the power would be shut off to marin county and statewide 34 counties will be affected. >> pg&e will have community resource centers open including the stadium in san jose. the location of those centers are rolling along the bottom of the screen. people who don't have power can go to those centers to use the restroom, maybe get bottled water and charge electronic devices like your phone. it's not known how long the power will be out. >> not every customer who lives in a city that's listed will be impacted. we understand how important it is for them to have electric service. we want to ensure that we keep our customers and community safe. >> we have a list of all the community resource centers posted at abc 7 news.com so check it out. we have live team coverage for you today. leslie brinkley is looking at the plan for some schools. >> reporter: chris win is looking at some of the effects in the health industr.

>> and drew tuma is on the rooftop. let's begin with spencer. >>. >> reporter: let's start with a red flag warning. it remains in effect until 5 p.m. on thursday. the exception being the santa cruz mountains where the time line is different. the red flag warning goes into effect at 5 p.m. and stays in effect until noon on thursday. all across the region we can expect wind gusts between 35 and 55 miles per hour. very low humidity. under these conditions, fires can easily start and spread. look at the wind gust animation. you see 10:00 tomorrow morning, it will be quite windy especially over napa, fairfield, in the eastern part of our viewing area. going into the afternoon and evening hours tomorrow night, we'll see the winds beginning to peak and overnight tomorrow night and into thursday we'll see gusts in the windiest locations between 45 and 55 miles per hour. the wind will not begin to taper off significantly until thursday

morning and later thursday afternoon. we'll see the wind moderating. wind advisories from 6:00 tomorrow morning until 5 p.m. thursday for the north and east bay hills and wind gusts from, again, 45 to 55 miles per hour will be coming under these conditions. we might expect downed tree branches and power lines. let's go up to abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma on the roof with more. >> reporter: spencer, we're watching the winds very closely. we're also tracking some dangerously dry air arriving under the north northeasterly winds. look at the humidity especially tomorrow afternoon. 2 p.m. on your wednesday. those numbers north land and inland east bay, single digit relative humidity. that is bone dry air combined with the strong winds. that is why the fire danger is so extreme. that humidity will not be able to recover in the overnight hours. you combine the humidity and the very strong winds and you get what is called the fire danger

index which combines the two to give you an idea of how high the fire danger is where you live. by noon tomorrow it's already very high to extreme over portions of napa and solano county. then as we go late wednesday into early thursday morning, you can see the very bright colors, especially the oranges and reds, indicating very high to extreme fire danger, not only across much of the hills of the north bay but beginning to develop over mount deablow and the deablow range and the santa cruz mountain. this is a large area under the influence of strong winds and dry humidity. be prepared for the loss of power, very possible pg&e has been talking about all day long. charge your electronics. have an emergency kit ready that includes electronics, medication you may need as power could go longer than 24 hours. a loss of it where you live and have your evacuation route planned as fire danger is running high. when spencer comes back i'll take a close look at the winds

and have the full seven day forecast in a few minutes. more than 250,000 pg&e customers in the bay area will lose power. in alameda county that includes more than 32,000 customers in parts of oakland, fremont, union city, san leandro, livermore. the sheriff's office has activated the emergency operations center. more than 40,000 customers in 20 cities in contracosta county will be affected. county officials say they've been planning how to respond to the event and that residents should plan ahead for their family's needs. pg&e added parts of bolemes, mere parts of the cities of napa, saint helena and san mateo county, nearly 15,000 customers will lose power. the affected area, mostly along

the peninsula as you see west of interstate 280. more than 38,000 customers in santa clara will lose power including san jose, cupertino, palo alto, morgan hill and gilroy. pg&e is opening a resource center out of the stadium to provide water, charging stations and information. in santa cruz county 32,000 customers will be affected. in solano, were n done here, almost 43,000 customers in parts of dixon, deerfield, vallejo will be without power. sonoma county is where the most customers are affected with more than 66,000. take a look at this. it includes santa rosa, sonoma, roanoke park, petaluma and several other cities. the veterans memorial building will be open daily until power is restored. >> anna, thanks very much.

