applied over structural plywood? >> i do not have that answer. commissioner fung: the related question was how was the plywood installed. >> might contrasting experiences very limited. >> i am not a contractor either. in conversations with the building inspector, we were concerned about getting the sighting applied. we wanted to get the work done. commissioner fung: my question was very specific. >> what he indicated was that the wall was secure. it was weatherproof. the plywood on top of its is adequate from a building and structural perspective. commissioner fung: let me rephrase the question. some walls are built flat on the ground and lifted flat into place. was that what was done here? >> that is correct. commissioner fung: so your existing wall has one layer of plywood over your wood studs. is that correct? >> i cannot answer. i would have to look at photos. that is the process by which it was directed. commissioner garcia: you referenced exhibit b. i think that is signed by mr. donnelly. i assume he talked to

we don't want plywood walls in the city. this is a beautiful city. this is unfair home almost every room in the house except for the bathroom, i see this wall every day and i think that someone dropped the ball planned apartment to let this go through. i was patient and i waited seven months to hear back from my neighbors. they tell me that they would get back to me, they did not until i feel that the permit. they are not legally bound to put up citi and that is why i asked you to revoke the permit because there's something that says they should put up citing rather than saying that they don't really have to, and i think that they should have to because of their fiscal we don't want to look at this kind of wall. >> when you offered to pay for the materials, what did you think this would cost you. >> $1,500. >> i have asked whether or not before you were asked about whether or not you would deny this? >> i never met with mr. donnelly on the denial of access issue. course can use state clearly and emphatically, are you willing to grant access to your p

if this from a stance, they will be allowed to retain the plywood sighting. yes, this is a requirement of the residential design guidelines to have finished sighting. the permit itself was granted initially because this was represented to the department that the permit holder could not gain access to their property from the adjacent property owner in order to install the siding. the neighbor does not restrict access and the board has very clearly found that out. it seems like it comes down to a matter of finances. generally if you are building an addition and you're putting up siding, the property owner must bear those costs. if the board would overturn those permits, the original permit withstand. this might be possible based on the testimony of the appellant. it seems like that might be the best resolution to overturn this permit and to require the original citing to be installed. the only recently approved a permit is that we were told that the permit holders did not have access. >> do we have the original permit? >> i don't know that we have it. i think t

there's no plywood there. that's the wall that really needs to be stiffnd up because that's the short dimension of the house. >> in '89 and most earthquakes in san francisco, buildings don't fall forward. they don't go towards the street. they lien over or rack , so wha you really want to do is anchor bolt all the way around the perimeter of the building, you may put plywood in the side walls but it's the front and back that is critical. because the building wants to, it's usually narrow or tall and it wants to rollover. you want to plywood the front and back if you can and maybe add a footing in the middle. it's amazing the minimal amount of strengthing you can do is enough to give a building an excuse to stand up. >> we've looked -- i have and i know pat has looked at hundreds maybe thousands of earthquake damaged buildings. the smallest investment in structural improvement will prevent buildings from collapse >> it's not just the damage. you have to live somewhere else while in is going on. all the things y

the boundaries of the plywood are the important areas to be properly nailed of all things. okay.ere's another area, this is better. i

now the plan untraded pressure- treated plywood sheets as a finished product.ttractive large wall from a zero lot line, visible from almost every room in my home as well as other homes and public places in the neighborhood. in 2008, i asked what this what was going to look like. i was told by the project's sponsors it would be cited and painted to match the other walls of their charm. the permit in question was approved without my knowledge. no notice was provided by the city even though i have a request for notification on file. i should have been contacted in november 2009 by the planning department when the permit was signed by them. they were aware of a previous board of appeals hearing regarding the same subject property. they should have contacted me over the change materials. the planning department should have contacted me to confirm the story about the sighting, especially since i had a citation on file. the change greatly affects my property. this was not followed or was ignored. if i had been notified in november i would not have to appeal this permi

