and the transport of oil sands and the refining of oil sands, do we have any estimates of kind of whatmost has contributed to climate change by those various processes? >> well, we're starting to do some very good work on that, and it's an important question, and it's part of where the dialogue needs to go. thatone of the things we've done in alberta, and actually, the state report referred to it -- is we've started to do work in alberta with respect to integrated land use planning, which means that we're taking a global perspective on what's happening around impact on water, on land, and on air in the entire production region, which i talked about in my comments. but, you know, if we look at sort of construction of projects along the path of the pipeline, i think that we need to ask those questions in the context of what regular industrial activity looks like. again, it will have an impact. there's no doubt, but it's an impact that i think is far exceeded by the economic opportunities that we see in the long run. herehave a long question that i'll just read the last line. i think you

even worse well tar sands bigger man is different from crude oil and a number of ways it's tar sands is just dirtier and thicker and there's sand in sentiment and a lot of other compounds in it and they have to actually make it more toxic and more dangerous even to get it through the pipelines they have to heat it they have to pressurize it and they have to add a number of diluting chemicals to allow it to flow and they want to tell us what those chemicals are and tar sands six it doesn't float like crude oil does so you can just scrape it off the top of the water it will sit down and it will get in soil it will get to the sediment underneath by some water it will get into the ground water and to have any hope of removing it you basically have to completely destroy everything that is living and excavate the entire ecosystem and bring something new and of course now that they've washed it into this wetland which is either logically connected to lake cotton way end to streams and rivers that ultimately lead to the arkansas river there's there's really no way that they can claim that th

on my right is this defensive the positive dune sand. the wind blows, it comes from the ocean beach. because the sand is moving, you can see evidence along this side of the hill in 1989. the vibrations in accelerated. you have a significant amount of movement to the point that the homes that uc had very severe damage for two blocks. we recognized what the problem was at the time, it was a matter of loose sand on a very steep slope. thank you for the effort. we were able to get federal funding and design which you see in the upper walls. the lower walls was actually billed as part of the wpa. the upper wall was built in 1991-'92. this is a concrete wall and it has rocked going through the wall that extends the distance of 80 feet beyond the wall. the next earthquake occurs, the wall is designed to resist and the movement of the sand and allowed it to move down hill. this is a classic example of the creek and degree flow and exists all the way the area. we might see the other evidence. we have done nothing to improve the quality and the st

so tar sands pipeline and tar sands bills pose unique and pretty dramatic risks to sensitive waterways and in the places -- regulars did not have a handle over. >> i did ask a very briefly, just a few seconds left, to discuss some of the differences between, you know, the safe use of tar sands, if there is such a thing, the keystone pipeline, the crude we normally -- would you go into the difference on that? >> it's called a deluded bitumen. vitamin is basically solid. it has to be mixed with light petrochemicals. it is moved as a fixed substance of the pipeline. state department estimated friction heating on keystone xl was in a temperature between one and 30-one at 50 degrees in some places. we have learned in california at high temperature pipelines are much more likely to spill. and when they spill occurs, the light stuff gases off and it's the heavy stuff, the heavy bitumen dark its water body, it stinks and at that point spill responders have a very difficult time either containing it or cleaning it stinks of tar sands and -- >> dramatically different, yes. >> recognize the gentl

the nine keystone xl will not slow development of the alberta oil sands.-- -- alberta oil sands. from --ons to this come contradictions to this come from the pipeline manufacturers themselves. are the proposals of er gave way -- its way northridge. i live in vancouver, british columbia. i am a frequent adviser on energy and climate policy. industry analysts rate the probability of these two projects at a low 50%. with good reason. on the coast, oil tanker traffic when increased dramatically. they are strongly opposed. they have a powerful legal position in the canadian courts. just as important, there is strong public opposition to both projects. the city of vancouver opposes the use of export to export oil. the provincial opposition vows to stop the gateway if it forms the next government. the election is next month. ofask for the denial keystone xl. yes.nswer is a resounding without these three projects, be sand production will slowed. this is nothing most important question to ask when considering a project like keystone. we must have the honesty and political courage to ask a