we want to take you live to oakland whereoverno gavin knew some is talking about pg&e's plan to cut off power beginning at midnight. listen to the governor now. >> turn off lights suggests an infrastructure prob that's long known. i just got here. i'm trying to solve the decades of problems here and we're very aggressive out of the gate to put together landmark legislation to try stabilize our investor-owned utilities, not just pg&e. the other two major utilities are vulnerable to going bankrupt as well. that would have substantially increased life safet concerns because they wouldn't have had the ability to borrow to make life safety investments that they're now able to make. pg&e needs to get out of bankruptcy and they need a massive infusement of cash so they can fix their system so that this is unnecessary going forward. we've been very aggressive about that. we've been very critical about pg&e. they brought in a new management

team and going to restructure. we'll hold them to the highest amount of accountability. >> what is your message? >> they should be outraged. here's the thing, this was anticipated. this is industry best practice. we h'txperienced what other parts of the state have experienced with these similar clooi climbs of efforts. the state is worki very closely through office of emergency services pre-positioning assets. we have funded $75 million funding in the budget anticipating this moment so we're not caught by surprise in this moment and no one is satisfied with this. no one is happy with this. this can't be the cause for normalcy going forward. this has to be resolved and we have to get through this acuity of the fire season which, remember, we're in the peak of.

last year's wellsy fire and campfire did not occur in july and august or september even october. they happened in november. sometimes we rest on our laurels and we say, we got through this. there have not been a lot of headlines on fires. we're proud of that. we've done a lot of things to mitigate that. that's partially true. let us not run the 90-yard dash in regret not doing everything we can to make sure there's not another campfire this year and i think fundamentally that's why we're all spending time here together frustrated, outraged in some cases, anxious about public health and public safety and business interruption, but we anticipated this and we're going to try to do everything. >> is it possible for -- >> so do you think -- >> housing? >> what? >> sorry. oh, okay. >> do you think there should be additional rent caps or rent control legislation next year? >> i don't know. let's see how this goes. this is going into january. let us not pre-judge the impact

of this and direct and indirect impacts. let us determine how this works. we've got a lot of other work to do to get that $331 million out and distributed. we have to run some subsequent legislation on that. we've got a lot of work to do on renter protections more broadly. those are all local ordinances in effect. a lot of local ordinances to be debated to be strengthened. this is not the final word, this is the state's overlay. most aggressive. it's anti-rent gouging effort, but i think as the economy begins to slow down subtly, perhaps we'll be in a better position than we've been in and now with the restrictions we'll cap it at the same. >> the initiative being proposed for rent control? >> i haven't even gotten to that. i haven't honestly put my arms around that. >> when you say this is a responsible decision by pg&e? >> this determination from an investor-owned utility to

anticipate as opposed to react to a catastrophic event, to anticipate, to mitigate a catastrophic event i think is warranted. no one is satisfied with the magnitude of this, but the reality is if they did not do what the industry's best practice includes, part of the tool kit, is that anticipation. they would be held liable and they would be insolvent. they would cease to exist as we know it if they simply allowed conditions to fester and then on their watch knowingly didn't do something that others in the industry across not only the state, across the country do. does it make anyone happy? absolutely unequivocally not. nothing about this should satisfy anybody, but no one should be surprised by this because we have been predicting this moment for literally a year and have anticipated it not just

rhetorically but with substantial investments with the county, prepositioning of personnel, fire equipment. we are going to do everything in our power to get them out of bankruptcy and fix their damn system so this will ner have to happen again. this should not have to happen again and it's on pg&e's watch this has happened. they've created the conditions that have forced this decision and it's unfortunately the decision that needs to be made but not the decision that should be allowed to be made in the future once they upgrade their technology and upgrade their infrastructure. >> very animated and forceful and frustrated governor newsome talking about this massive wave of power outages expected at midnight tonight from pg&e. he is in oakland. you've been listening to the governor live. >> the impact of this is wide reaching. we are already getting word of closure at some bay area schools. >> 12 schools in the oakland unified students.

including six elementary schools will be closed down. >> san leandro unified schools will be closed. >> napa valley and alan rock will be closed tomorrow. >> so far schools in the la mirinda will be open. >> leslie brinkley is live with a look at how they're bracing for the outages there. leslie? >> reporter: this area, l la mirinda, they are definitely going to be without power tomorrow. that's a big problem for people who work from home, people who have doctor's appointments or anyone who really needs electricity to function tomorrow. >> they make every day -- >> hot donuts are the specialty at the lafayette landmark. they visited johnny's donuts they'd have to cease operations when the power goes out. >> the health department told you you can't open. >> yeah. >> even to have donuts.

