So do you have any questions?
Hi. Hi. What are you what are you
hearing from residents?
I know you met with some of the.
What are some of the stories you're
hearing, and what kind of clause does
that give you for how things are? So
I've spent all morning with some of
the residents. And I'm very upset.
Obviously they're very upset.
I I just could not believe the amount of
information coming in that they have,
that they want to share,
that it seems like nobody is listening to.
They are so afraid.
That they get so many mixed messages,
they're getting a total run around.
They want help.
They make a phone call,
it goes to Norfolk, then it says call EPA,
EPA says call Norfolk.
They don't know where to go.
They want to leave.
They don't have the means to leave.
People aren't coming back.
Their animals are sick,
their animals are dying.
I've just seen pictures of them who go to
their own doctor with holes in their throat,
or they're being diagnosed with
chemical respiratory illness or these
rashes that obviously look painful.
Listen, this has been going on for
three weeks since the initial crash.
I think we're pushing a month now,
actually March 3rd, and yet nothing.
Has really been done?
That is really giving them
any kind of help or answer.
It's so frustrating.
It's classic.
Cover up in an environmental disaster
and running the people around in hopes
that they don't figure it out or we
all go away and nobody's none the wiser.
When they are literally going
to be the sitting ducks here,
they will be the sitting ducks
that don't know their future,
that are terrified, and the lack of
mismanagement here is unbelievable.
Cool.
You have.
I mean, everybody's seen the pictures,
the pictures I was seeing up
close what was burning.
The smells.
It was very overwhelming to have such a close
perspective today of what they went through.
And.
I'm still absorbing,
honestly.
Their fear and their turmoil and
I've been on a lot of environmental
situations and I've never seen anything
in my life be so mismanaged, ever.
You give an all clear,
but yet you don't have any data
really to prove that it is all clear.
And then when the people come back and
they tell you I'm smelling stuff, we're sick,
we're going to the emergency room,
I can't breathe.
They're just disregarded
because everything is safe.
It's obvious nothing is safe yet.
And then when they come back
they're told don't drink the water.
But then that changed the next day.
It's OK to drink the water.
So it's safe. It's not drink the water.
It's not.
You're not really experiencing
what you are yet.
They're sick yet they're going to the doctor,
and every time they try
to get answers to the EPA,
the EPA is deferring to Norfolk,
the very fox that's in the hen house.
So this is what upsets me and it takes
me all the way back to my days in Hinkley,
California.
We have another environmental disaster,
another corporate cover up.
I'm sorry, something is not right here.
Agency failures and a really
great community of really great
people that deserve answers.
And not just leave them here
sitting in guessing what
their future will be.
And getting this information takes time.
You guys are around town.
They're doing all this area nation that
could be throwing chemicals into the air.
You just had independent testing
come out that shows it's in the air.
And then EPA director Reagan
says yesterday maybe you should
keep the kids away from there.
Well, maybe you should have told
us that three weeks ago because
they've already been down here.
It's. Just awful.
And I'm truly I have spent all
morning with these people.
I am truly upset.
I cannot imagine what they've been through,
but they all have the same story.
They were all within this one
mile radius and outside of it they
have Norfolk wanting to do tests.
And they're well water is, you know,
all these colors. They're worried.
That doesn't, they don't know what it means.
What does it mean?
It smells. What does it mean?
When I come home, I can't breathe.
And then the frustration that they
just get run around every call to
every agency leads right back to Norfolk.
And I really want to know why
they're controlling the narrative.
The narrative needs to be this
community and what happened to them.
They are not stupid,
they are not making things up.
This is very real to them.
And I really hope that everybody
will spend time with them and
go to their properties.
Smell it for yourself,
experience it for yourself.
Feel what they're going through,
help answer their questions about
the kids going back to school.
They want to know should they
go back to school?
Should they home, school on?
Can they do virtual school?
There are people leaving now,
there are people terrified to
come back and they're sick.
It's.
I can't say it on camera,
so I'm just
not going to do it.
I am sickened. Knowing your.
30 years ago. That's fine. You can
date me 30 years been a long time.
There are. Multitude of
federal class action law.
Filiated.
This.
These.
You should be suing more. Vote with us.
Trolling.
Whoever you are.
Sure. That's an actually very fair
question and I understand that and
I think over 30 years you would be.
You these situations don't happen and you
think the lawyers aren't going to show up?
Oh, you bet they're going to show up.
But at the same time, these people
need to know they have legal rights.
They could get totally screwed
over further by Norfolk.
You mentioned class actions.
Listen, I'm not the attorney.
I've never worked with an attorney
that does class because everybody's
damages are seeing the same.
From my experience with Hinckley and every
other environmental issue I've worked on.
And I. Consult with firms.
I'm not their employee.
I'm not making a bunch of money out of this.
These attorneys get upset with
each other because they might
be missing out on some money,
but it's not going to affect me.
And by the way, all the money in the world
doesn't change anything for these people.
Nothing.
They've already lost everything.
And their future you really.
Really. So what?
You're going to have a lawsuit?
Yes, the money helps.
And I want people to understand that
so they can get out of here because
many of them can't afford to do that.
I would understand that people might
think that I'm that I've been called that.
But after 30 years,
I've really shown myself I'm
not here for that reason.
I'm here for these people.