extension will transport heavy crude from canada's tar sands oil fields across a wide swath of middle america edition of producing forty to ten ten to forty five percent more greenhouse gases than regular oil heavily toxic tar sands oil is also much harder to clean up in the event of a spill supporters of the keystone project say it's safe but history raises some red flags a two thousand and eleven new york times analysis for example of federal regulatory documents estimated an average of about one hundred pipeline leaks every year just two years ago the silvertip pipeline owned and operated by exxon the same company that owns the pegasus line leaked fifteen hundred barrels of crude into the yellowstone river even scarier for the first part of the keystone pipeline keystone one suffered twelve spills over the course of just one year between two thousand and ten and two thousand and eleven so can we really trust the oil companies when it comes to environmental safety or last week's disasters just a taste of things to come let's ask bill mckibben author environmental activist and founde

into tar sands crude into the small and alaska town excuse me arkansas town the streets flowed with black gold. as you are which is unaffected by the smell is unbelievable i mean look. credible and that is where. twenty two homes were evacuated when the eight hundred forty eight mile long pegasus pipeline burst this line carries around ninety thousand barrels of crude oil from illinois to texas every day but that flow has temporarily stopped and this isn't the only issue that exxon mobil is dealing with last wednesday a train that was supported lee to be carrying tar sands between states actually spilled nearly fifteen thousand gallons in minnesota for more on this story i'm joined now by anthony swift he's an attorney with the natural resources defense council hi anthony thanks for joining us so this leak obviously pales in comparison with anything that we saw in one thousand nine hundred nine with everything that we saw during the gulf coast spill but it's in people's backyard so it's much more present can you talk about what kind of impact that could possibly have on how people s

and in fact, canadian sands are coming down to this country. even if the president were to disallow keystone from being built, it would not stop canadian oil sands from coming to this country. they will tell you they don't particularly need keystone xl in order to move the amount of canadian sands they want to move. it just makes things a whole heck of a lot easier. keystone already exists. one of the issues you have to deal with is i think this is an important point that you have to take on keystone because it's a symbol, an important one. that shouldn't be lost. what should be remembered are the truths about canadian oil sands. they are coming into the country already. they will continue to come into the country. >> i think very simply, here's what the truth is, the truth is the president of the united states, the congress and the american people have got to say this is it. not only do we not want a keystone xl pipeline, but we have got to fundamentally transform our energy system away from coil, away from oil, and into energy and energy effi

the sand would shift. and it would blow around and they talked about if you lived in a car house how you might get up in the morning, open your door, and there would be a three-foot drop. or if you made the mistake of having your door open out, you might not be able to get out because the sand billowed up against the door in the night. so they build these car houses up on stilts just to keep them above the sand and above the fray. this idea of buying your own lot and getting your cars really booms. jacob heyman hits it, the jackpot. everybody wants to buy their own car house now. on sutro's land you could only rent it. now the creative carpenter starts emerging. they can take these cars, add additions, put them um in the air. -- up in the air. this is a house from a gardener in golden gate park. this is on the great highway. you can see he just put one car on the end as sort of a little sun room or viewing area facing the ocean. a lot of cars were used as rentals. these are little rental cabins where they

this is tar sands, and tar sands leaks, turns out they are way harder to clean up and we really haveo do it. we've only ever had to try it once on a big scale. >> there is another oil clean up under way in this country tonight in michigan, following a leak in a pipeline. >> good evening, brian, from the banks of the kalamazoo river outside of battle creek. as you can see, there is a thick coating of oil on the water here. the boom stretch is right over to the other side, and you can smell it, brian, oil is in the air. this is where they are skimming. the oil is coming up. it's coming into the skimmers. and they are bringing it on shore here. what is happening now, brian, is that they say they are going to be here approximately for the next month so they can clean this up and get it back to the recreational use that it was before. >> they say they are going to be here approximately for the next month. they in this case was the canadian oil company enbridge, it was their tar sands pipeline that ruptured in michigan in july 2010, but cleaning up that oil spill along the kalamazoo river

