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have that many RV parks considering now
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» yeah I'm sure
>> but not not as many back to the coastal

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and things can get out and they can
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about that with
>> George Southern how many apartment

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complexes we have
>> okay what else any other ideas

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» he knows whether you like it or not
social media is really the de facto

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» communication tool today. It is. Yes.
>> And I've been listening to weather

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radios for the last 50 years, 60 years
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» but today I think we've been doing not
everybody's going to have a weather

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radio, but even the homeless population,
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a smartphone.
>> Yeah.

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» They may not have service,
>> you know, but they don't get to a hot

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spot.
>> Right. But that's even where like if you

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could solve the iPod we problem because
you don't have generally you don't have

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to have service to still receive the
notifications right and that how it's

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set up like if you haven't paid for your
phone I think you can

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» you could you can call 911
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» um but yeah and and to your point though
is what we're also seeing is that

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there's an entire generation of young
adults that are coming up that are

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moving away from smartphones entirely.
They don't like them. They don't want

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them to be that connected.
>> What are they using?

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» They're using dumb phones.
>> The old fashioned flip phones.

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» You're seeing more and more young people
going back to flip phones. I mean, it's

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amazing.
>> So happy.

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» Yeah. Well, that's what I've had for
years. That's why I can't work this

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thing.
>> So, okay. Um, no, it's good stuff. And

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then as far as, and I know we need to
wrap this up, as far as communication

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within the the messaging itself, are we
missing anything? Not not the means to

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get the message out, the message itself.
Are we missing anything there?

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» A couple thoughts here. Everybody wants
a source of truth,

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» right?
>> That's what we all want,

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» right? and you know and Cory EMA does a
good job communicating with voice

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connect and they usually try to get the
channels aligned but everybody we really

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need to get the same message out through
multiple channels and it ought to be the

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same or almost the same
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this on Facebook I saw this on Instagram
again or X or whatever. So we really

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need to get the same the same
information through all channels and I

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think probably opportunities to better
align that. And you know, and for

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example, when when it hits the fan,
Cory, the EMA, they're they're pretty

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busy just trying to do other things. And
you know, I think there's opportunities

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to to to get everybody align,
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» you you designate the person that that
you're going to listen to.

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» And I' I've said this before, you know,
if if county if the county is going to

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be the person that's you then there
needs to be this person is the one

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that's going to tell me what's actually
going to if I hear it from him I know

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it's the truth kind of thing so but also
I'll go back to this you know when

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you're trying to communicate for
upcoming events we we pretty much know

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hurricanes are coming that you know they
tell us what

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» again I'll go back to saying schools are
a vital source of that communication

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um with kids you know because
having worked in it. There's not a

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kindergarten or preschooler that is not
thrilled to take home a paper to mom or

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dad, you know. So, we don't we sometimes
overlook those as being a source of

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communicating with that parent that may
not get any other communication. That's

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just
>> Yeah. Well, and I mean, so fire guys, I

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pick on y'all. Y'all still do fire
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go out and teach kids
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» Once a year. Okay. Well, you know, it's
better than not.

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» Yeah.
>> But, you know, maybe maybe there's some

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consideration for some funding where
y'all those guys could also hand out

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some other preparedness materials beyond
fire safety that the kids could take

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out. Like there's the vehicle for it.
>> EMA and his augmented staff.

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» Absolutely.
>> Once we get the augmented staff

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» talking to
your augmented staff, okay,

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» I got you. That kind of thing.
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» You also have to keep in mind the
communication aspect is the with the

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with AI making making it way on the
scene. It's it can help but it can also

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hurt.
>> Oh, absolutely.

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» Yeah.
>> You're getting you're getting more push

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from AI, but you're also getting a lot
of negative bad information,

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disinformation from AI. Yeah.
>> Driven sources as well. So

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» misinformation. Absolutely.
>> Yeah. I mean that kind of to to their

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point earlier about you know trusted
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you know who I trust may be different
than who you trust and who you trust.

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And I mean we even see that in in our
weather channels. You know just around

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the room how many of you watch I don't
want you to raise your hands but I'm

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just going to throw this out there. How
many of you watch WTOC for your weather

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source? How many of you watch SAD? How
much many of you watch JCL? And do you

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if if your if you're a JCL watcher and
your weather cer is for whatever reason

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not on, do you switch over to SAB to see
what they say and go, I don't believe

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that for a minute. Right? I mean it it
is what it is, right? You you become

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familiar with your source no matter who
it is and you trust those sources. So

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the unity of messaging from the official
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Um, where you run into challenges then
are those pseudo official or unofficial

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sources of information. And we see that
a lot again in social media. There are a

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lot of armchair meteorologists during
hurricane season that will come up with

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all kinds of things um that are nowhere
near the truth, but they're enough to

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cause alarm. And so you you constantly
and you know, we do have a

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communications person in the room, but
you're constantly having to battle that

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as well. Um, which is a big challenge.
Um, okay. So, with that, I know we need

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to close up. Uh, just real quick with
the completing of the new actions, this

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is what we'll do with what we've
identified. We'll add all of these

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little elements in there to make sure
that, you know, they address the type of

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vulnerability, the location, the hazard.
Um, potential funding sources we have to

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list. I'll fill that in. That's pretty
easy. Uh, implementation timeline, we

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just kind of take a guess on that as
well as estimated costs. But those are

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things we have to add in there for FEA
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Um next steps we'll finalize the risk
rankings and attend the HIRA document uh

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all the steering committee input
integrate the results into the plan um

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use hyra results to refine and
prioritize the actions

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that we've discussed today and um we'll
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period. So we're getting close we're
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this and I appreciate everybody's time
and effort today and and throughout, but

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we're getting really close.
>> That's it, y'all. Thank you so much.

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Appreciate the time.