Look how gorgeous that is All right, I'm all ready Good morning guys. Happy vlogmas day 16. It's currently like 10 a.m. Right now And I really wanted to get up super early like I did yesterday Like actually get my day started. I didn't take a nap at all yesterday, and I was so proud of myself Like I actually got a lot done So hopefully I can do the same today, but I need to feed the little new chief first So I also decided to come down here and do some work like vlog editing and stuff like that because if I'm sitting in my Bed or in my room. I just get so lazy Also, I always wear these like clips in my hair when I'm doing stuff is now that I have bangs it always gets in My face, and it makes me so mad So my dad just went to Chick-fil-A and he asked if I wanted anything and I made the executive decision to get a salad I told myself I would start eating healthier after we went to Umi So this is my first attempt I also need to go grocery shopping for the house because there's like nothing here to eat So I definitely want to get like arugula and avocado and just like Definitely take advantage of having a kitchen while I'm home today.  So he invited me and Ryan and like Ryan loves Jambalaya So I knew he would die when he heard that. He's here I'm not really that hungry right now. So I'm just gonna put that In the fridge my dad begged the Chick-fil-A people to give him breakfast It's like definitely past 10 30 every year you give me birthday advice. What's your birthday advice this year? So what's my birthday advice to you? Yeah Number one is Study hard Number two is try to start saving some money That's a new one. I think you harped on that a lot this year because I think it's important Yeah, I think I've made mistakes when I was young. Yeah, and And I'm lucky Everybody has that luck. Yeah, I hope you do, but you never know So number three is I need you to start thinking about what you're gonna do after college Barf So you need to start this year third year And in 30 years when you start making a career choices, so I need to start thinking very actively about that Trying to find internship and I'll be there to guide you and help you Um, fourth thing is, you know have fun four years. This is the best time of your life.  Mm-hmm.  Yeah And then hopefully become the president next year. Oh, yeah. No, it's not happening So I'm currently uploading a vlog miss vlog and I am gonna go ahead and dig into my kale salad This out of from Chick-fil-A is like so freaking good.   This is the Elizabeth Arden lift and firm night cream I don't even know like I always put night creams on like throughout the day like I don't even care So this is what it looks like. This is quite pricey I got sent this to try out and I love the feeling of it like it actually feels so Wimperous, I don't know if I showed this in another makeup shawl But this is the a hour cream all over miracle oil from Elizabeth Arden as well And I started using this as primer and I really like it just because I do have really dry skin so I just kind of spritz like one and a half pumps and Put that all over My face and down my neck as well. I clip my hair up.  I just saw that. I'm like halfway already out It's honestly not that expensive So that's not awful because I've been using it for you know quite a bit of time But it's not like I do my makeup every day. Let's be real.  So we're just gonna Have a dry for today But I literally just apply it straight to my face And then go in with a beauty blender and I'm gonna have to do About two coats of this just because it's not as full coverage as I would like it to be Wait, honestly, I might not because I'm not trying to like really impressed anyone Although it is funny because whenever I do go to like my dad's parties or meet my dad's friends They always know me as like the beauty blogger so I feel like I always have to have like such great makeup and like impress them But like whenever I see them I do the minimal That I can my dad's playing Christmas music right now. So don't mind that So I've been going to sleep with castor oil on my eyelashes and eyebrows for the past two nights And I'm gonna be honest with you guys.   Okay all over the face I like to do this a lot because when you bake it takes like all the shine from the oil away But like when you just do this really quick It kind of leaves some of that doing us next is probably my favorite part of this whole frickin tutorial This is My ride or die. This is the hourglass ambient radiant light. Look how gorgeous that is. It is Beautiful and I use this just to put the shine back into my face after setting it So I'll go and highlight Literally everywhere in anywhere. I can I give such a healthy soft glow then I put it right above my eyebrows Little on my chin Down my nose Told you guys I put it like everywhere. My upper lip is super dry today It's like really irritated I swear guys if I don't sleep with ointment on my face for one night all my like eczema spots come back It's like so annoying next I'm gonna go in with my favorite blush right now It is Raisin from OFRA I don't know why but this one missing for a good two months and I was really pissed because I literally thought I lost it But then I found it and I was like, oh, thank god This is honestly such a pretty color especially for my skin tone and I love like these reddish brown colors So I don't really want to