this tar sands oil more dangerous to transport than other oil?i don't think most people would recognize tar sands if they saw it or recognize it as oil. it's a semisolid tarsy substance, that you can't noift a pipeline without refining it or mixing it with toxic volatile chemicals, and that's what they are increasingly looking, taking this tarsy substance, mixing it with volatile chemicals and then moving it down the type line. it is much thicker than conventional crude, and moving it in pipelines creates friction as it moves down the pipeline, and that increases the pipeline's temperature. ordinary crude pipeline operates at about room temperature. tar sands pipeline operates between 130 and 160 degrees fahrenheit >> michael: that's so interesting. so it makes it more come bestable, i would guess. is that right? >> that's right. and it increases -- when you increase the temperature, you increase all of the speed at which chemical reactions happen so at 130 degrees pipelines corrode much faster. there was a small pipeline in california that is an

at half moon bay there is blowing sand.uds are linger around the bay and becoming mostly sunny quickly. 51 and low-to-mid 60's from noon to 4:00 and back to the low 60's by 7:00. breezy inland with clearing conditions and 46 hanging out in the mid-to-upper 60's for the afternoon and the evening hours with blowing out sand along the coast with gusts up to 50 to 55 miles per hour. the temperatures are hanging out in the mid-to-upper 50's under sun. leyla gulen? >> in fremont we have a brand new crash southbound 880, causing quite the backup involving at least five cars back up from 92. at the altamont pass, speeds slowing down there, at 30 miles per hour and downtown to 26 miles per hour. headed into livermore you are at 22 miles per hour and slow into dublin/pleasanton. along highway four, antioch, 19 miles per hour. you putting on the brakes as you move into pittsburg and it loosens up in concord. a curious thing, sounds like a cable is dangling along eastbound 580 and we will keep our eye on this all morning. >> as mike an

and -- caused by the type of crude from the canadian oil sands. and the department of state, when they've been exhaustively reviewing the keystone x.l. pipeline have simply found there's no more corrosive elements of crude from western canada as there are from california, venezuela, mexico. crude has been safely moved for decades. >> woodruff: if it's the case, why the additional concern on the parent of environmental groups? >> it's simply not true. we saw with the kalamazoo spill, 800,000 gallons were spilled from external corrosion. we don't know what caused the pegasus spill but we know the pipeline is moving tar sands diluted bitumen have had poor safety records. the first shipments came in the late '90s into the northern midwest. those pipelines now over the last three years have spilled 3.6 times as much crude oil per pipeline mile as the national average. >> woodruff: in fact, we were seeing, andy black, as we just reported, 364 spills or ruptures in the country last year, and you heard that number of just this particular kind of tar sands

sand all over the place. cigarette doesn't seem like we're in san francisco. >> no. >> reporter: now in the amazon neighborhood on mission and geneva highway high winds knocked over trash cans. spilling garbage all over the place. this will be seen everywhere especially by those effected by the garbage strike. bay area bridges under a high wind advisory. carquinez, richmond, san rafael, and golden gate. high profile vehicles as sal mentioned like big rigs, camp everies and trailers are not recommended. they are still trying to get the car out of the sand right here. it just really is blowing out here. deaf netly would recommend -- definitely would recommend those that use the great highway i would avoid it. >> definitely windy out there. thank you. if you will be flying out of sfo later today, you may want to check your flights. delays due to wind are possible after 8:00 this

