Thanks to the internet, everything seems knowable.
All of those little mysteries that
used to fuel conversation — Who
was that guy in that movie? How big is the Pacific Ocean?
Do you think that TV dog is dead now? —
are so easily solvable.
Now everyone can just check their phone.
But there is one part of the internet that is drawn
to things that cannot be Googled.
The mystical internet has arrived.
New apps like Costar Astrology
and the Daily Hunch are part of a suite
of internet products rebranding the zodiac
for the digital set.
Astrological sign memes dominate Twitter.
The Hoodwitch, an online retailer who
sells everyday magic for the modern mystic,
has amassed over 260,000 Instagram followers
for her hashtag #witchtips and beautifully
staged tarot readings.
Even Spencer Pratt, the arch villain of "The Hills," has
reinvented himself as a crystal outfitter.
"The tiger's eye, I wear for protection,
and it worked, because I wore this in the 'Celebrity Big
Brother' all-star house, and I was super-protected."
But a lot of the appeal of this stuff
isn't really based in any strong held belief
in the occult.
You don't have to actually believe
in astrology to be into it.
Putting aside whether planetary alignments actually
influence the personal lives of human beings,
astrology and other nonscientific practices are
sometimes less about predicting the future than
they are about helping to understand ourselves.
Posting a hermit tarot card to Instagram
is a way of signaling introversion.
A piece of rose quartz stone is an expression
of unconditional love.
"Love is who I am."
And astrology, it's basically the cosmic Buzzfeed quiz.
In other words, this is a content business
as much as it is a spiritual practice.
There are for sure enterprising capitalists
who are eager to profit off of all of this.
[singing] "These eggs are on fire."
Goop has built a whole online retail empire
serving what it calls, "the divine feminine."
"The egg is in, I think."
But online mysticism is also filling a legitimate need.
This is a turn to emotion in the face of all of the data
that dominates the internet.
It's a rejection of all the algorithmic, data-driven,
hyper-logical, crypto-libertarian values
that run so much of what we do online.
In their place it carves out room
for intuition and empathy.
And yeah, it all feels pretty girly,
but men have their online mysticism, too.
It just looks a little more like this.
"And this is some satanist imagery here
that goes over the connections of this symbolism."
And if masculine mysticism is obsessed with
conspiracies, drawing connections between
historical events and random images,
feminine mysticism, on the internet at least,
seeks to draw spiritual connections
between human beings.
"I'm a Gemini, so there's two sides of me."
I'm a Gemini, too, so I'm of two minds
about this whole trend.
My curmudgeonly twin points out
that this is all a ploy to get women to spend more
money on useless stuff, but my more compassionate twin
appreciates a corner of the internet that
values justice and empathy.
"The horoscopes are meant to be healing."
After all, the woo-woo crazy of a vagina
jade egg pales in comparison to this.
"We believe the Earth was a flattish disk surrounded
by a solid dome barrier called the firmament."
In this context, retreating into the mystical internet
actually feels like a quite rational move.
Hey, this is Amanda.
This is Shane.
He edits the videos.
She writes the videos.
You watch the videos.
And if you like the videos,
please like, comment and subscribe here.
And then tell us:
Who's worse?
Geminis or Scorpios?
That's easy.
Virgos.
Leave your answer in the comments.
We are very thirsty.
[singing] "Internetting with Amanda Hess."
I said Scorpios' weird.
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For many, losing a few extra pounds is an easy task.
It requires dedication and discipline and willpower.
And what must be done, is not new either: practice physical exercises and reduce
consumption are at the top of the list of recommendations for those who want to lose
Weight.
But did you know that some foods too can help you achieve those goals?
A plant that has been widely used with effectiveness for people who want to lose weight
it's cumin.
Used as a seasoning due to its flavor the cumin has been the object of some
surveys that showed very interesting results when it comes to losing weight.
A study done in Iran for 3 months divided the participants in 2 groups, where each
consumed an equal amount of calories per day (from the same food).
The only difference between the groups is that one of them also consumed a teaspoon
of cumin mixed with yogurt (yogurt without the cumin he stayed with the other group).
At the end of the 3 months, group who ate the cumin lost 1.5 kg
more, besides reducing 3x plus the percentage of fat.