contour or bronze my face today I'm gonna skip that step and probably just gonna move into eyes And all I'm gonna be doing for eyes is curling my lashes and putting like the bare minimum coats on my lashes Honestly, it's probably gonna turn into like 500 coats knowing me But I'm gonna try to keep it super simple. I'm gonna take my roller lash by benefit This is like one of my favorite high-end mascaras It's not even Super expensive. It's like $24. I mean obviously still more expensive than drugstore But drugstore prices have definitely gone up and it's like really annoying because Foundation at the drugstore used to be like less than $10 now They're like going all the way up to 15 and I'm like, it's just not what I expected when I go into the drugstore You know like I'd rather spend like what maybe $5 more $10 more to get like something better I don't know if this is all in my head or something But I can tell that my lashes are so much like healthier already by putting castor oil on them But it's like only been two nights. So like I feel like that couldn't really do that much, right? So I'm gonna help me stop. I can't stop Okay, I'm gonna do bottom lashes and then separate them and be done with my eyelashes Okay, now time to separate the lashes I'm first just gonna take this spoolie and separate my lower lashes that I'm gonna take this mascara It was the one by one by Maybelline, but I literally have been looking for it and the drugstore and swear They don't have it. I don't know where it is. I don't know if it's discontinued But this brush is like so good for separating lashes. So it's all dried up This is like what three years old, but I use the brush every day lashes are done And now we need to move on to eyebrows I'm just gonna wipe off like any excess foundation I have on my eyebrows and now I'm gonna use the Anastasia Gonna use the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz To fill in my brows. I'm pumped that didn't take that long All I need is Lips and I'll just do that later when I pick out what I'm gonna wear But I also want to tell you guys that I got a new lens and I'm so excited. I actually have been using it For this makeup to trail it came in the mail today, and I'm really excited about it It's the 16 to 35 millimeter 2.8. So it's just a wide-angle lens I didn't think I would be using it for video that often, but it looks pretty good. It looks pretty cool But I did see a lot of like cool like Instagramers have it for their pictures and it looked amazing So I thought might as well get me an early Christmas gift. So I am already I did my hair a little I just like re-curled it and then I applied some lip stuff I have this dose of color cinnamon swirl and I thought it would be like a little bit darker but Might as well try it out and then I have this NYX lip liner and coffee that I lined my lips with It's kind of like a summery color I wasn't expecting that to be honest But whatever I'm not gonna change it and then I'm wearing this jumpsuit that I got from boo-hoo It just has like the one-sleeve kind of thing and the whole back is open. I'm just gonna shake my curls out a little bit All right, I'm all ready. You're starting harder right now. I Want a brand new whip. I want a brand new house. I want to form this coat never fails to make me feel bougie I don't think I'm gonna wear it because I feel like it's too bougie at your house. Yeah My house Killing the party we took some leftover food and I got my ice cream Hey guys happy vlogmas day 17 I'm starting the day off very like it's 3 30 right now my hair's kind of getting greasy today So I need to wash it So I decided that I'm gonna just like walk on my treadmill for a really long time Try to burn as many calories as I can to let me give up I don't have any YouTube videos to watch because I watched them all so I don't know what I'm gonna watch Hopefully I can find something that keeps me entertained for a really long time Because I want to do like a major workout right now.


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Personal finance, PowerPoint, presentation, car insurance companies, prepare to get financially fit by practicing personal finance. We've been breaking the financial decisions into the short-term ones and the long-term ones, the short-term ones being those that we train our gut to trust our gut, the long-term decisions being those where we use the adage of measure twice, cut once, having some formal process that might look something like this, we're gonna set the goals, we're gonna develop a plan, we're gonna put the plan in action, we're gonna review the results, and then we started on over again. We thought about the types of things that we might try to look to mitigate risk for, including disability, illness, death, retirement, property loss, and liability. We're gonna focus in on car insurance companies. Most of this information can be found at Investopedia, best car insurance companies, which you can find online. Take a look at the references, resources, continue your research from there. This is by Lina Bariye, updated March 31st, 2022. This is their list of best car insurance companies. Note that we are not affiliated with any of them directly, although Investopedia maybe, we're gonna go through this list just to get an idea if people are looking for car insurance, the different companies that are out