>> what does this mean for your business? >> we lose the money. >> several local grocery stores have invested in backup generators and intend to stay open during a power shut down, but nearby doctor and dentist offices were proactively calling up patients and canceling appointments for tomorrow. >> once we were working and i was in the middle of a root canal. it's not so good. you can't do that. it's not fair to everybody. >> so you're canceling appointments? >> we have to. without power we can't do a darn thing. >> reporter: la mirinda schools will be open. >> we feel we can do it without technology. >> the lights will be out. daylight and windows will have to suffice. flashlights inside dark restrooms. >> serving lunch becomes a little challenging but we have vendors with whom our schools work and we're working with them. hopefully food is able to be prepared off site and brought

in. >> reporter: this hair salon hopes to stay open. no blow dries but hair cuts. >> i was thinking a head lamp on each girl would be better because it's going to be dark in there. you can't be having people holding flashlights at each other. >> reporter: there really is no one size fits all expectation for tomorrow. for instance, i just got off the phone with the high school district superintendent. he said camp will not have power. akalanais high school which is on the walnut creek border may or may not. that's an iffy one. loss lomas will likely have power. we're all going to have to see how this evolves. i'm leslie brinkley, afc 7 news. >> all changing and up in the air. abc 7 news reporter vick lee is in san mateo county where crews have been busy. abc 7 news has also learned that

ca cal trans will close double slide at 12 noon wednesday to thursday afternoon because of the power outage. we'll have a live report from vick coming up on abc 7 news at 5. 45 minutes from now. >> as david louie tweeted, the city of san jose plans to close some lanes to make driving safer if the power does go out. b.a.r.t. says any pg&e should not affect service. b.a.r.t. says the trains will continue to operate even if there's an outage. while it connects to pg&e, its own power distribution system can send electricity where it's needed to run the train. health care facilities all around the region are keeping very close watch on what pg&e will be doing. >> chris win continues our team coverage with that part of the story live from san jose. chris? >> reporter: hi. county officials say their medical facilities are ready to handle any extra patients. we are live at valley medical

center, which will continue to have power, but other health care providers have expressed some concerns of their own. >> as pg&e prepares to implement its public safety power shutoff plan in some parts of the south bay, local health care providers are expressing their concerns. >> this is a very vulnerable part of our community. >> kidney dialysis and related services are provided to more than 4500 patients across 46 locations in the bay area. they've been calling on pg&e to keep their power on but haven't had much luck. >> want to make sure patients get dialysis one way or another but this is not sustainable over a prolonged period of time. >> mother's milk bank provides pasteurized donor human milk to premature and nicu units. >> it's important to keep it frozen. >> in the event of a power outage, someone could reach out

to their hospitals and physicians that they work with and request milk through a prescription. >> reporter: speaking of prescriptions -- >> people need to think today about whether they have a week's supply of the essential medications that they take every day. >> reporter: san jose state emergency preparedness expert frannie edwards said stores could be impacted. making an emergency kit is a possibility. >> atms won't be available, preparing ahead is critical. >> reporter: we did reach out to regional medical center here in san jose, which is not affiliated with the county. they did not return our request for comment. we're live in the south bay tonight. i'm chris nguyen, nbc 7 news. power will start going out at midnight tonight. we'll give you the news and information you need first thing. now you can count on abc 7 news

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all good information. we want to give you more tips to prepare. cynthia shaw with the american red cross is here with me on tips and what you need to do to prepare for an outage. we're used to preparing for earthquakes. this is a bit different. what do we need to do? >> it is and it isn't. in an earthquake we could have power outages as well. >> that's a good point. >> very similar. you have to be informed. the next step is to make the plan. the plans, you've been talking about it, is fill your gas tank because gas stations may not be operating. charge all your devices. we have so many electronics. charge your cars. know how to operate your garage door. so many of us don't know how to manually open and close our garage doors. >> i do because mine keeps breaking actually. >> excellent. you're ahead of it right there. many people. and if you have medical devices that need electricity or medications that require refrigeration, you need to talk to your health care provider about what you should do in