And the benefits were not just in weight: triglyceride levels in blood and cholesterol
LDL also reduced considerably.
If you want to boost your diet to lose weight with the help of this wonderful
plant, try the cumin water.
The preparation is very simple, it only takes 2 ingredients.
Here's how easy it is to do:
Ingredients
2 teaspoons cumin; 1 cup water;
How to make
Bring the water to a boil; Turn off the stove and throw the spoons of
cumin in water; Let stand for 10 minutes so that
the water absorbs the properties of cumin; It is recommended to drink this cumin water
before bedtime.
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Farm to Table Dinner - Bringing Diners into Wyoming Agriculture - Duration: 11:25.
hi I'm Mike and after weeks of work today is our farm-to-table dinner on our
Wyoming Life
today is the day the farm-to-table dinner officially starts this afternoon
at 4 p.m. Aaron and I have been delivering produce and meat from right
here on the ranch to our caterers pizza carrillo for the past few days we have
help coming out to help set up and finish all the little things but first
let's talk about why we put on the farm table dinner for our community and what
it accomplishes over the past few months Aaron and her cohorts in the dare have
been selling tickets and we're proud to say that as of yesterday we're
officially sold out the money raised from this year's event will go directly
to supporting our local farmers markets funding a number of different programs
that are affiliated with them including our share the harvest program where
vendors are paid for leftover produce that gets donated to our local food bank
snap and WIC incentives that match funds that customers spend using those
programs to buy more locally sourced foods we also have a program called the
pop club or the power of produce that provides activities for kids at market
along with loyalty programs like punch cards where customers can earn shopping
bags and all kinds of stuff just for coming to market vendor training to
teach vendors how to safely manage their products for sale cooking demos and a
whole lot more obviously these programs all cost money vendors at market pay a
small fee each week usually about $10 but this event is the one that primarily
funds farmers market for the entire year last year was our inaugural farm
farm-to-table dinner and after putting that one on we saw the community
interest in the farmers market program and decided to keep doing it this year
we made it bigger and better now last year we sold 62 tickets this year we
expanded to over 70 and we added a silent auction and a live band but more
on that stuff later first there's a lot to do today to get
ready for our guests
well you're almost there to me you think counting was a good idea
this takes place in the shop at the ranch and as help starts to arrive the
whole thing takes shape very quickly with the help of about 10 volunteers the
shop becomes a dining room a silent auction table is set up including items
sent to us from subscribers to our longing life like this wonderful silver
nitrate print of paramount ranch in Malibu California where many westerns
and TV shows were filmed also up for bids this year is our very first our
Wyoming life belt buckle offered to the public along with a number of other
items donated by local businesses outside of the shop the caterers arrive
with their wood-fired ovens cooking and preparing each course on-site the band
gets set up and we're ready to go back in the shop the stage and sound system
is all set up and it looks like guests are beginning to arrive the whole point
of the dinner is to give attendees a chance to not only help out their local
farmers market but also take a look at what goes into the farmers market and
most visitors start out with a walking tour of the ranch including Aaron's
Gardens strolling through and getting a chance to see where most of their meal
tonight has come from as folks to wander around the ranch they can look at
gardens tractors vehicles and even hang out with the bottle caps from this year
before heading back into the shop to sit down for the festivities
I'm Erin the menu is at each place setting and each and every course is
detailed by our chef Arianne herself an appetizer a bread with honey and herb
butter and a fresh salad the entree of pork and chokecherry wine and roasted
potatoes honey beets and kale a dessert of a panna cotta Italian pudding with
hot buttered apples throughout the evening folks are invited to take
pictures with our scarecrow slim out at the wagons and Erin and I get a chance
to hang out with some subscribers to our living life that made the trek out to
spend a few hours with us and support local agriculture
Oh
we show our newest episode of our warming life which for me is kind of odd
because I'm not used to viewing with an audience but audience reactions laughing
and gasping and applause is nice to hear and actually quite encouraging before we
know it the night comes to an end and the last guest exits the ranch hopefully
everyone in attendance took a little more away than just a great meal but the
experience of being here on the ranch dining within the atmosphere that
produce the food that graced their plates we can help so that's it another
year down for farm-to-table are you already happy it's done with
it's probably the one event that I look forward to the most of the summer season
but I won't live when the last person leaves it's a huge that it was it's done
it was successful that people enjoyed themselves but I'm always so happy when