. >> it's a type of plywood, so this one in particular -- yeah. >> (speaking spanish). >> (inaudible). >> (speaking spanish). >> in the language it's called dulo. >> (speaking spanish). >> yes? >> (inaudible). >> (speaking spanish). >> yeah. >> (speaking spanish). >> (laughter). >> yes. >> (inaudible). >> in the 16th century, about 1500. yeah. >> (inaudible). >> no. no, no, just you have to leave this room thinking we did not kill anybody for that. yes, you had a question? >> (inaudible). >> yeah. well, yes, there are -- in cities like the northern part and lima there are certain districts like -- certain ones and the capital and to the south of lima the district there and to the south almost border to chile there is a community that is unknown that we are doing research right now on it. yes, the value there and with chile and all of that area. yes? >> (inaudible). >> no -- you know what it is. it's a rubber stamp of the tube that is heating it. you can -- >> (inaudible). >> no it's a tube. somebody had a question. i don't know if we are running out of time or we have to go or -- >> (

>> for myself, typically the underside of the surface, the plywood on the bottom. where the post attach. anywhere there's an attachment with two pieces of wood and it's not concealed, water's going to get attached there. and the surface. i'm assuming this is some sort of a deck coding of walk-on surface. we look at that to make sure it's not worn. >> here's your -- that's my -- if my dog will behave himself. here's the joist can lever. and they don't ever flash correctly the first time. these joist, they corrected the second time because it's real expensive to fix. >> ok. we're going to look at a can lever and a flashing detail. so when this joist sticks out of the building, how do you keep it waterproof at the point where it sticks out of the door? that's a major, major problem. and there's a lot of flex at that location. if there's any rot there, that's where the -- >> it's going to collapse. >> i love this house. we call it the darth vader house up on i think it's like 13th avenue, up in the sunset heights. and when i went by there, you can see the decks. here's

if we close out and we put some plywood, we know it will have graffiti on it.l not respect this space. they are opening up their businesses, their buildings and they are saying, let's invite young artists in and let's have these artists go at it in great very visually stunning storefronts. >> this is a pilot project that was started by the mayor as part of his local stimulus plan in partnership with the mayor's office of economic and work- force development. we carried this space in the mission. we were hired to curate this project. we have been the ones that have been handling all of the day to day working with the artists helping to secure their locations. >> we are doing projects in central market, the tenderloin, the bayview, and the 24th street corridor. >> we are looking at the history of the neighborhood and their ability to translate a the kind of things that go on on a day- to-day basis. >> we have over 200 applicants. it was wonderful to see how many people participated. these people clearly understand the neighborhood. >> this is a very unique neighb

. >> i think that this is a nicer finished because of the horizontal verses plywood. >> does it seem reasonable for someone to speak with one party involved in the issue to determined to deny without having spokesperson not having spoken to the person? >> we deal primarily with the permit holder. the work is to be done by that person. we don't ordinarily go around and talk to the neighbor's claim fuhr -- to the neighbors sa. what is before us is not the question whether the citing should go up, what is before us is the issue that access was not formally denied. the question is whether access would be allowed or whether there would be in a pattern of delay or old problems. i think that's the problems are reflected in both parties. i did not see from the permit holders brief any documentation that had an urgent need to provide access. delong e-mails that went back- and-forth, i don't think that there was an intended solution. people need to look at their finances and get final approval. the issue there is to paris culpability. we should require that the siding to be put up. this is a f

. >> i have seen the same thing with 2 sheets of plywood. i want to mention, typical san francisco buildings. we have a huge variety. we have things in the middle of the midblock held up by adjoining buildings. it's held up. it can't fall down. >> so if you live in the midblock, we have corners and have almost all agreed. wood framed soft story buildings, poses substantial hazards. they have few interior partitions. this is a serious hazard. now only do we potentially lose a believe, but the neighborhood serving grocery store. these have potential for enormous impact. how do we reduce that. here's another example. we have these huge variety buildings. this thing is held up with toothpicks. how does it stay up with wind loads? we have things with marginal maintenance and i think a chimney is a significant hazard. think about how to brace your chimney. we don't want to have people being in there's earthquake shacks. we don't have plans. we don't have a plan what we're going to do for housing. >> we know we don't want to be in formaldehyde trai

