[0:00] have that many RV parks considering now
we don't we have a few
[0:03] » yeah I'm sure
>> but not not as many back to the coastal
[0:09] » but
>> but even in large apartment complexes
[0:13] and things can get out and they can
share it that's and we have to think
[0:18] about that with
>> George Southern how many apartment
[0:21] complexes we have
>> okay what else any other ideas
[0:26] » he knows whether you like it or not
social media is really the de facto
[0:33] » communication tool today. It is. Yes.
>> And I've been listening to weather
[0:36] radios for the last 50 years, 60 years
probably,
[0:40] » but today I think we've been doing not
everybody's going to have a weather
[0:43] radio, but even the homeless population,
>> has
[0:47] a smartphone.
>> Yeah.
[0:49] » They may not have service,
>> you know, but they don't get to a hot
[0:54] spot.
>> Right. But that's even where like if you
[0:57] could solve the iPod we problem because
you don't have generally you don't have
[1:00] to have service to still receive the
notifications right and that how it's
[1:04] set up like if you haven't paid for your
phone I think you can
[1:08] » you could you can call 911
do that
[1:13] » um but yeah and and to your point though
is what we're also seeing is that
[1:18] there's an entire generation of young
adults that are coming up that are
[1:22] moving away from smartphones entirely.
They don't like them. They don't want
[1:25] them to be that connected.
>> What are they using?
[1:27] » They're using dumb phones.
>> The old fashioned flip phones.
[1:31] » You're seeing more and more young people
going back to flip phones. I mean, it's
[1:34] amazing.
>> So happy.
[1:35] » Yeah. Well, that's what I've had for
years. That's why I can't work this
[1:38] thing.
>> So, okay. Um, no, it's good stuff. And
[1:41] then as far as, and I know we need to
wrap this up, as far as communication
[1:46] within the the messaging itself, are we
missing anything? Not not the means to
[1:52] get the message out, the message itself.
Are we missing anything there?
[1:57] » A couple thoughts here. Everybody wants
a source of truth,
[2:00] » right?
>> That's what we all want,
[2:01] » right? and you know and Cory EMA does a
good job communicating with voice
[2:06] connect and they usually try to get the
channels aligned but everybody we really
[2:11] need to get the same message out through
multiple channels and it ought to be the
[2:15] same or almost the same
>> because people keep saying well I saw
[2:19] this on Facebook I saw this on Instagram
again or X or whatever. So we really
[2:25] need to get the same the same
information through all channels and I
[2:30] think probably opportunities to better
align that. And you know, and for
[2:37] example, when when it hits the fan,
Cory, the EMA, they're they're pretty
[2:42] busy just trying to do other things. And
you know, I think there's opportunities
[2:46] to to to get everybody align,
you know,
[2:51] » you you designate the person that that
you're going to listen to.
[2:54] » And I' I've said this before, you know,
if if county if the county is going to
[3:00] be the person that's you then there
needs to be this person is the one
[3:05] that's going to tell me what's actually
going to if I hear it from him I know
[3:09] it's the truth kind of thing so but also
I'll go back to this you know when
[3:13] you're trying to communicate for
upcoming events we we pretty much know
[3:17] hurricanes are coming that you know they
tell us what
[3:20] » again I'll go back to saying schools are
a vital source of that communication
[3:27] um with kids you know because
having worked in it. There's not a
[3:32] kindergarten or preschooler that is not
thrilled to take home a paper to mom or
[3:35] dad, you know. So, we don't we sometimes
overlook those as being a source of
[3:42] communicating with that parent that may
not get any other communication. That's
[3:48] just
>> Yeah. Well, and I mean, so fire guys, I
[3:51] pick on y'all. Y'all still do fire
safety education in schools, right? You
[3:55] go out and teach kids
>> once a year.
[3:57] » Once a year. Okay. Well, you know, it's
better than not.
[4:00] » Yeah.
>> But, you know, maybe maybe there's some
[4:04] consideration for some funding where
y'all those guys could also hand out
[4:08] some other preparedness materials beyond
fire safety that the kids could take
[4:11] out. Like there's the vehicle for it.
>> EMA and his augmented staff.
[4:17] » Absolutely.
>> Once we get the augmented staff
[4:21] » talking to
your augmented staff, okay,
[4:25] » I got you. That kind of thing.
Okay.
[4:28] » You also have to keep in mind the
communication aspect is the with the
[4:34] with AI making making it way on the
scene. It's it can help but it can also
[4:39] hurt.
>> Oh, absolutely.
[4:41] » Yeah.
>> You're getting you're getting more push
[4:44] from AI, but you're also getting a lot
of negative bad information,
[4:48] disinformation from AI. Yeah.
>> Driven sources as well. So
[4:51] » misinformation. Absolutely.
>> Yeah. I mean that kind of to to their
[4:55] point earlier about you know trusted
sources and un unity of messaging. So
[5:00] you know who I trust may be different
than who you trust and who you trust.
[5:03] And I mean we even see that in in our
weather channels. You know just around
[5:07] the room how many of you watch I don't
want you to raise your hands but I'm
[5:11] just going to throw this out there. How
many of you watch WTOC for your weather
[5:13] source? How many of you watch SAD? How
much many of you watch JCL? And do you
[5:18] if if your if you're a JCL watcher and
your weather cer is for whatever reason
[5:23] not on, do you switch over to SAB to see
what they say and go, I don't believe
[5:26] that for a minute. Right? I mean it it
is what it is, right? You you become
[5:31] familiar with your source no matter who
it is and you trust those sources. So
[5:35] the unity of messaging from the official
sources needs to be pretty consistent.
[5:40] Um, where you run into challenges then
are those pseudo official or unofficial
[5:45] sources of information. And we see that
a lot again in social media. There are a
[5:50] lot of armchair meteorologists during
hurricane season that will come up with
[5:54] all kinds of things um that are nowhere
near the truth, but they're enough to
[5:59] cause alarm. And so you you constantly
and you know, we do have a
[6:03] communications person in the room, but
you're constantly having to battle that
[6:06] as well. Um, which is a big challenge.
Um, okay. So, with that, I know we need
[6:11] to close up. Uh, just real quick with
the completing of the new actions, this
[6:15] is what we'll do with what we've
identified. We'll add all of these
[6:18] little elements in there to make sure
that, you know, they address the type of
[6:22] vulnerability, the location, the hazard.
Um, potential funding sources we have to
[6:27] list. I'll fill that in. That's pretty
easy. Uh, implementation timeline, we
[6:32] just kind of take a guess on that as
well as estimated costs. But those are
[6:35] things we have to add in there for FEA
to approve the plan.
[6:39] Um next steps we'll finalize the risk
rankings and attend the HIRA document uh
[6:44] all the steering committee input
integrate the results into the plan um
[6:48] use hyra results to refine and
prioritize the actions
[6:53] that we've discussed today and um we'll
have a draft plan review meeting comment
[6:59] period. So we're getting close we're
getting really really close on all of
[7:02] this and I appreciate everybody's time
and effort today and and throughout, but
[7:09] we're getting really close.
>> That's it, y'all. Thank you so much.
[7:13] Appreciate the time.