it starts when people start showing up and then I'm always so happy when it's
over what was your what was your favorite part I really loved to share
with people the gardens like to have other Erin did hang out at the gardens
for a long time yeah I make sure we can answer as many questions people kind of
want to know the story of how we started going to farmers markets and how the
gardens have evolved they asked a lot of questions about winter growing it's just
really fun to the gardens could be somewhat isolating I sometimes feel like
I'm always just out there by myself doing all this work so it's really nice
to be able to share that with people some of our farmers market customers
that come every week like I've been telling them like Oh lettuce is just a
couple weeks away and Tracy was like now I can see it she was like it's nice to
see the products that she buys every week to actually see how they're being
produced in person right then the best part for me aside from the food because
the food is really but being thank you a big truck but you
know aside from food the the watching of the video is is always surreal for me to
watch an hour whelming like video with people here we're so used you know you
potent you post them online and then you and get the comments but you don't you
don't feel the reaction as you do when people are laughing or clapping or
gasping or whatever they may be doing that really you know you could notice in
the video that I went back and I stand in the back because it's almost
overwhelming to have you know something that you put all that work into and
actually get an audience reaction from it it's so much different than it is
just working on the bedroom getting it done posting it and then kind of
forgetting about it answering comments but you're the by then the videos
already out of my mind and I'm working on the next video for you for farmers
market now her for far me table you're already working on the very next the
next year aren't you already it's already working in your mind we're
already thinking about logistics to 100 or 150 seats and I think there's made
some major changes happening for next year good changes yeah and hopefully
some more incorporation of art Wyoming life into it and you guys as well and
being able to invite more subscribers and do different things here at the
ranch with just subscribers aside from farm-to-table there's some really cool
things even though we're just a day afterwards well two days now that
there's things that are happening that in that two days that's just it's I hope
we don't forget you know because it does tighten it does sneak up on ya so yeah
we got to start playing know yeah exactly so anyway thanks for hanging out
with us I know that the farm-to-table dinner has been work in progress and of
course you I've been there pretty much through all
of it and being able to watch the prep for it now you get the payoff and I
really do appreciate you guys coming along with us for that entire ride you
have anything else you want to add or can I wrap it up all right make sure you
subscribe click that little Bell button so that you don't miss a thing this week
I am actually going to Dallas so our week is kind of screwed up
usually we have our live stream this Thursday that may be changing I'm going
to try to do maybe something from Dallas maybe some live streaming or something
from down there we will have a video coming out on Sunday that's probably
gonna be more than likely about my trip to Dallas because that's all I have time
to film cuz I'm gonna be gone but anyway you know we really do appreciate you
hanging out with us come along with us explore the ranch life escape the
ordinary and we'll be back again to do it soon so until we see you again have a
great week and thanks for joining us in our Wyoming life
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JURASSIC PARK INSPIRED RAPTOR PEN - Ark Survival Evolved - Duration: 13:43.
Well hello there! Don't I have a surprise for you. You know how last episode I
showed you the Jurassic world Raptor paddock which I made well I've got a sort
of similar build today going along with the Jurassic park
Jurassic world theme which I want to show you but first before that we'll be
hatching some raptor eggs to see if we get some mutations and if we do we're
keeping them otherwise we're getting rid of them, okay. So see you in a minute!
welcome back people and we're gonna hatch some Raptor eggs right this moment
and it has taken me a while to get up these Raptor eggs and a couple of bits
and bobs and you will certainly enjoy the rest of the episode and if you're
new don't forget to like, subscribe and share. And we will begin the egg hatching right
now so we'll just put them all out. [Random Mumbling] Just like sooo and they're already
hatching
so let's see what sort of mutations we get
so far nothing from what I can gather let's just have a quick look around at them
nope [more random Mumbling]
no mutations new there's no, just have a quick check
under the bellies just in case because we know what like babies are hmm
[Increased Insane Mumbling]
no there's no there's no mutations in there yeah oh that one looks a little bit different
now I can't get out wait yes I can
now that one looks a little bit conspicuous or is that just me that's, just me just a quick
check again nope let's just kill him oh that looks funny and that one looks no
let's just check that one over there oh that red one looks a bit weird no
no we're just clean them up now
The lag just kills me sometimes The lag does kill them all too.