take off the plywood. >> see that, no soup for you earl. good evening. we had a temperature span of 66 degrees in san francisco to 96 in livermore. a 30-degree span across the micro climate. as the sunset at 7:35 the return of the marine layer pushing on shore. this is what you can bank on. this is the leading edge of the marine layer that's up to about 1,000 deep at this hour. it'll continue to spill into the tri valley. by 6:40 tomorrow it'll be hidden by the deck of clouds, then the clouds restreet and that will let sunshine. ample sunshine. 74 degrees monterey to 94 in sacramento. heading to the high sierra. we have temperatures in the 70s on saturday, cooler on sunday and labor day. on your labor day we could bumpl numbers um -- highs tomorrow. low 70daley city. the average high 74. going with 89 degrees. meanwhile today was 96 livermore. tomorrow 91. 70s from richmond through berkeley. north of the bridge from the mid60s in the stinson beach to 88 degrees in sonoma. now it does appear on labor day we will have more sun than we will on saturday and

it was acting like plywood. big surprise. the tempered caught right at the frames and it was the tempered clearly that was keeping everything together. the building was going this way, and the glass was acting almost like a sheer wall. other times it totally collaps collapsed. seismically, ooh, that's a laurence question. >> they have limits on what both the transient drift and permanent drift is allowed to be, how far they are allowed to sway and how far they're allowed to be out of plumb. what they calculate it to be they come up with a resilient system of setting the glazing so that at the levels of drift there should be no pressure placed against the glazing. so that's the design. we will wait for a big earthquake and see how it plays out. but should be okay. the drift issues are things that we've been talking about for these high rise buildings. what are appropriate drift limits, and how much can a 600 foot building be permanently displaced and still be an acceptable building. how long can we expect the glazing in one of

i put very thick plywood on the roof. >> how thick to support a story falling?(laughter). >> thanks for helping me out. (laughter). >> the rialto building. this is interesting building that survived the '06 quake. >> it did. in some of the reports it is reported it had undergone earthquake damage. if you look more into the building. in the 1907, they basically explain the damage is dynamiting. this is a building they tried dynamite apart to create a fire break, and the building wouldn't do it. it said no because it is a steel framed building. and as a class steel frame buildings are very resistant to both earthquakes and dynamite. >> am i right? i think steel frame buildings are resistant, it is the composite action of the steel frame and other elements that are together with the frame that help make them support; is that right? >> yes. that includes the walls, the floor diaphragms. but the fire was really bad. this is what they were trying to do here is a fire break here. in addition to the heroic fire break that stopped the fire on van ness. >> dynamited aroun

closer to town, closer to this barrier area, we only saw a couple of houses that only had visible plywood that had been put up recently to protect against the storm. however, the mandatory evacuation has gone into place since then. we certainly expect to see a lot more necessary activity today. back to you guys. >> all right. emily schmidt live in north carolina. thank you. >>> even if this massivedoes noa does not make a direct hit, it could still cause plenty of damage. sam champion shows us the most places likely to see the storm's effect. >> reporter: the wind speeds here are just as -- kind of impressive. more than 200 miles from the center of this storm, are tropical storm-force winds, up to 70-mile-per-hour. near the high, anything 74 miles or greater. on its trip, along the shoreline, earl has two places it's likely to get close enough to push the 100-mile-per-hour winds. that's right along the cape. and also on the carolina shore. >>> those areas sam mentioned in massachusetts are under a hurricane watch this morning. sam will sam will have more from north carolina all morning on

