So I guess the first question is, thank you for doing this.

Are we rolling?

We're rolling.

Okay.

Let's roll, shall we?

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Nice to see you.

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I know you don't even think of yourself as a reporter, but a gatherer of facts and an explainer of what they mean.

I think you're the best.

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Tuckercarlson.com. Here's the episode. So where do these fires, first of all, how many fires are there, and where do they come from?

I believe there's five active fires right now.

And these are ignition driven fires, meaning that this is all shopperall or, you know, scrubland, you know, brush area.

So this is different than the Sierra forests.

Right. These are not forest fires.

Yeah, these are not forest fires. And that doesn't mean that you're doomed to them, but it's

the, it's not the same problem that we get in the Sierra's. So they're ignition driven and

they're obviously wind driven, but there's nothing unusual. You know, I just interviewed a

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