now I do hope you enjoy today's episode I
have spent a lot of time wait stop please stop just stop
stupid flap flaps I will you know what we'll just keep that one
come here ah there we go just check if there's any mutations just in case oh I'm glad
and then kill that one it does have mutation but what is its mutation I
don't know
now stop flap flaps from flap flapping very laggy now onto the good
part we're just gonna grab some one male and three females up together just
to just sort out my taming orders and that lot no we don't want to do that
one no nononono over there
stupid fluff flaps
now just to gather some Raptors up together I like this one there's that one of a male, yea it's
a male so we'll make him follow me now we just need to gather a few females and
I'll take you over to my creation we'll grab that one is just a
male
and yeah you're a female we'll go to you come on come on
are you a tad bit stuck over yeah you're a tad bit stuck
you okay now you're good to go yeah you're good you're fine now this has
taken me a while to do and I try to make it as picture-perfect as best as like
good you can probably see in the right of my screen but like a glare of the
light is stopping you from doing that
now this is my Jurassic world build the Raptor Paddock from Jurassic world the one
with Owen and we have so many Raptors in here utterly ridiculous amount
redonkulous amount and yeah that little bit you just saw you that's part of the
Other build now it's sort of to do with it still with Jurassic world themed
because it's to do with the first one and it is to my best ability just gonna
come up here it is the Jurassic Park pen which dr. Ellie Sattler and dr. grant
like first came to see like it took me a while to do right that's where that big
box entered in and we'll just bring the raptors in here and see the yellow
cables over over the top yeah that was if you've watched a movie carefully that
was over top like where they drop the cows from now these ramps is not this
one but the other one is where dr. Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler just walked up
to see the Raptors and obviously you can see him like that meshing grid up the
top is just the intersection cables to make it look like that fence over top
and you know of really annoyed me making this is the pipes which I've parked down
to make sure and obviously this is where that box would be which let the first
Velociraptor out but I couldn't exactly make it
so I just stopped making it but anyway that's like watch tower they came out
of I've tried to make it a screen accurate as best as I could I know what
about put some signs outside like saying authorized personnel only like you can
come out here see this stuff you've got we have a generator and I tried putting
a ladder for the hatch frame there but it just doesn't work which was quite
annoying so I've had to just work around a little bit by putting a ladder on the
outside and deleting part of a roof or destroying it but it just climbs onto a
pillar at the instead and you just have to stand on his pillar hop from his pillar
Onto here and just come down here and it looks completely natural from where
we were stood earlier and yeah I thought I was quite a nice build now we just
need a set on one all I'm wondering to Allow them to mate
And have beautiful babies
you gonna because a beautiful babies yes yes you shall we do like a beautiful
babies now it did take me a lot of work to do as you can see I literally cut
corners because of a wall so we just won't work properly
also powered our lights in there on a few correct places from the movie and
yeah all the ramps everything fine if you want me to show you actually how to
build thid and such then just comment it below saying oh I'd like you to
build this for me and I've just remembered I'm in creative
mode I can fly and see these elevator tracks I put them on foundations beforehand it
was just all walls but then I remembered there was like like pillars coming out
for the like a large metal like electric wires coming across so I had to like
somewhat make that resembled with the pipes and elevated tracks which I think
I've done quite well with like see I have done it to my best of ability if
you look from like the angle which we were then then it near near enough
makes it now we are now flying i've also like put the outlets just power to
The lights and that such we've got everything sorted near enough looks
screen actually from what I gather it's just it's one of my favorite builds one
of my favorite builds I've done in a long time if you really want to know how
to build this just comment below and I'll make a video on it on how to build
it fully from scratch just like it it is on here and as you can see this does
fit quite a few dinosaurs now I don't know how good it would look
in night but we'll see now it is night time and I'm it's it just looks
fantastic and I it looks so much more better at night then it does and day
you've got a light shining it just looks gorgeous at night I just
come up here and look from it yeah that looks a hundred percent screen accurate
I'm really proud of that maybe if you take a fair look up maybe weight white
is light so I never mind it's just probably powering the other ones
now I'm may put some stuff there close the doors
you gotta yeah probably putt like a sign saying like oh forest personnel on that
later and this just juice is just amazing what
I've done I can't say enough I'm really proud of myself and if you like do do
really like this bill just comment below or just give me praise or whatever
because we do need to for my channel lately and if there's any other sort of
like bills you want me to try just mention them and I'll try it because so
far I've done the drastic world Raptor pen and the Jurassic Park Raptor pen
they for really fun fields but I'd say address a part Raptor pen is far better
than the Jurassic world one by far just make just literally kills it out the way
now I do hope you did enjoy this and if you did don't forget to like subscribe
and share for more don't forget we are doing a giveaway when we hit 50
subscribers so I do hope you join that and we have got the rails every big
screen accurate and I really do hope you enjoyed watching well watch we show it
off to you and well have a nice day
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YOU'VE SURVIVED THE WILDFIRE, BUT NOW THERE'S LOTS OF IMPORTANT QUESTIONS...
