TBD | As Fires Approached LA, Angelenos Turned to Watch Duty

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🗓️ 19 January 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Looking for up-to-the-minute updates on where the fires are, LA residents have been turning to the app Watch Duty, rather than getting updates directly from the local or state government, or even local media. Guests: David Merritt, cofounder and CTO of Watch Duty Alyssa Jeong Perry, LA-based producer for Slate. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Patrick Fort, and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.7	Earlier this week, I called up journalist Alyssa Jung Perry, who lives in L.A.
1:11.6	Right now, I'm at my house in Los Angeles, California, specifically Highland Park.
1:19.6	Alyssa is a reporter and producer, and she's done some work with us here at Slate.
1:24.6	These days, she's in sort of triage mode, helping friends and neighbors who've
1:29.7	been affected by the fires. She remembers exactly when they started, because it was right around
1:35.4	her birthday, and her mom was in town. Around 7.7.30 on Tuesday, the lights went out. My power went out.
1:44.1	We heard, like, a huge bang. My power went out
1:46.5	and the winds were really gathering and we had flashlights and my mom and I were like, okay, well,
1:52.8	maybe the power will come back on in like 30 minutes because that's usually what happens.
1:57.6	It didn't. So they went to bed, but that didn't last long.
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