there, and the best car insurance list per Investopedia, noting that of course you wanna do your own research. Take a look at the resources on Investopedia, possibly as a launching point, a starting point, and then of course the companies themselves talk to people that are independent from the companies, if you can find them to get independent opinions from friends, family, and possibly like lawyers, that if you have them or CPA, that you might even pay people for an independent decision for things like the best insurance company to work with. So best car insurance companies, if you're shopping for car insurance, there's no shortage of insurers available. While there are many different auto insurance providers, not all companies will offer the coverage you need at a price you can afford. With so many options, it is important to find one that aligns with your budget and your coverage needs to help you narrow down your choices. We've evaluated several top insurance companies, we being Investopedia, based on your in-depth expert analysis, these are the best car insurance companies of 2022. So best car insurance companies of April, 2022, per Investopedia's list, best overall, they have State Farm, best cheap car insurance, and best for drivers under 25, eerie, best for drivers with a DUI century, obviously a DUI driving under the influence could have a severe impact on your insurance costs and so on, so you could have insurance policies that specialize just with people that have blemishes on their driving records, for example, best for high-risk drivers, New Jersey manufacturer's group, best for multiple vehicles, and best for bundling with home or other policies, progressive, best for military families, USSA, best for discounts, all state, best for safe drivers, auto owners, best for safe drivers, auto owners, so meaning if you're a safe driver and you have a really good record, you would think that you should get kind of some benefit on that as well, so some of these items will be geared towards these different factors, which is great because you can have different companies, they can kind of specialize in different areas, possibly some people being able to give favorable or focusing in on people that don't have their best records, some people that have good records, some people that are best basically overall, just in general, so State Farm, we'll just go through a couple of these, we won't go through all of them, you can take a look at it in Vestopedia if you wanna get the full list there and get more detail and continue your research. State Farm is our overall best pick because it offers affordable and comprehensive nationwide coverage, this provider also has strong customer satisfaction and financial ratings, so it's really nice these days that these kind of service providers do have a lot of stuff online these days with regards to their ratings and so on, that's another resource that we can take a look at. Froze, huge local agent network, financially strong, cons, not available in Massachusetts or Rhode Island, so if you're in Massachusetts or Rhode Island, State Farm, not the one for you, it looks like, does not offer gap insurance coverage, so State Farm is our top choice for the best overall car insurance company due to its wide availability, array of coverage, options, generous discounts, and financial strength, this is according to Vestopedia, so State Farm policies are available in 48 states and the District of Columbia and it offers a wide range of products including car, motorcycle, boat, ATV, and RV insurance, 24-hour roadside assistance is also available, State Farm offers the following types of auto insurance coverage, so in prior presentations, we discussed the fact that auto insurance is actually quite complex because there's multiple factors involved in it, so your first thought of auto insurance might be, well, I need it because they told me I do, who told you, the law says I have to have it, but it actually has a bunch of stuff involved in it, so when you actually talk to a broker for car insurance, you're gonna be overwhelmed with all this other stuff, so you wanna go into talking to a broker understanding these terms, because these are the kind of things that you'll have to go over, so we got the collision coverage, we got the comprehensive coverage, liability coverage, car rental and travel expenses coverage, the uninsured motor vehicle coverage, medical payments coverage, emergency roadside assistance, and roadshare driver coverage, so, and notice again, not all of those coverages will be required and the ones that might be required will depend on the state to state requirements, so you wanna have an understanding of where you are, what requirements there are, obviously the insurance company can help you with that, but you don't wanna be completely dependent on the broker, you probably wanna have an independent decision, an independent thought process before you talk to someone who is in essence a sales agent selling you insurance and then go into it, so over a dozen discounts are available to state form policy holders, drivers who switch to state form can save $1,127 on average when they bundle home and auto policies, so this of course per investopedia here, State Farm also offers a drive safe and save program allowing policy holders to save up to 30% on premiums for driving