these circumstances. most importantly, have your kit. so we need three gallons per person per day should be part of your kit. >> of water? >> of water. that's something we're looking at 7 days is something pg&e is asking people to prepare for. have non-perishable foods. a lot of us have refrigerators and freezers, after a day that's going to start thawing. the perishable foods will start to spoil. you need nonperishable foods that don't need water. key thing is to have a crank operated or battery operated radio so you can be aware of what's going on, when they're expecting the power to come back on, flashlights, batteries key. don't use candles. candles regularly set off more fires and that's something we don't need right now. phone chargers. be sure to have your phones charged, all your extra battery packs charged. of course, have a first aid kit

and have cash, small bills. atms, credit cards may not be operable. >> you need cash to maybe buy some food. >> buy some food. maybe you need to go -- just water, anything, ice. >> right. >> some of those basic things you need. have some cash on hand. >> preparing for seven days. i mean, a day or two is not that big a deal. seven days is a lot of preparation, isn't it, cynthia, to be ready for that. >> it is. particularly with water. make sure you have enough water to be available. how are you going to moderate the use of your battery packs to last you that long. we recommend people don't drive unless you need to, that way you conserve your gas or your electric charge in your cars. it just requires some thought and planning with your family. >> all right. i suppose the double -- the double-edged sword, the good thing, the silver lining here is if you do this now to prepare for a power outage, you'll be prepared for an earthquake. >> thank you. >> cynthia, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> appreciate your coming in.

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so we need to know exactly what this weather is going to be like over the next few days. >> that will dictate the type of power outages. >> live doppler 7. we have quite a bit of high cloud cover although the skies are bright. much, much cooler than this time yesterday. 14 degrees cooler in san francisco. 12 degrees cooler in oakland. it's not the heat contributing to the high fire danger, it's the dry, windy weather. here's a few looking towards the north northeast out over san francisco and parts of the bay. 63 degrees in the city. 70 in oakland. 7 p 7 in redwood city. 82 at san jose. here's a view of the golden gate where the low clouds are getting

lower. it's currently 79. 82 petaluma. the eastern most part of the viewing area is our warmest region right now. here's a nice view from mount tam showing blue skies and low clouds continuing to push from the golden gate. a dry and windy pattern developing. expect power outages after midnight. here we go with a look at the red flag warning for high fire danger for most of the bay area. in effect from 5 a.m. tomorrow until 5 p.m. thursday. during that time we can expect wind gusts out of the north northeast at 45 to 55 miles per hour at their very peak. exception is for the santa cruz mountains that red flag warning will be in effect from 5 p.m. tomorrow to thursday. wind gusts will begin to get really, really strong late

tomorrow into tomorrow evening. tomorrow night we'll see gusts like that or stronger. not just in the hills but down at the surface as well. that will continue into early thursday morning. as the commute gets underway. commuters will be met by very gusty wind, dry conditions. the wind is tapering off and finally the wind will moderate a bit and the fire danger at that point will diminish. overnight lows under clear skies and windy conditions will be in the upper 40s to low 50s. tomorrow look for high temperatures ranging from mid and upper 60s at the coast. it will be mild. in the bay highs in the low to mid 70s. inland warming up upper 70s to low 80s. heat will not be a factor but dry, gusty wind will be a factor. some wildfire safety tips. avoid activities with open flames. if you're a smoker, properly

discard cigarettes. keep motor vehicles off dry grass. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. it will start to get a little bit warmer later in the week as the fire danger diminishes. that's a good thing. high temperatures friday and saturday will be in the mid 80s inland and 80 bay shoreline and mild on the coast friday and saturday. 70 degrees. temperatures will moderate going into early next week. >> thank you, spencer, very much. next, the pg&e power shutoff comes at a sensitive time for people in the north bay. >> it does. how residents are marking the two-year anniversary of the devastating wildfires. >>

now news to build a better bay area from abc 7. more than a quarter million people will be affected by the pg&e bay area power shutoff. >> dry and windy weather increases the fire danger all across northern california. >> this all comes on the second anniversary of the deadly north bay fires. they erupted on the night of october 8th, 2017. >> get in my car. >> all of santa rosa is completely on fire.