was a brief lull in round plywood in the water, people are bracing themselves boarding up windows.re getting reports of power outages. maxxam sustained winds of a hundred and 5 mi. per hour. still really tough storm to get through, it's on track for the northeast coast. we do have station's monitoring all along the eastern seaboard. on the phone with us is a.j. law go. >> a j can hear me? a.j. kitt here's all right? >> i think he doesn't have a connection. >> you try to get this worked out. >> look of those wins in those ways. , ag can hear us? >> is secondary. it's real hard to hear out here, is extremely windy and a torrential downpour. bass were near hatter's island. there's a series of barrier islands are exposed to the hurricane. it has been pretty nasty out here overnight, with some wind gusts over 60 mi. per hour. flooded streets. thousands of people without power, they evacuated most of the islands to all visitors and to many of the residents who live here. if they have been told to leave in advance of a hurricane. it catches passes by, not a significant amount of damage. t

water and we saw a lot of people at the local hardware, the biggest hardware store buying sheets of plywood buying other essential supplies such as batteries, torch, and more. they are out of generators but they are selling water and dry food. this reminds people of the last big storm back in 2003, similar size, similar strength, did $300 million in damages and killed four people. they expect tropical storm to hurricane storm force winds to hit this island for up to 48 hours straight and we expect the first tropical storm force winds to arrive saturday night. diabetes testing? it's all the same. nothing changes. [ man ] then try this. new and improved freestyle lite® blood glucose test strip. sure, but it's not gonna- [ bp ] wow. [ man ] yeah, that's the patented eestyle zipwik™ design. [ woman ] did it just -- ta the blood? target the blood? yeah, it drew it right in. the test starts fast. you need just a third the blood of onetouch®. that is different. so freestyle lite test strips make testing... [ man ] easy? easy. [ man ] greatcall or click -- we'll send you strips and a meter, free. f

. >> reporter: hard hats delivering plywood to site of mosque proposal near ground zero but the new websitehard hat pledge.com is calling to boycott building it. it's the brain child of construction worker andy sullivan. >> i feel it's mockery, desecration of the lives lost that day and to the military. >> reporter: sullivan acknowledges that the sponsors have the right to build but says they should not because it's so close to ground zero. other construction workers agree. >> i would not want to work on the mosque. >> some say they may have no choice. >> would you want to work on that project? >> if it meant my family would eat, yes, i would. >> reporter: then there was iron worker alan who said he was part of the 9/11 clean-up and cancer the vocal cords as a result. >> i got cancer because of 9/11. >> reporter: worked on the world trade center? >> i was there before the sun came up. it pulled out bodies and i was there for a while. now i have cancer. no, i don't want to work there. >> reporter: meanwhile, group of muslim leaders gathered in front of the building called park 51 to demand t

it's -- i don't know what the flat form is exactly, but i'm pretty sure he made it himself out of plywoodnight, basil is here with us in person to share some of his ideas. basil marceaux.com. mark my word, some day, that man's face will be on money. some big changes coming to "american idol" next season. last week, ellen degeneres announced she was leaving the show. it's been widely reported that kara is out, too. i wish they recorded the part where they tell the old judges they're not coming back. wouldn't that be the fair thing to do? william hung items kara she's not coming back? the rumored replacements are jennifer lopez and steven tyler from aerosmith. randy jackson would stay. i tell you, randy jackson, steven tyler, jennifer lopez, why even bother having contestants? just put those three in a house, you've got a show right there. [ applause ] hey, you know, i guess -- what, 13 days, she served, of her 90 day sentence in linwood correctional facility in california. lindsay lohan was out-carcerated early this morning. taken directly to ucla psychiatric hospital for evaluation. >> sh

. >> reporter: at the airport and across the island plywood was cut, scre o p shutters closed to hold off the p >> hopefully he sleeps through the whole hu. >> reporter: vernnigh so the last-minute rush sto scooter. >> prepare for the worst, you know. hope for the best. >> me, honey, i'm as ready as i could be. >> reporter: and it is time to be ready because the storm is coming tonight. we're about 12 hours away from the reallytronnds it's still a massive storm, but this island was worried about something like they saw seven year when fabian hitas a category 3. igor, a category 1. unless it strengthens, there's some good news for bermuda. off lightly. i ab hours, dan. dley erud >>> here in the u.s., igor already whipping up some rou surf ai currents up and do coast. marysl caishe re mormary >> anksdan. >> as you can see, r is very big storm. it is several hundred miles wide and yet it's still thousands of miles away from the united states. it is about a thousand miles from portions of florida. still, folks are feeling the effects in the form of very strong rip currents. take a look at