safely, so you should get a reward, you would think for driving safely would be good because that would be, you should, so and through it's because of course that would predict that you're gonna drive safely in the future, you would think that you would be less at risk if you have a good track record and so on, and through it's steer clear program, you can save up to 15% off your policy if you're under 25 years old and do not have any at fault accidents or moving violations, if you're interested in comparing policies from different insurers, State Farm offers online car insurance quotes, but you can also work directly with one of its 19,000 local agents to get a quote, once you've found a policy that meets your needs, you can work with a State Farm agent to get coverage, the mobile app will help from there allowing you to file and track claims as well as make payments, so you can use their mobile app for ease. State Farm is highly rated for financial strength by AM Best and customer satisfaction by JD Power. It also receives fewer than average customer complaints about its passenger vehicle coverage according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the NAIC, and this according to Investopedia. So eerie insurance, so now we're on the next one, eerie insurance, when you want affordable car insurance, eerie offers low rates even to younger drivers of age 25. So you might be saying, you know, I'm a little strapped for the cash, I need the low insurance, I'm required to get the insurance at this point in time, I'm not too, possibly you're in a situation, I'm not too worried about people suing me because I don't have anything that they can sue me for, so, you know, good luck. So I just wanna make sure that I'm covered so for liability insurance in case I, that are required in case I am responsible for other people possibly, then you got the low cost, this seems to be their low cost kind of item or lead or eerie insurance. So the pros, easy to navigate the website, extended insurance coverage, several options for customer support. Cons does not allow online claims, no mobile app available. I don't have an app, you don't even have an app, it's all over, actually it doesn't really matter to me. I don't use the mobile app, but that could be important to people, restricted service area. Eerie is our top choice for the cheap coverage and for drivers under 25, due to its relatively low premiums and multiple discounts for young drivers. So those young crazy drivers out there, just not trying to pick on anyone, but you know, those young drivers get in more accidents per, generally. So it's usually cost more to ensure the younger drivers. I know that's true in my track record, but in any case, it's an established insurance company with over 20 field offices and more than 13,000 independent agents. However, its service area is limited, coverage is only available in Washington DC and 12 states, including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Eerie offers several types of car insurance, including, again, we'll go through the list of car insurance here. We got the comprehensive collision, and remember car insurance, when you get the car insurance, it's got all these other stuff that you gotta think about what kind of car insurance you're getting. You got collision, you got bodily injury liability, we got the property damage liability, uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage, roadside assistance, rental car expense coverage, new car protection, motorcycle insurance, pet insurance, huh, roadside insurance. So, and notice we listed some of these different insurance things in more detail in a prior presentation. So if you wanna take a look at that, if you're saying about it, it's kind of overwhelming list of stuff there. I don't know what all that means. Take a look at the prior presentation. So policy holders can also add Eerie rate lock and Eerie auto plus, which provides exclusive perks like waived or diminished deductible, transportation expense, reimbursement, and increased policy limits. So to help policy holders save, Eerie offers eight car insurance discounts, including multi-policy discounts and discounts for payments made in full upfront. It's easy for young drivers to save with Eerie as it offers special discounts if you're unmarried and live with your parents. It's according to Investopedia, which I'm sure's got from Eerie itself. So if you have parents that are Eerie customers or win a complete and approval driver training course. So while Eerie does not have online shaft or a suite of mobile tools, it offers 24-7 customer service available to help at any time, plus convenient online payments and claims filing. Quotes can be started online and finalized by one of the more than 12,000 agents available. Eerie is among the top insurers for customer satisfaction on JD Powers annual US auto insurance study. And it has a high AM best rating indicating financial stability. Eerie has also received a lower than average amount of customer complaints according to the NAIC. I'm kind of curious on this customer complaint one because you would, I mean, how are they counting the customer complaints? Cause you would think Eerie is not as big as some of the other places. So I'm sure if it's an average complaint, you'd think the total count would be less given the fact that they aren't in