sand all over the place. cigarette doesn't seem like we're in san francisco. >> no. >> reporter: now in the amazon neighborhood on mission and geneva highway high winds knocked over trash cans. spilling garbage all over the place. this will be seen everywhere especially by those effected by the garbage strike. bay area bridges under a high wind advisory. carquinez, richmond, san rafael, and golden gate. high profile vehicles as sal mentioned like big rigs, camp everies and trailers are not recommended. they are still trying to get the car out of the sand right here. it just really is blowing out here. deaf netly would recommend -- definitely would recommend those that use the great highway i would avoid it. >> definitely windy out there. thank you. if you will be flying out of sfo later today, you may want to check your flights. delays due to wind are possible after 8:00 this morning. wind is expected to result in changes in the runway configuration. causing planes to take off or land in different runways tha

zug in the sand looking for water -- dug in the sand looking for water and hit the ackqua for. so suddenly you had fresh water. that was a big deal. now you could perhaps live out there year-around. this was heyman's land just south of sutro's. you could seat cars lined up waiting for buyers, essentially. in the background you have some of these novel seaside cottages. he left the cars exposed on purpose. it was a publicity thing. you might come out picnicing or walking along the great highway on the weekend and thought what the heck is that thing? you go over, buy a lot, $35 two cars, can't miss. this is that same view just a knew months later. we're talking about mid 1899 now. you can see the cars are all starting to be put to use in buildings. they'd come up with all of these different patterns. this car on the left is two cars end-to-end with a connecting vestibule. it's kind of an i pattern so you could have a cabin in one car, a compartment in one car. the other car might be your mother-in-law. and you could meet in the middle in that sorted of connecting section for brea

the sky is infinite, the sand is infinite. it's hard to keep your focus because you are constantly using peripheral vision looking all around you. it doesn't matter which way you walk after a while, you are just wandering. and so on the first trip out there, we didn't get to the sea because we just ended up wandering. it happens out there. you have a plan but the landscape becomes beautiful in a way that you weren't expecting and you start disappearing into it. you start forgetting why you are going in one direction. you start thinking, no, i just want to see that shadow over there and spend time there and then i want to see the next shadow and the next. it took 3 trips actually before we got to the sea. and all over at the edges of the dunes and sometimes even out in the middle of the dunes where you get into a deep hole, you will find a broken ceramic ojalla, you will find a sea shell that somebody carried in there, you will pick up the shell going what were you doing out here, why were you walking in this place, were you se

sand blowing across the beaches this afternoon. this will continue as we get into tonight winds will lighten up just a bit. we could be breezy all the way through tomorrow. i'll have look at what we can expect, a look at your temperatures and is a big warmup coming up. >>> we've been asking our viewers to send us their wind and weather photos. check out this photo from carlos. a tree came crashing down on a carport hitting cars on beatrice court. you can e-mail your photos to photos@ktvu.com. you can also tweet them to us. be sure to include where the photo was taken. >>> baby food in california. a trial -- many makers of baby food including dole, gore per, and del monte are selling products with low levels of lead in them. the company named in the suit argues the lead is naturally occurring and does not pose a health risk. >>> there has reportedly been an arrest in cocaine with the death of a man in san francisco's pacific heights neighborhood. the boy body of -- the body of 47-year-old elliot michael was discovered in his apartme

until i could see others and i blew the sand away and i could see the rim of a broken pot. once i saw that, my eye was much sharper and i could see the details around me. i could see a small community, a family of maybe 12 had lived here. when i looked up into the cliff, i saw stacks of rock behind a little spall of the cliff that had stuck out and i realized there was a granary up there. i immediately started for it, climbing hand over hand up the cliff base. my breath tasted hot with discovery. i had found a secret. in past travels i had seen many granaries belonging to the anastasi but they had all been broken open by pot hunters or even by the residents themselves. this one had been built so no one would see it, like an attic accessed through a hidden floor. the structure was rectangular, like a cupboard. i touched its face with probing, diagnostic fingers, measuring it my eyes. 3 feet tall, 2 feet wide and 3 feet deep. i got up on my haunches and lightly dusted off the granaries roof which was undamaged. for 3,000 years not a breeze had entered this chamber, not an ink

