disasters that we can pull some personnel from if we needed to extend or increase the amount of personnel we have. we also have a very layered approach. we can also reach out into all members of the department of homeland security through what we call the surge capacity force for individuals that have volunteered to support during the disaster. so i m confident right now that with these two storms we re currently dealing with in maui and this one or even another one to come that we have enough personnel to go in and support these immediate life-saving efforts. one last question. you mentioned just extreme weather that we ve seen all summer from, you know, hawaii, storms in southern california. is this in your view the new normal, just summers where we re seeing these kinds of events more frequently and maybe more intense events than before? what i can say is that we don t have a typical operational season like we ve had in the past. we would normally prepare our
capacity force for individuals that have volunteered to support during a disaster. and so i m confident right now that with these two storms we are currently dealing with in maui and this one, or another one to come, we have enough to support the lifesaving efforts. last question, alex. you mentioned just extreme weather that we have seen all summer from, you know, hawaii, storms in southern california. is this in your view the new normal, just summers where we are seeing these kinds of events more frequently and maybe more intense events than before? you know, what i can say is that we don t have a typical operational season like we have had in the past. we would normally prepare our staff to be on extra alert during the peak of hurricane season, where we find ourselves right now, but our operational tempo has been year around. we started with atmospheric rivers in california in january, extreme tornadoes in the spring,
confident right now that with these two storms that we re currently dealing with in maui and this one or another one to come that we have enough personnel to go in and support the immediate life saving efforts. you mentioned extreme weather that we have seen all summer from hawaii, storms in southern california, is this in your view the new normal, just summers where we re seeing these kinds of events more frequently and maybe more intense events than before? what i can say is that we don t have a typical operational season like we had in the past. we would normally prepare our staff to be extra alert during the peak of hurricane season, which is where we find ourselves right now. but our operational tempo has been year round. we started with atmospheric rivers in california in january. extreme tornadoes in the spring, to the wildfires and now we re in peak hurricane season.