all the places. So I'm not sure exactly how that's counted. But indicate Sentry, if you are a driver, so now we're on the next one, Sentry. This is, I think this last one we'll take a look at. And then you can take a look at the other ones if you want to take a look at the Investopedia. This is per Investopedia. If you are a driver with a DUI or another serious offense on your record, Sentry can be an excellent choice thanks to a largely forgiving acceptance policy. So clearly if there's a driving under the influence, it could be hard to get insurance and obviously the cost could be higher at that point. So 24 seven customer service, financially sound on the pros, on the cons, no online quotes, a limited number of discounts and high premiums which you would expect in the event that you're dealing with people that have blemishes on the record. So Sentry is our top pick for insurers offering coverage for drivers with a DUI. So they're citing DUI here specifically says Investopedia. So founded in 1904 by members of the West Condit Retail Hardware Association, Sentry is an established insurance company that also specializes in business auto insurance for companies. Personal auto insurance is handled via its partner arm, Dairyland Insurance. Dairyland offers both standard and specialized coverage for cars and motorcycles and for drivers who require proof of insurance but have a DUI on their record SR 22 insurance is available. Dairyland offers multiple discounts to eligible policy holders. Several popular discounts include options like saving when you purchase an advanced quote or make frequent payments. There are also discounts if you ensure multiple vehicles, own your own home or successfully complete a defensive driving course. For added convenience, you can start the quote process online or contact an agent. You can also use online tools to make payments or pay your bills each month. Support is available 24 seven for existing customers. Sentry's low loss ratio and high AM best score signal, strong financial stability. However, it is not rated by the JP power and it logs an average number of customer complaints according to the NAIC data. So it's on the average for the complaints there. So those are just a few of them, the top of the list. You can go through some more of the list just to start out your comparing and contrasting. If you're looking into them, remember, do your own research, talk to someone who's gonna be independent, friend, family member, CPA, lawyer. If you have it, pay someone who is independent for decisions or advice on different insurance companies if you can. Understand the different types of insurance under the category of auto insurance before then making your decision and talking to that sales agent and getting the insurance you need.


All right. Good morning everyone and for those watching online. I'm Brian Ferguson. I'm deputy director of crisis communication here at Cal OES We've assembled a group of senior leaders across state government today to give you an update on the state's preparedness efforts Around hurricane hurricane Hillary. We're gonna start today with a report from the National Weather Service. Thank you Good afternoon everyone. I'm Courtney Carpenter with the National Weather Service We are currently closely monitoring hurricane Hillary off the coast of Baja, California This will move northeastward inland into Southern California as a tropical storm later this weekend Sunday into Monday We are expecting a rare and dangerous rainfall event with significant flash flooding River flooding mudslides and debris flows as well as the potential for wind damage from strong tropical storm force winds This storm will also bring in the potential for isolated tornadoes across portions of Southern, California In addition, we're expecting life-threatening surf and rip current conditions along the beaches of Southern, California The worst impacts are expected on the east side of the inland mountains and into the desert Southwest Preparations for flooding impact should be rushed to completion today as heavy rainfall is expected to begin Well advanced of the center of the storm Keep up with the latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center your local National Weather Service forecast office And please heed any instructions or orders from local emergency officials. Thank you I'll now pass it on to director Nancy Ward from California Governor's Office of Emergency Services Thanks Courtney I am Nancy Ward director of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services And we're here today because California is threatened by what could be one of the most devastating storms that we've had Hit California in more than a decade Make no mistake This is a very very dangerous and significant storm Heavy rainfall strong winds associated with this storm began today already and will be felt well beyond the center of the storm entering California I've been in near constant contact with Governor Newsom and he has Pretty much told us to lean as far forward as we can in coordinating and reassuring Californians that we're doing all that we can to keep them safe and to respond as quickly as we possibly can the state Operation Center, which is right behind me is activated 24-7 to coordinate those response operations to take resource requests from our local Stakeholders and