WHERE DO YOU START?
HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE?
HOW DO I WORK WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY?
"Don't be afraid to speak up.
Don't be afraid to ask questions.
...WE TACKLE THE FIVE MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ASKED BY WILDFIRE SURVIVORS AND
GET YOU ANSWERS FROM THE EXPERTS.
THAT'S ALL COMING UP NEXT ON THIS SPECIAL HOW-TO DISASTER RECOVERY SHOW.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I'M BRYAN MAY IN THE CAL OES NEWSROOM.
IT'S A QUESTION WE HEAR IN EVERY DISASTER, "NOW WHAT?"
AND IF YOU'RE A SURVIVOR, IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE...
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO BEGIN THE RECOVERY PROCESS.
AND...
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO CONSIDER.
IN THIS SHOW, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER FIVE OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, AND REACHED
OUT TO EXPERTS TO GET YOU THE ANSWERS.
{QUESTION 1 WHERE DO I GO TO GET HELP?}
FOR MANY, THE FIRST QUESTION IS...
THE FIRST STEP.
WHERE DO I START?
WHERE DO I GO TO GET HELP?
FOR THE TWO LARGEST AND MOST DAMAGING WILDFIRES -- THE MENDOCINO COMPLEX FIRE AND CARR FIRE
-- THOSE IMPACTED SHOULD START AT WHAT'S CALLED A "DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER."
SOMETIMES YOU MAY ALSO HEAR IT REFERRED TO AS A "LOCAL ASSISTANCE CENTER."
THESE CENTERS ARE A "ONE-STOP SHOP" WHERE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES COME TOGETHER
SPECIFICALLY TO HELP YOU WITH INFORMATION AND SERVICES.
THE DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER FOR LAKE COUNTY IS LOCATED AT 94-60 MAIN STREET IN UPPER LAKE.
IT IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 9 A-M TO 6 P-M, CLOSED ON SUNDAYS.
AND FOR RESIDENTS OF SHASTA COUNTY, THE DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER IS LOCATED IN THE FORMER K-MART
BUILDING, AT 26-85 HILLTOP DRIVE IN REDDING.
IT'S ALSO OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 9 A-M TO 6 P-M, CLOSED ON SUNDAYS.
"If anyone has suffered any damages, any losses, please let us know.
If you need any type of assistance at all.
What we here at the DRC, the Disaster Recovery Center, for is to put a face to face to your
recovery needs.
So anything that you may need, register with FEMA.
You don't have to come in to the Disaster Recovery Center, you can register by calling
[FEMA Disaster Assistance 1-800-621-3362] or our website, www.disasterassistance.gov,
you can make all of your preparation, all your registration right there."
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON EITHER OF THE DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS, YOU CAN GO TO WILDFIRE RECOVERY
DOT ORG.
YOU CAN ALSO FIND LINKS TO YOUR LOCAL CITY OR COUNTY WEBSITE WITH SPECIFIC INFORMATION
ABOUT THE DISASTER.
WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE?
SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS, THE NEXT QUESTION IS...
WHAT ELSE IS AVAILABLE?
