Hi, I wanted to jump in and record a intro before the intro of this episode because when I recorded

the intro a mere several days ago, so much has changed in the place that I live.

And I'm sure that everyone listening knows someone or has been impacted in some way by hearing the

devastating stories of the fires.

And I'll probably have more to say later, but for now, while they're very much still going,

and there's really no prediction for when they'll be died out or how much damage has been done,

but today I've had so many conversations with friends about how this city that I live in and that I

love and have lived in for the last five years will not be the same.

And entire communities like El-Tadina very close to me and the palestates have been devastated,

thousands of homes and businesses that I love and frequent

and people that I know and acquaintances

and friends of friends and friends parents and actual friends of mine and people that I

know and talk to and love from close to only met a couple times but follow on the internet

just seeing post after post and it it's really, really heartbreaking.

And I'm one of the lucky ones. And just having gone through the process of packing a bag and

putting on a mask and smelling the smoke and figuring out what to do when my power was out,

that just pales in comparison to the anxiety and stress and how disregulated everyone's nervous

system is here in the city after getting these alerts on our phones and not knowing what's happening

and trying to figure it out. So I just want to say that obviously what you're about to hear

is a very light conversation between two friends who both live in this city that was recorded

on New Year's Day and it's very late and obviously

it's the second half of something that you maybe listened to last week so I'm putting it out

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