counties communities across the southern part of this state to ensure that no needs are unmet in their areas Our state has the best trained and experienced local first responders in the country We're proud to have them pre-positioned all across the southern part of this state to ensure that we can Respond as quickly as possible We've pre-positioned high water vehicles with water rescue teams You will hear that we have other resources from my Fellow directors from other state agencies with teams out of their agencies as well all across southern, California We're also working with our utility partners. We have My apologies. I was hearing an echo We've pre-positioned resources we've also working with our utility partners down in the in the southern, California area to ensure that they have what they need and we're in constant Communication there will be power outages make no mistake There will be power outages across southern, California And we want to be sure that we have this close communication with those utility companies to ensure that they can restore power As quickly as they possibly can We also want to ensure that Californians do what they can do to keep themselves safe Signing up for alerts Ensuring that you have a go bag ready To evacuate should you be asked? Making sure that you are in touch with family and friends Elderly neighbors or people with access and functional needs that need their help need your help Excuse me in ensuring that they can get out or have what they need to shelter in place during the storm Don't drive around during the storm. Certainly. Don't drive in moving water Go around barricades or enter areas that you know to be of Vulnerability to your safety And by all means ensure that if you are asked to Evacuate that you do so immediately While the challenges we face over the next several days are great We're positioning ourselves our local governments and our stake emergency response stakeholders to ensure As much of your safety as we possibly can but we need your help to make you as safe as possible And with that I will pass it over to director Carla Nemeth the director of the Department of Water Resources Thank You director Ward I'm Carla Nemeth the director of the California Department of Water Resources The department has activated our state and federal flood operations center And that's where we are monitoring the potential effects of Hurricane Hillary We are participating in daily briefings with our colleagues at the National Weather Service in Hanford, which is Central, California Los Angeles San Diego and Phoenix to cover the the scope of Hurricane Hillary that is approaching we are also in contact with local flood agencies and we have pre-position flood fighting materials things like sandbags and other materials for the for the public in the counties of Los Angeles San Bernardino Ventura Santa Barbara and Orange County we also have a pre-position flood fight materials in Fresno and Kings County and other Central Valley counties as needed the department is also Working with dam operators in Southern, California To make sure those dam facilities are ready to release water as needed People may see Spillway gates open and the release of floodwaters that is a normal flood operations procedure and we anticipate In dams in Southern, California Eastern San Diego County those kinds of facilities may be activated. We are also monitoring debris in basins that can Produce as a result of flash flooding And our we are confident that local flood management agencies and dam operators are ready with the materials They need to clear that out and keep our communities safe If you are someone who tracks the historical nature of these kinds of weather events We did have a decaying tropical storm K last September that caused extensive damage particularly In Santa Barbara County this storm Hurricane Hillary is anticipated to be stronger than that You would have to go back to 1939 since Southern, California last saw a true tropical storm affect Populations that dropped almost eight inches of rain on Mount Baldy in Los Angeles County So given all of that we strongly advise people to stay home if you do not need to be out on the roads Please take yourself out of the equation We need to make sure that all of our folks are kept safe including our first responders So thank you and please be safe over the course of the next 24 to 48 hours with that I would like to introduce Kim Johnson the director of our department of social services director Johnson Thank You director With California Health and Human Services Agency We've mobilized most of the departments within the agency Reaching out to local partners to our license settings caring for some of our most vulnerable Those with disabilities are elders those older adults as well as unsheltered individuals To help ensure that people have access to the services should they need them Remember it is not too late to prepare visit our website at www.chhs.ca Dot gov and download your template for your personal emergency plan to keep you and your family safe This is especially important for those who have access and functional needs Each of us as you've heard can also do our part Please check in on your neighbor connect with the older person in your life and offer support to the person Who might need some additional help? We are absolutely stronger together If