some people actually put that on the map, called the great sand waste or the great sand bank. it was cold, foggy. there was no infrastructure out there, of course, in the 1890's. no gas no. real good transportation. no sidewalks. people didn't want to live out there. however, what it did have is a steamtrain line that ran out lincoln way to the beach. it was basically built to bring picnicers, who wanted to get away for the weekend, to go to the beach for a sunday. right here at the end of the sunset district, at the northwest corner, is where carville gets its start, on a little strip of land, a little block that the mayor at the time owned. and that's where colonel daley put up his little coffee sal yoon -- saloon, using that old car. that's where carville takes off. so who's responsible for carville? we said the mayor of san francisco at the time. very wealthy land owner. owned at one point i think they say 1/12 of san francisco in land. most of it was in the west side of the city. robert fitzgerald was called the king of carville. he was an early settler to carville. jacob

sand is blowing on the great highway. skyline boulevard and old la honda road. everything is running on time with mass transit. leyla gulen thank you. secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east meeting today with israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu. amid talk of revising a decade-old arab plan for peace, john kerry met palestinian president trying to end a 4 1/2 year israeli and palestinian stalemate. he was not publicly outlined the plan but the officials say he wants to modify the arab peace initiative that offered peace with israel if a pullout from territories captured in 1967. officials say john kerry seeks israeli security commitments and softer language on boarders -- borders. >> two more human cases of bird influence infection have been reported in china. so far, six people have died. officials in china say people are contracting the virus through direct contract with infected foul saying there is no evidence so far the virus is spreading among people. >> a new report suggests that parents want thei

the sand is really what got us. 6, 7-foot sand dunes inside here. you could. >> 6 to 7 feet of sand right in here. >> you could touch the ceiling touch the sky light so much sand in here. furniture, things upside down. things ripped off the walls. tv's everywhere. >> what kicks in first? do you think okay we're going to do this and do you think oh my god can we do this? >> no, i thought immediately we have got great insurance. coverage. >> how is that insurance working out for you? >> it's not. it's not at all. we haven't seen anything. >> the insurance companies are not agreeing to, what they are going to pay? >> oh, no. they have denied us our business interruption insurance. and on 1.5 million policy they offered us under $24,000. which is laughable. >> f. it wasn't for our savings and the job that she has right now, i don't know what stage we would be in. >> just struggling to survive. >> we are struggling now. i can't imagine what it would be like without some income. >> you can't start rebuilding here until all of that is sorted out which mean

the pipeline was carrying tar sands oil from canada. inside climate news reports the type of crude oil involved is especially difficult to clean up when it spills into water. efforts are underway to prevent the contamination of the nearby drinking source. the epa has designated the incident as a major spill. it came two days after a train also carrying canadian crude derailed in minnesota, spilling at least 15,000 gallons of oil. because as the obama administration prepares to issue a decision on whether to approve the keystone xl pipeline, which would expand the transport of canadian tar sands oil on a massive scale. we will speak with bill mckibben later in the broadcast. the fbi and local police are investigating a potential link to white supremacist prison gangs and the killing of a texas district attorney and his wife in their home. kaufman county d.a. mike mcclelland and cynthia mclelland were shot dead two months after assistant prosecutor mark hasse also was gunned down at the kaufman county courthouse. the fbi is looking into p

