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Marc Maron (0:44)
All right, let's do this. How are you?
Mike Lee (0:46)
What the fuckers?
Marc Maron (0:47)
What the Buddies? What the Knicks? What the is happening? I'm Marc Maron. This is my podcast. Wtf. Welcome to it. It was touch and go today. I did not know if I would be able to do this because as many of you know, the state of California or Southern California or specifically the Los Angeles area is on fire, and it's fucking terrifying. I mean, I've been through this stuff before, and usually when you're out here, the fires are up in the mountains and they're. There are places where I'm sure, obviously they affect people, but in terms of being who we are, you think like, well, they're not near me, and. And now a lot of it's. I evacuated. You know, this morning was harrowing, and my heart goes out to all the people in the Palisades and all over California. It's just fucking crazy. These winds blew chairs off of my porch, and I knew that there was the Palisades fire. And I was trying to find out what was going on with that, if people I know were affected. Obviously they were. And I was just trying to monitor the situation because these winds have been out of control. And last night I'm going to bed, and I heard there was a fire out in Altadena. And I know people out there. I don't know how they're doing. I've texted some people. Some people I know are okay, but I haven't heard back from some people. And I don't know really how to reach out to other people, but that fire crept over and it was. It was really very close to where I live in Glendale. And they were starting to evacuate Glendale on the other side of the highway from me. And it was like. It just didn't look good this morning, you know, I was up at 6 and I was going to, you know, I guess have a day, you know, I was having some painting done at the house. I just had it rodent treated, so it's all sealed up. And now I don't know what's going to happen to my house. I don't know if the fire is going to jump over there and burn down my neighborhood. I don't know. I wasn't under a mandatory evacuation this morning, which is yesterday, if you're listening to this, Thursday. And I didn't. And the zone next to me was on alert but hadn't been evacuated. But I got up last night, I went out and did comedy. And we knew that, you know, the fires were going in the Palisades. And I don't know, you just some part of you thinks like, well, I'm just gonna. I'm just gonna do what I do, you know, and I'll be okay. There's this denial part of your brain which I imagine is survival driven, that you got to push back on constantly because, you know, I woke up this morning, I looked at the fire app and it was, it was too close for me to be comfortable. And last night a tree had fallen down across the street, and my entire street is blocked off one way because there's a tree across it, a large tree. And that's what's, you know, happening here. So this morning I'm like, well, I don't know if I can wait to be evacuated because I got to deal with these fucking cats, you know. Oh my God, dude, dudes, ladies, gentlemen, he, they, she, whatever, man. It's just been a morning, I'll tell you that. And so I. I only have one crate. If there is a transgression I have made in this situation is not having more than one crate. And then it's sort of like, what do I bring? How long am I going to be gone? Am I seeing my house for the last time? But all I can think about at that moment was these fucking cats and how do I get them into my car with one crate? And that was the sort of. Because you have to sit there and think about that. It's like, okay, maybe I can just go split and it'll be okay, and they'll be okay and I'll just check in with them later. But then I'm like, dude, they're your fucking cats and are you going to be able to just leave them here and hope for the best? And no. So I put Charlie in a crate. Not easy. And then I Had to grab Sammy and I had an old hamper, like a wicker hamper with a cover on it that I was going to throw away. It was on my porch and it didn't blow away. So I threw him in there and wired it shut. And then I had Buster and I had to go find a box. So I, I just had a regular box and I taped him into it, punched holes in it, wired Sammy into the hamper and put Charlie into the, into the one crate I had and then got them all in the car and immediately they all started and pissing. So my car was a kennel. And obviously there's part of me that's sort of like, well, I guess gotta, I'm gonna have to throw this car in the garbage. I'm just gonna have to drive this car into the, you know, whatever junk pile. It's gonna smell like cat piss for the rest of time. And you look certainly that's a concern, but obviously I was doing it to not think about what was at hand, which is where the am I gonna go with my hampered cat and my boxed cat and my other idiot? In a crate. We're all in a car and it's like just, you know, it smells like piss, smells like shit. They're all howling and I'm just driving my car and I don't know where to go. I don't have a plan in place. I thought, well, maybe away from the fire would be good. So that was the beginning of my day today. Yeah, this is happening. So I've got a lot on my plate right now. And as I'm sure most of you do, the new year is a busy time. But here's a suggestion to make life easy. If you need to set up home security or it's time for an upgrade to your system, use the home security experts we trust at Simplisafe. We've been using Simplisafe for almost a decade and they always provide the best, most up to date methods of protecting your home. Traditional security systems only take action after someone has already broken in. That's too late. Simplisafe's active Guard outdoor protection can help prevent break ins before they happen. 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And obviously I've always thought about fires and I've always concerned about it, but, you know, in the moment, man. In the moment.