you are concerned about the well-being of a loved one residing in one of the state's long-term care facilities That's board and care assisted living skilled nursing Please don't hesitate to reach out to the statewide Long-term care ombuds person that crisis line is available 24 7 and is can be reached at 1-800 2-3-1 4-0 2-4 The team at the Department of Public Health is coordinating with regional medical health disaster Coordinators and proactively engaging with all health facilities including hospitals and nursing homes in areas that are most likely to be impacted to Ensure that they both maintain operations and have sufficient capacity The California Department of Social Services and is in contact with county officials in Southern California and stands ready to support Local sheltering operations as needed Many shelters are currently on standby and being pre with preposition assets to quickly stand up with our partners as needed And finally the emergency medical service authority has assets on standby Including a California medical assistance team to be prepared to augment local capacity and ensure the EMS system is able to respond And with that I'd like to turn it over to Tony Tavares the director of the California Department of Transportation Thank you director Johnson. Good afternoon. I'm Tony Tavares the director for the California Department of Transportation Otherwise known as Caltrans Caltrans has been proactively pre positioning Resources since Friday morning including employees and equipment staging them so that we can respond very quickly to the storm event We have almost 2,000 employees working 12-hour shifts around the clock And we have activated our department operation center here in Sacramento as well as our emergency Operations centers in our districts between Sacramento and San Diego in in between We've also reached out to our construction Contracting industry partners and we have several large medium and small business enterprises on standby Ready to assist our crews if needed Safety that's our highest priority at Caltrans It's my biggest concern for you your families and your loved ones We want to ensure that you are safe through this entire event if you do not need to be on the roadways We are asking you to postpone any of your non essential travel until the peak of the storm passes If you must travel and you encounter water flowing across the roadways Do not attempt to drive through it It takes just a very limited amount of water to wash a vehicle away Out of the abundance of caution Caltrans may close roadways proactively to ensure your safety So please be patient with us as we get through the storm together We're also experiencing right now in real time local flooding in Imperial and Riverside counties And we are taking those precautions and closing those roadways and setting up detours For the latest information on our roadways I'm urging you all please Go to the mobile site. It's called quick map. You can download it for an iPhone or Android It's called quick map one word and you will get real-time information on our roadways Our road conditions can just in and all the issues through the storm event and beyond Once again, if you do not need to be on the roadways, please please postpone your travel Until after the storm passes your safety again is our highest priority and with that I'd like to introduce Antecito or fees our assistant commissioner with our partner agency at the California Highway Patrol Thank You director Tavares. I appreciate that Ladies and gentlemen, I first want to thank the first responders and the people who have been working tirelessly To ensure public safety in the state of California in the wake of hurricane Hillary. Thank you for what you do and for the first responders And local and state partners across the state. Thank you for what you do day in day out Thank you for what you're going to do in the next few days potentially. We want you to be safe With potentially dangerous weather conditions on the horizon including high winds and flooding Power outages mudslides. It's important to take this opportunity For people to make the necessary steps to be safe. This is not a time to be complacent It's a time to take the steps to keep yourself safe and your family safe Speaking of safety, that's what the CHP is all about our mission is to provide the highest level of safety service and security And that's what we're going to do. We too have some recommendations and directly far as just mentioned that But it's worth mentioning a second time because that's how important it is to the public Our recommendation to you is this if you don't need to travel and you're impacted You're living in an area that's impacted by hurricane Hillary. Please stay off the road Stay home be safe. However, if you need to travel, it's absolutely necessary. We're going to ask that you be Vigilant be aware of your surroundings watching out for mudslides down trees flooding The sustained high winds. Those are all concerns to us But if you need to travel, please do so safely And remember two points of recommendation that I'd like to leave with you first of all leave early leave your residents early So they get to your destination safely and efficiently and secondly slow down That's good advice for any day even on a sunny California day But especially the next few days slow down and get