OFTEN THERE'S RUMORS AND MISINFORMATION THAT MAY LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE YOU'RE ONLY QUALIFIED
FOR LIMITED ASSISTANCE - OR WORSE - NONE AT ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE EXPERTS WE TALKED TO SAY IT'S IMPORTANT TO EXPLORE ALL THE POSSIBILITIES AND DON'T
MAKE ASSUMPTIONS.
"Don't rule yourself out for federal assistance.
A lot of times folks do.
They think, 'I'm not going to qualify.
I have a pretty good insurance policy.
Maybe my home wasn't completely destroyed.'
You've got to get yourself registered.
One of the things that's really interesting about the Carr Fire in particular, we've got
a lot of folks that suffered significant wind damage, but their home wasn't destroyed by
fire.
Those folks are still potentially eligible for federal assistance."
"We've got faith-based organizations that help folks sift through the debris and find
artifacts, family heirlooms and other cherished items that may have survived the fire.
We've got the American Red Cross that often times has financial donations that they can
make available to individuals.
Often times there's tremendous charitable contributions happening through local nonprofits
and other foundations that set up that have funding or other resources available to help
address needs that government or your insurance may not be able to address."
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE GETTING THE MOST HELP AVAILABLE, ASK THAT
SIMPLE QUESTION, "WHAT ELSE IS AVAILABLE FOR ME?"
OFTEN WE FIND THAT SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, LIKE THOSE OFFERED BY COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS,
ARE ANNOUNCED AT LOCAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS OR TOWN HALLS.
THEY'RE NOT JUST AN UPDATE ON THE DISASTER RECOVERY PROCESS BY LOCAL OFFICIALS.
THEY'RE A GREAT WAY TO FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT ELSE MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU.
HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE?
THIS IS THE ONE EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE SUFFERED A MAJOR LOSS...
"HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE?"
AND, EVERY DISASTER SURVIVOR WE'VE MET WANTS TO GET "BACK TO NORMAL" AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO...
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION, AND OFTEN ONE OF THE HARDEST TO ANSWER.
THERE'S PERHAPS NOBODY BETTER TO ASK THIS QUESTION TO -- THAN SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN THROUGH
IT.
PAUL LOWENTHAL IS ONE OF THE NEARLY 9-THOUSAND RESIDENTS WHO LOST THEIR HOMES IN THE DEVASTATING
OCTOBER 2017 WILDFIRES HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
HIS PERSPECTIVE, THOUGH, IS A UNIQUE ONE...
HE'S NOT ONLY A SURVIVOR, BUT A FIRST RESPONDER...
A FIREFIGHTER WHO LEFT HIS HOME TO HELP SAVE OTHERS...
AND IN THE PROCESS, HE LOST EVERYTHING.
"From initial onset, people are always eager to get ahead.
They're eager to start moving forward with the recovery process and they get edgy and
they get nervous because they don't see a lot of activity.
They're not sure with what the city, the county, the state and the federal government are doing.
"People also need to understand that there's decisions they can make really early on that
can help them move forward really quickly."
"There was a group of about 12 neighbors that all came together and met pretty quickly after
the fire and started talking about contractors and architects.
That's a prime example of how neighborhoods immediately came together and recognized that
there's going to be needs that we all have and how can we work together to help us collectively
move forward."
LOWENTHAL SAYS THE JOURNEY TO FULL RECOVERY CAN BE A LONG ONE.
ALTHOUGH THERE'S NO SET TIMELINE FOR HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE, HE RECOMMENDS BEING PATIENT,
TAKING YOUR TIME AND - MOST IMPORTANTLY - TALKING WITH OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT.
IT SHOULDN'T BE A JOURNEY YOU TAKE ALONE.
HOW DO I MAKE SURE I'M GETTING THE MOST FROM MY INSURANCE PROVIDER?
YOU'RE LIKELY FAMILIAR WITH THE PEACE OF MIND THAT COMES WITH BEING INSURED.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE, BUT HOPE YOU'LL NEVER USE.
MANY HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS POLICIES COVER WILDFIRE DAMAGE, SO CONTACTING YOUR INSURANCE
COMPANY SHOULD BE ONE OF YOUR FIRST STEPS.