>> such a terrifying time as you'll recall. today fire victims are looking back remembering what was, what happened and now what is. wayne freedman has that story. >> reporter: it's like sonoma's county's version of stonehedge though not nearly as old. it is the tangled stuff for more than 1750 tons of foundations, sidewalks, driveways and patios ground down on the way to recycling. if you spread it all out, debris from the north bay fires two years ago would have covered 314 square miles. now 70% of it is gone. this is much of what remains. it's the physical residue. but for fire victims, dealing with residue takes many forms. >> i'm getting too old for this. >> you never know what's going to happen in your life. >> i think two years after is worse than the actual event of the fire. >> reporter: two years after the fire that took 24 lives and

changed so many others in sonoma county, it remains as vivid as yesterday. 5,500 homes burned. since then owners have rebuilt just 253 of them with roughly 800 more in construction. that represents 20% of the losses. as for the rest -- >> this is my office. >> reporter: brenda gill crest of fountain grove expected to be in a new house by now but it remains a vacant lot. she was under insured by a combined billion and a half dollars at least. the cleanup phase ruined her. >> i said, please call me before you remove my foundation. >> reporter: brenda said testing showed that her foundation had survived the fire but when the army corps of engineers came through, crews cleaned the lot bare against her wishes and claimed no responsibility. without reimbursement, brenda has little hope of rebuilding. >> i was shocked. it felt like somebody had punched me in the stomach.

>> reporter: a few miles away, another empty lot. the picture on thi computer screen shows what marcy sammy's house used to look like. >> i wouldn't even think it's going to take a year for my house to be rebuilt. >> reporter: he's yet to reach a settlement agreement with his insurance company. this week he's more than one of 1,000 victims for whom alternate living expense coverage has run out. he's moving to a studio apartment at half of rent. >> just about as big as this room, just one bed and one desk with table. >> reporteut two years later there is some good news. not everyone has moved out. some are moving back in. >> i never in my wildest dreams thought i would lose my whole house. >> i think you can get through anything if >> reporter: their furniture has been arriving piece by piece.

>> when flames from the tub's inferno took their home, they had already retired from their jobs as fire insurance adjusters. >> we used to tell the clients, oh, i understand what you're going through. i have empathy. i know what you're going through. i had no clue. >> reporter: even though they had worked in the field, not even they had enough. they had to fight what they could get. >> you have 6200 people bidding against you for contractors and material, it's certainly going to drive the cost up. >> reporter: one fire two years later, still, so much pain, so many unknowns for so many people. if only this heap of rubble could talk. >> somebody once said it's something that brings neighbors together and tears marriages apart. fortunately it didn't tear our marriage apart. we celebrated our 50th anniversary out of the house. >> the interesting part was the last thing i found digging through the rubble was the topper to our wedding cake. >> reporter: nobody can recycle that. in sonoma county, wayne

freedman, abc 7 news. let's go back and update the critical weather forecast because that is going to dictate what pg&e has to coudo. >> let's get to spencer. >> red flag warning which covers virtually all of the bay area from 5 a.m. tomorrow until 5 p.m. thursday. everything except the coast line and bay shoreline. santa cruz mountains under this. wind gusting out of the east about 35 to 55 miles an hour. very low humidity. fires can easily start and spread under those conditions. here's a look at our wind advisory in effect basically at the same time period, 6 a.m. tomorrow to 3 p.m. thursday. that's when the wind will be gusting 45 to 55 miles per hour. there's a possibility of downed trees and power line. here's the accuweather seven day forecast, heat is not a factor. high temperatures only around 80, 82 degrees.

mid 70s around the bay. friday and saturday is slightly warmer. sunday it will cool down. a few more clouds coming into the area on monday and tuesday as we get a little bit of autumn cooling. dan? >> spencer, thank you very much. the city of oakland is taking steps before tonight's closure. parts of oakland will be affected by the power outages. this is the pg&e map showing the outages in the east bay. libby shaft says every police officer has had their timeoff cancel canceled. the city has activated its emergency operatons center to optimize coordination of city operations and resources. mayor shaft also called pg&e to task. >> this is the kind of interruption to lives that should not happen. we should have systems that don't require a power outage, particularly for five days. >> oakland is also boosting

staff of its 311 system and expanding hours as well. the pg&e site is facing heavy traffic today as you can imagine. pg&e sent out this tweet. we are currently experiencing high volume of traffic to our website and understand your frustration with accessing psps web pages. we apologize for the inconvenience and our team is working as quickly as possible to restore access. >> this is what the website looks like now. if you'd like to get any information on the outages. who is affected on our website, which is working fine, abc 7 news.com. something else to think about. east bay mud is