to your set destination safely But what I would like to say next is very important I would like the public to listen to what I'm going to say and I can't place enough emphasis on this Director to Boris mentioned it as well. Please if you encounter a roadway that's flooded Absolutely do not attempt to cross that roadway It may seem possible But it's it may seem that there's just a film of water across the roadway But you don't know where that's going to carry you could carry you down to a creek to a river to an Air that you are not reachable to emergency responders Please stay away from flooded roadways and speaking of roadways. Many of our roadways are going to be Barricaded with signs and barricades. That's a sign. They're put there for a reason for you to remain safe Please be smart and do the right thing and don't drive around those barricades Finally power outages been mentioned before if you enter encounter an intersection or an on and off ramp That has no power. We ask that you treat that as you would a four-way stop sign Safely approaches the stop sign or the intersection and navigate through a safely when it's safe to do so The CHP stands ready to assist our partners in serving and protecting the people of California Our resources are made available right now We're taking necessary steps to provide that highest level of safety and service to the public We're going to get it right We're going to do it right and by collaborating with our partner agencies here and across the state We're going to get through this and lastly if you find the need to call 9-1-1 or you need to text 9-1-1 because you need assistance Please do so. We have an army of highly trained professional public safety dispatchers who are there to take your call and assist you in any way possible Thank you for this opportunity. I'm going to turn it over to your Cronor Kaufman with the California military department Thank you assistant commissioner Ortiz We are in a position where we are prepared to support our communities and our partners yours California National Guard service members are very well trained very well highly experienced that these types of Support operations more specifically in this case. We have pre-positioned 22 high-water vehicles to Support where the need may arise and in addition. We also have other capabilities Soldiers airmen who are standing by and will be prepared to respond as the need arises So please rest assured that your California National Guard is ready and is is available to support our partners and communities. I Will be followed by Tamela trail deputy regional administrator region 9 federal emergency management agency. Thank you Thank you colonel Kaufman. I just want to I Need to emphasize some of the things that were said but most of all want everyone to know That FEMA is well aware that this is a very unique storm We are working very closely with the California office of governor's office of emergency services and just so proud to be able to Stand again and work again with Mrs. Nancy Ward former colleague We have the utmost confidence in Callow-e-s and the abilities the capabilities and the capacities to be able to Respond FEMA in this stage. We're going to emphasize on preparedness We've heard it yet, you're not able to hear it enough and that is Now is the time to be prepared and to get prepared and to not just look after oneself but to be able to look after your family members your neighbors your friends and I want to share with you a couple Sites here to help you be better prepared. We have the the WWW ready gov, which is in English and then in Spanish. We have the list. Oh Dot gov the list of California.org will provide preparedness information and tips on how to be better prepared in multiple languages, I Also want to assure you that we have several FEMA employees Who are coordinating with Callow-e-s and monitoring this storm many might be thinking? Yes, we have a thousand FEMA emergency Responders and emergency staff supporting the state of Hawaii We have staff who are dedicated to watching Hurricane Hillary Also by the direction of President Biden He wants us and encourages us to continue to take the whole of government Approach so we will continue to do that as we are Supporting storms all the way east in the Caribbean through the Atlantic through California all the way out to the Pacific We do have a FEMA liaison who is here working in the the state operation Center along with our FEMA Integration team member. They are here also working. We have any our FEMA incident action Management team who is also on standby. That's our national team our national response coordination Center in Washington, DC They're not far away. They may seem far away, but they are up Bright and early and working late to listen to our request We will meet with other federal agencies today to discuss how we can continue to support these efforts and with that I'm going to turn it back over to My colleague, Mrs. Nancy Ward Well, as you can see there's a plethora of agencies and a lot going on To support the Southern, California Communities as best we can but with that we will take some questions Well, thank you so much for joining us today and Again, I hope that everyone understands we need you to do your part in being safe and keeping your communities Your families your friends your neighbors safe as well. Thank you