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income tax had a pretty horrible tar sands oil spill in arkansas last month most people have heard bits and pieces of the story but here's what you probably haven't heard from the corporate media first off you got a glimpse of the pipeline rupture and spill because of citizen bloggers and journalists like drew barnes who posted this on you tube but you haven't seen much coverage from the air of this happy that's because just like with the b.p. halliburton blowout in the gulf the f.a.a. imposed a no fly zone over the oil spill. you are not allowed to see what's going on exxon mobil has even hired local police for security and they're doing a pretty good job of keeping reporters away according mother jones reporting a documented numerous instances of people being threatened with arrest for just trying to ask questions or take pictures outside. second with all the money and profits from that oil pipeline exxon mobil doesn't have to pay into the federal fund a clean up oil disasters including this one why because this stuff isn't oil it's stuff that the prefer press refers to as tar sands o

income tax at a pretty horrible tar sands oil spill in arkansas last month most people have heard bits and pieces of the story but here's what you probably haven't heard from the corporate media first off you got a glimpse of the pipeline rupture and spill because of citizen bloggers and journalists like drew barnes who posted this on you tube but you haven't seen much coverage from the air of this happy that's because just like with the b.p. halliburton blowout in the gulf the f.a.a. imposed a no fly zone over the oil spill you are not allowed to see what's going on exxon mobil has even hired local police for security and they're doing a pretty good job of keeping reporters away according mother jones reporting the documented numerous instances of people being threatened with arrest for just trying to ask questions or take pictures on site. second with all the money and profits from that oil pipeline exxon mobil doesn't have to pay into the federal fund a clean up oil disasters including this one why because this stuff is in the oil. it's stuff that the prefer press refers to as tar s

along the battled highway, visitors were blasted by sinking sand. one driver found his car being consumed by the beach. >>> the road is closed between lincoln boulevard and public works crews they won't begin the clean up until the wind stops. >>> it's going to be just enough to ramp up the winds once again so that wind advisory the strongest gusts are right along the gulf coast gusting too 45 miles per hour we could see some trees come down. maybe powerlines could be a problem. be prepared for that. temperatures all around the bay area now in the 40s. a little chilly to start with this morning by the afternoon it will be cool windy towards the coast. >> we're watching the sanramone valley where there is an accident right now along southbound 680. the traffic is backed from sick moore valley road. plan on taking the 580 commute. avthe pass approaching the 101 as it heads through and peninsula. th be trouble free. westbound 580 are the headlights that's leaving liver moore, again, approaching the dublin interchange. the bay bridge commute westbound t

/canadian border is a place called the oil sands. it's at the heart of the controversy over the proposed keystone pipeline which would help canada send heavy crude from landlocked alberta to the gulf coast. while the project is expected to provide 3900 construction jobs in the u.s., critics say it comes at a terrible cost. >> this is a toxic, dirty, messy process. >> reporter: getting oil out of the ground produces 17% more global warming gases than conventional methods, according to the state department. >> you can see the oil in the sand. this is how the oil occurs naturally. >> reporter: no gushers here. at shells jack pine mine they dig for oil 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 28 trucks, each burning 45 gallons of diesel fuel an hour. this dump truck is two stories high. when fully loaded it weighs almost 1.4 million pounds. that's heavier than a 747 airplane. and the tire alone, 10,500 pounds. hot water is used to separate oil from the sand which creates ponds of waste that can be toxic to wildlife. shell recycles the water from

when the fracture closes, it's propped open by that sand. the problem with sand is it's silicon.a kid we did not even wear respirators. but today they're wearing respirators, and they're bringing up so much sand that it's exposing the sites and the crews themselves. a lot of crews work 12 hours a day in this environment. >> john: bill, before we go, what do you make of former pennsylvania governor ed rendell failing to mention his deep ties to the industry, is this common? >> this is pretty much how it works. you know the story in new york is a new study demonstrateing that frack gas is running through and it's escaping out into the atmosphere where it's driving climate change too. we used to think that fracked gas would be a bridge to the future but it's just one more fossil fuel stretching out into this carbon hype. time to put up the solar windows and get on to it. >> john: ceo and clean production company bob cavnar, and founder of 350.org bill mckibben. thank you for joining us always a pleasure to have you both. >> thank you. >> john: this week we're doing the state of idah

