here is how you can let us know your thoughts this morning. For those of you who would support that move, 202 7488000 is the number to call and tell us why. Ifou oppose that move, 202 7488001. You can text us at 202 7488003. You can post on facebook and x, formerly known as twitter. You can follow the show on instagram. It was in april that pew research ask folks about the legalization of marijuana. These are some of the responses from that poll. It was one in 10 of adult saying marijuana should not be legal at all. 59 of those asked saying it should be legalized for medical and Recreational Use. 30 saying tha
This is press tv news, thanks for joining us. The Aerospace Division of irans islam revolution gards core has successfully launched the home grown imaging satellite paray. The satellite was placed into orbit 450 kilometers above the earths service by a carrier stopped or messenger. The mgc Aerospace Commander brigadier and general amid ali haji. Says iran will launch two more satellites into space in the coming months. Earlier joined us with more details. This is a great achievement for iran, considering the fact that iran is under harsh sanctions. So seeing the country drive in so many fields and high tech fields in particular is actually great news for iranians and the entire iranian nation is happy today to hear about this. This is. Is something that always comes to mind whenever we witness uh some great achievement in iran, considering the fact that iran has been under a us sanction since the um beginning of the Islamic Revolution since 1979, sanctions is nothing new for iranians a