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The Sean Hannity Show

Preventing Fires Is Possible - January 27th, Hour 2

The Sean Hannity Show

Sean Hannity

News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

4.09.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

 Ron Holt,the Black River Unit Forester with the South Carolina Forestry Commission in Kingstree, SC., joins us to discuss exactly why controlled burns and forest management are so critical to wildlife safety and protection from wildfires. 

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0:00.0

All right. Thanks, Scott Chan, our two, Sean Hannity Show, 800941. Sean, our number, if you want to be a part of the program, even as we speak, I mean, it's, it's hard to imagine, but California is still struggling with wildfires. It just, it's out of control. They can't seem to get a handle on any of this.

0:22.3

One real estate guru out there made a prediction that the number one reason why many

0:27.6

of these wildfire victims are not going to return to the Pacific Palisades.

0:33.2

This guy for a million dollar listing, a real estate agent by the name of Josh Altman.

0:37.4

And he said,

0:38.2

they're not going to return because they don't want to return. Of course, they want to go back there,

0:43.1

but they're not going to return because it's simple math. I don't believe that they're going to

0:46.7

be able to afford to rebuild with most of the people that are heavily uninsured with the high

0:51.6

cost of construction and lumber and steel. We're talking about $1,000 per

0:56.5

foot building in the Palisades and in Malibu. So you're talking about millions and millions of

1:02.5

dollars. Now, on top of everything else, now with rain hitting Southern California and the

1:09.4

Santa Ana winds that have fueled the wildfires.

1:12.3

Well, now they are worried about significant mudslides, which again is another predictable

1:17.2

event out there.

1:20.1

You know, the Bay Area has become a war zone as L.A. has been burning.

1:24.0

I mean, things are not getting better for the people out in California.

1:29.6

And it's just sad. The whole thing is, you know, how much of this is preventable. Now, you might recall, we've played

1:35.2

this before back in 2018 with Gavin Newsom next to him. Donald Trump talked about the science

1:41.7

of forestry. I think we're the only ones that keep mentioning

1:44.4

this. You can get a degree from top universities about in forestry. And the simple things like,

1:51.5

you know, getting rid of the kindling or the brush that is, you know, the kindling for these wildfires.

1:58.4

And certainly that's part of the science firewalls where you have these

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