BUT, HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE YOU'RE GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR POLICY?
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE PROVIDES SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE RECOVERING FROM
WILDFIRES.
"I think people immediately assume that they're in an adversarial relationship with their
insurance company, and they may ultimately be.
The first thing you need to do is call your insurance company and ask for a copy of your
policy.
That's once you've secured your safety and the safety of your loved ones and you've stabilized
your living situation.
Call your insurance company, have them walk through the contents of the policy with you.
Second, most home owner's insurance policies have coverage for your out of pocket expenses
when you've been evacuated.
Even if your home hasn't been touched by the fire, you can still be entitled to get your
lodging costs, your transportation costs, your food costs, anything associated with
your living expenses while you were evacuated outside the home might be covered."
THERE'S A LOT TO CONSIDER...
AND OFTEN A LOT YOU MAY NOT KNOW.
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE HAS POSTED HELPFUL RESOURCES ON THEIR WEBSITE,
INCLUDING THE "TOP TEN TIPS FOR WILDFIRE CLAIMANTS."
IT'S A CHECKLIST EVERYONE SHOULD GO THROUGH WHEN CONSIDERING MAKING AN INSURANCE CLAIM.
IT'S EVEN HELPFUL FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN AFFECTED BY WILDFIRES.
COMMISSIONER JONES SAYS IF YOU'RE NOT CERTAIN YOU'RE GETTING WHAT YOU NEED FROM YOUR INSURANCE
COMPANY, YOU CAN CONTACT HIS OFFICE AND THEY ARE HAPPY TO HELP YOU.
California Department Of Insurance: 1-800-927-4357
www.Insurance.Ca.Gov YOU CAN CALL THEM AT 1 800 9-2-7 4-3-5-7
YOU CAN FIND THAT "TOP TEN" CHECKLIST AT INSURANCE DOT CA DOT GOV.
IS THERE ANYTHING I'M MISSING?
WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO KNOW?
SO, WE'VE COVERED A LOT ALREADY, BUT BEFORE WE GO, YOU MAY, AT SOME POINT, ASK YOURSELF,
IS THERE ANYTHING I'M MISSING?
WELL, THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS, "YES."
OFTEN SURVIVORS ARE OVERWHELMED BY THE DAUNTING TASK OF RECOVERY AND IT CAN BE AN EMOTIONAL
JOURNEY...
SO IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THEY CAN'T KNOW IT ALL.
PERHAPS THE BETTER QUESTION IS, 'WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO KNOW?"
HERE'S TWO EXPERTS WITH SOME ANSWERS.
"That you're not in it on your own.
There's a lot of people that want to help you.
You see people come out of the woodwork when a disaster strikes."
"When Cal OES works to help communities to recover, we work with a whole community of
partners, from the Federal Government, local nonprofits, the Red Cross, faith-based organizations.
Similarly, for the individual they need to realize that there's a multitude of organizations
out there to help you, but you are your own best advocate in finding those organizations
and reaching out to those."
"Don't be afraid to speak up.
Don't be afraid to ask questions.
By not asking those questions, you're left with that unknown.
There's a lot of agencies that are directly involved with the recovery operations that
have, whether it's a hotline, whether it's a person that you can talk to and email, they're
all resources that are available for people to reach out and get those questions answered."
SO LET'S CONDENSE ALL THIS INFORMATION YOU'VE JUST HEARD INTO FIVE SIMPLE BUT IMPORTANT
TIPS FOR THOSE EFFECTED BY THE WILDFIRES.
[*Register with FEMA] FIRST...
MAKE SURE YOU REGISTER WITH FEMA, EVEN IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL
ASSISTANCE.
THAT SHOULD BE STEP ONE IN YOUR RECOVERY PROCESS.
[*Visit your local Disaster Recovery Center] NEXT, MAKE SURE YOU VISIT YOUR LOCAL DISASTER
RECOVERY CENTER OR LOCAL ASSISTANCE CENTER.
AGAIN, WE'VE GOT ALL THE INFORMATION AND LOCATIONS OF THOSE CENTERS ON OUR WEBSITE, WILDFIRE
RECOVERY DOT ORG.
