“Frankly, I said, 'I didn't notice' before the fire in the city,' Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in part in an interview with Fox 11 Los Angeles released Tuesday. .
Bass said, “We need to see everything about preparation and everything about it, because we evaluated it and there was a warning, but frankly, I'm not aware. Because I don't think there was a warning, but I think our preparation wasn't typical. So, for example, before we had a major weather event, last week, we had When you knew it was going to rain, you saw us together and we got your punching bag, pull out the K-rail and have that type. Preparation It didn't happen. If it were, I'll tell you, Elex, I wouldn't even have been to San Diego.
Host Elex Michelson asked: “But what does it mean there was a warning you didn't know? Because we know we were talking about it on the news. A lot of people were talking about the issue, so this was a big deal. He warned that it would happen.”
Bass replied. “So when I spoke to the fire chief about it, she said, there's a warning that we have a lot of Santa Ana winds, but I'll predict this – and you're the city From the county, I saw that level. Nothing in preparation actually happened. So, for me, to me, to say that something terrible can happen, it reached that level. Not there.
Michelson then asked, “Why didn't that happen?”
Bass replied. “I don't know. I think that's one of the things we need to see.”
In another part of the interview, Bass explains why things were handled differently in this fire and, “When I talk to her, Santa Anas always happens and I don't think you can predict the severity. Of this.”
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