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the centers for disease control and prevention says 65% of pregnant women are not receiving the proper vaccinations to protect from flu and whooping cough. the cdc recommends all pregnant women get a flu vaccine during any trimester and the whooping cough vaccine during the early part of the third trimester. >> important recommendation. now dr. ian tan, medical doctor for doctor on demand has tips here. thank you for coming in. we love having you. >> thank you for having me. >> how bad are we expecting the flu season to be this year? >> always difficult to predict. if we base that on what we've seen around the world prior to this flu season, it's shaping up to be a sere flu season. >> a lot of people are thinking,

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another great night on abc 7. 8:00 it's "the connors" followed by "bless this mess," mixedish and emergence. stay tuned for abc 7 news at 11. conservationists are raising awareness about an animal you may not realize is endangered or threatened. we're talking about giraffes. we're talking about a documentary and how a curator tracked her down to reignite a movement to save the animal. here's chris reyes. >> reporter: this is barbaro. she's one of our adult females. >> reporter: at the san francisco zoo they want you to get up close and personal with

giraffes. >> giraffe drool, awesome. >> reporter: is it top of mind that giraffes are a threatened species? >> unfortunately i think it's not. the animals that we hear about all the time that most regular people are aware of is chimpanzees and elephants. >> for whatever reason the giraffe doesn't attract the attention that it deserves. >> reporter: that's at the heart of a new documentary "the woman who loves giraffes." the first and foremost giraffe expert, dr. ann dagg. she defied conventions as a 23-year-old researcher in africa documenting the life of the animal and writing the definitive books on the subject. she and her work fell under the radar. it was amy phelps, a curator at the san francisco zoo, who tracked her down in 2010 to bring her back into a community of advocates, many of them in the bay area desperate to raise

the profile of giraffes. >> i think ann's reappearance is part of a movement. we'd like to say that the time for giraffes is now, that now it's their turn. they really are finally getting the attention that they've needed and it's people like ann and films like this one that make regular people aware of something that they really would have no way of knowing about. >> reporter: the population of giraffes in the wild have declined by 30% in 30 years. some sub species by 85% in ten years. that's why here at the zoo the act of allowing the visitors to feed the giraffes is intentional. the hope is connection. with awareness comes action, attention and funding. >> the giraffes are absolutely the ambassador to the wild cousins. >> chris reyes for abc 7 news. >> beautiful animals. hopefully we can increase those numbers. you can get the latest news any time with the abc 7 news app. it has enhanced livid yes

features, more customization. to get the news you want delivered to your phone, that is going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news at 4. thank you for joining us, i'm ama dates. abc 7 news at 5 starts now. i suspect they'll take us down for a couple of hours just to prove a point. >> pg&e backlash. hundreds of thousands of residents prepare for outages that could last for days. almost 100 san jose intersections could be affected and a tunnel. >> what if you had to see a doctor? >> how one city is mobilizing to keep residents safe after the lights go out. and thousands of students impacted as schools all across the bay area are planning to close. now from abc 7, live breaking news. it's been difficult for figuring out what we're going to do for our perishables. >> bought a generator. >> lights, lanterns, coolers,

ice blocks. >> everybody in the checkout line was buying some. >> hanging on figuring out what we're doing next from hour to hour. >> the reason for so much anxiety and the activity is the power shutoff by pg aubd they confirm 800 customers will lose power tomorrow. they're saying will not may. i'm kristin z. >> i'm danashl. pg say it expec begin shutting off power at midnight tonight, approximately seven hours from now. it will begin in the north bay and roll out from the rest of the bay area there. we have live team coverage with reporters fanned out from the north bay to the east bay and peninsula and south bay. >> we want to begin with sandy patel. this could be the strongest winds for a long time, right? >> that's right. we may see extreme fire behavior. the red flag warning starts at 5 a.m. tomorrow runs until 5 p.m. thursday for the