. >> reporter: at the airport and across the island plywood was cut, screwed into place. shutters closed to hold off the powerful hurricane. >> hopefully he sleeps through the whole hurricane. >> reporter: the storm wilhi overnight tonight. so the last-minute rus up, carrying a cooler on a scooter. >> prepare for the worst, you know. hope for the best. >> me, honey, as a i >> reporter: and it is time to be ready because the storm coming tonight we're about 12 hours away from the really strong, strong winds of this. it's still a massive storm, but this island was worried about something like they saw seven years ago. when fabian hit, it was a category 3. igor, a category 1. unless it strengthens, there's some good news for bermuda. they may have actually gotten off lightly. we'll find out in about 12 hours, dan. >> let's hope it does not strengthen. david kerley in bermuda, thank you. >>> here in the u.s., igor is more on that. >>> here in the u.s., igor is more on that. k so much, dan. ry. big storm. it is seal h and yet it's still thousands of miles away from the united

number of them boarding up businesses including down on front street and hamilton and buying stacks of plywood and other supplies at the gorham's home center. they have been busy selling all sorts of things, including candles, flashlights, batteries and other essentials. >> we got bungee cords to tie down the tarp, we lose any of the roof, ceilings that sort of stuff. >> i have flashlights for home because i thought of home last. i have some ropes and things in the car for my team. i just want to make sure that everybody is well prepared. >> meanwhile, hotel bookings are off 50% a lot the tourists canceling trips here because of the approaching storm and a lot more getting off the island early on a cruise ship today and extra flights added yesterday and today. but tomorrow morning probably the last chance to get off the island because tropical storm force winds are expected saturday night and hurricane force winds by sunday night. we could in for an extended battering from this slow-moving monster. shep? >> shepard: rick leventhal riding it out for us over the weekend. rick, thanks. you and yo

and shutters are -- the houses are shuttered and as you mentioned there are plywood boards up on windowse shelton, best of luck to you as you keep abreast of all the u.s. interests there. good luck. >> thank you very much. >> we'll have more on hurricane igor, the storm creating dangerous rip currents along the eastern shore of the u.s. we'll have a live report from south carolina in a few minutes. >>> meantime, today pope benedict wraps up his four-day visit to the uk. new information to tell you about. six men arrested in connection with a terror plot have all been released by authorities. meanwhile the pope said mass this morning in birmhamton marking the 70th anniversary of the blitz with a personal recollection of the nazi regime. we're joined from london and with a good sunday morning to you, nina, what is on the agenda today for the pope? >> reporter: good morning to you as well, alex. well, the pope today completed one of his essential goals on this historic visit to britain, his first beatification since becoming pope benedict xvi. watched by tens of thousands of people in the c

. >> at the airport and across the island, plywood was cut screwed into place, shut teres closed to hold the powerful hurricane. >> hopefully hope the storm will hit overnight tonight so the last-minute rush to stock up carrying a cooler on a scooter. >> this is the prepare for the worst hope for the best. >> i'm as ready as i can be. >> reporter: already the tropical storm winds are here. the hurricane force winds come tonight. but there's good news here. if this remains a category 1 it may not be the historic hurricane that many here in bermuda were fearing. david curley, abc news, bermuda. >> let's hope for that. what do you see with your models? >> we're looking at 69 inches of rain and -- 6 to 9 inches of rain. what's interesting about the hurricanes along the eastern seaboard, they keep taking a right-hand turn. it's going to get close to bermuda and takes a right-hand turn into the cooler waters and dissipates. still significant rain and flooding for bermuda. >> a lot for those folks to watch out for. >> for us we got a bit of that rain. >> we d we got a little rain in the north b