[*Get a copy of your policy] GET A COPY OF YOUR INSURANCE POLICY, AND HAVE
YOUR AGENT GO OVER THE POLICY WITH YOU.
[*Document Everything] DOCUMENT EVERYTHING.
EVERY CONVERSATION WITH YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY, CONTRACTOR...
REALLY ANYONE YOU TALK TO ABOUT YOUR REBUILDING.
REMEMBER, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS, AND THE MORE YOU DOCUMENT, THE BETTER OFF
YOU'LL BE DOWN THE ROAD...
[*Ask questions] AND FINALLY, AS YOU HEARD, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
-- AND YOU WILL -- ASK THEM.
BE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE AND MAKE SURE YOU GET THE ANSWERS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
OFTEN ADDITIONAL HELP IS AVAILABLE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK.
FOR MORE SURVIVOR INFORMATION FOR THE CARR FIRE, YOU CAN GO TO THE SHASTA COUNTY WEBSITE...
AND MENDOCINO COUNTY HAS A WEBSITE FOR SURVIVORS OF THE MENDOCINO COMPLEX FIRE.
YOU CAN ALSO VISIT THE RECOVERY WEBSITE FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA...
THAT AGAIN IS WILDFIRE RECOVERY DOT ORG.
FOR ALL OF US AT CAL O-E-S, I'M BRYAN MAY.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
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Belfast Primark fire survivors choked on smoke during trip to buy school socks - Duration: 4:33.
</form> Friends who went to Primark to shop for school socks choked on thick smoke as they fled the burning building
Gemma Gilvary says she's "never been so frightened in my life" as she escaped the landmark shop in Belfast
She was with her friend Frances Corrigan were on the third floor of the famous department store when they heard smoke alarms start to go off, reports Belfast Live
But Gemma, from the Ardoyne district of north Belfast, says they did not realise there was a fire and believed the alarm was part of a fire drill
She added that staff in the shop were "brilliant", but that there was confusion over how to get her, her friend and dozens of fellow shoppers out of the building
"The pair were among dozens of people, including young children and an elderly couple, who were upstairs as flames engulfed the upper floors
She said: "We were in Primark just looking at bits and pieces then next thing the smoke alarm went off
"The staff told us to go to the front of the building. We were on the third floor and people just starting walking, fairly slowly to be honest, towards the front
We were all just stood there waiting then and wondering what was going on. Read More Top Stories from Mirror Online "We were there about ten minutes like, then the smoke alarm started going off again and we were still thinking it was a drill
A fella then came over and said the doors at the front were blocked with cages so we couldn't get out that way
"A fella with us who was with a child joked that if it was a real fire we'd all be dead
"Next thing, we were told to go down to the back of the building. We were still going pretty slow and the staff were helping a wee old man and his wife
"It was then I smelt smoke and started to think is this real. I went to walk down the escalators, which weren't working, but was told I wasn't allowed
"So we ended up at the back of the shop at these double doors and eventually we were being lead up these stairs and I turned around and said 'why are we going up?!'
I then said 'I'm away, I'm going down the stairs here'." Gemma says her, her friend Frances and around 20 other people, including the elderly couple and some Primark staff, then headed down to the second floor where they were met with thick smoke
She added: "I started going down the escalator, still not realising there was a fire, but when I got to the floor below I had to cover my mouth and nose it was so bad with smoke
It was really frightening then. "The Primark staff were fantastic with the elderly couple and we all eventually got down to the ground floor
"We eventually got out a side door onto Castle Street, but it was only then we fully realised how serious the fire was and that it was on the top floor
"As we were coming down the stairs there were firemen coming up past us, so it was dawning on us just how big a fire this was
We'd been thinking the fire was on the ground floor coming up towards us. "It was terrible, looking back
There was a woman with three wee ones and the look of panic on her face as were getting out was terrible
It was mayhem. I've never been so frightened in my life once we realised what was going on
"But we could have been out in five minutes, if we'd been allowed to get down the escalators
Instead, we were up on the third floor for what must have been 25 minutes. "In fairness the staff were great, they just had to follow procedures, I suppose
But we're just glad we got out alive. It could have been so much worse. "Frances only went in for school socks and I was looking for bedclothes
I got what I needed at least and I still have the receipt."
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