we saw a few cars earlier getting stuck in the sand.ngerous driving conditions. >> we went through a couple of big sand dunes when we were going about 40 miles an hour. and set off the alarm. my knee hit the key and the car alarm was buzzing. it was pretty exciting. but yeah. sand all over the place. >> reporter: now in the amazon neighborhood on mission and geneva high winds knocked over trash bins spilling garbage everywhere. this will be similar for many areas for those effected by the garbage strike. we will take a live look at the san mateo bridge. all bay area bridges under a high wind advisory. you will need a firm grip on the steering wheel as you make your way across the richmond san rafael, carquinez, and golden gate. high profile vehicles are not recommended. and back here live, the wind has died down for now but it is expected to pick up again. those high winds should be lasting until dusk. so definitely want to make sure that you take your time this morning as you know sometimes when you drive along you can feel the wind bl

pipeline supporters and opponents of the toxic tar sands project stood their ground in testimony about the effects of completing the pipeline environmental advocacy groups like the national resources defense council warned of the many dangers presented by the keystone x.l. pipeline and cited the recent tar sands oil spill in arkansas as a prime example of what could go wrong but an executive from trans canada inc the company behind keystone x.l. describe the so-called safety features of keystone and its potential role in north american energy independence the main purpose of the hearing was to consider implementing legislation which would force the federal government to approve the final construction of the pipeline and it appears that republicans have teamed up with lawmakers in canada to lobby washington to ok the plan congressman lee terry of nebraska said quote we need to cement our relationship with our best trading partner and friend in canada and secure our national security interests and energy interests by approving this pipeline. our relationship with canada shouldn't hinge o

the sand has blown in drifts all over the great highway. so officials have shut down the highway from lincoln has slowed. they have shut down the southbound lane from here to skyline. and working on shutting down the road in other direction because it's too dangerous to drive in the conditions. car wheels are getting stuck in the sand. >> for us working out here, we are just busy. we got so many cars we almost can't handle them but we are doing the best we can. and as you can see we've got cars getting stuck out here at the great highway. hopefully we can get it closed down before anyone gets stuck. >> reporter: high winds toppled trash bins spilling garbage everywhere. this will be the case for many neighbors especially those effected by the garbage strike. if we take a look at one of the bay area bridges this the golden gate. all bay area bridges under a high wind advisory. high profile vehicles as sal mentioned like big rigs, campers, trailers not recommended. and back here live you can see just how the wind is so strong it topple over t

end of the day there are a lot of one is out of our control and we shouldn't bury our heads in the sand in the name in the name of sacrificing progress let's let's assume that the science is wrong on this let's assume it's wrong what's wrong with still investing in clean energy here to so that there's not a as much an illusion is here it's not produce a we're not having as my epidemics all across america and across the world what's wrong with this is that i know a lot of companies that are making huge ton of money off of this who knew all the energy i don't care if they're making money i don't care if they're producing i haven't yet but it is productive i mean it will actually wind farms only contribute less than two percent of the energy that we need so we're not getting the energy that we need i don't care how much money they are taking out all the asphalt percentage of wind farms out there on the climbs there they've almost tripled and we still only produce the word secrecy in australia in australia there have they have restrictions on their carbon limits on how much pollution you ca

you can see i'm on top of the sand pile where the wind has blown the sand.nto three-foot high piles along the great highway. we're right near sloat if you know where that is. around 4:00 a.m., my photographer and i were getting pelted by the sand. it was simply a sandstorm out here. we want to show you some video from earlier this morning where crews shut down the great highway from lincoln to sky line. cars were getting stuck in the sand and spinning their wheels. a giant eucalyptus trees toppled on 48th avenue. crews are just arriving to try to clear that out. the bus stop nearby is temporarily shut down. the gus is gonna pick -- bus is gonna pick up commuters one block away instead. it could take hours to clean this up. there are trees and downed power poles all over the city. >> for us, we're just busy. we have so many calls. we almost can't handle them. but we're doing the best we can. as you can see, we got cars getting stuck over here at the great highway, hopefully we can get it completely closed down before anybody really gets stuck. >> reporter: in