Karen Kilgariff

Luckily, over this weekend, it rained. So there was a level of calm, or at least slight relief that came over a lot of people who lived in LA who were just living in that fear that they were gonna kick up again, Whatever was going to happen.

Luckily, over this weekend, it rained. So there was a level of calm, or at least slight relief that came over a lot of people who lived in LA who were just living in that fear that they were gonna kick up again, Whatever was going to happen.

Such a bizarre week and so dramatic and so horrible for so many people.

Such a bizarre week and so dramatic and so horrible for so many people.

It's so sad. And it's also there's a weird thing I'm observing in myself and other people I talk to. Either the people that. People that didn't have to evacuate feel guilty to even discuss it, where it's like, well, it wasn't me.

It's so sad. And it's also there's a weird thing I'm observing in myself and other people I talk to. Either the people that. People that didn't have to evacuate feel guilty to even discuss it, where it's like, well, it wasn't me.

And then people like me who did evacuate and feel stupid because I just left probably an hour before most of the other people in my area did because basically Jay Elias, our great development coordinator- at this point, but also executive assistant to many at this company, texted me and was like, you have to get out right now.

And then people like me who did evacuate and feel stupid because I just left probably an hour before most of the other people in my area did because basically Jay Elias, our great development coordinator- at this point, but also executive assistant to many at this company, texted me and was like, you have to get out right now.

Well, you were freaking out. It was freaking out. It was fucking so scary.

Well, you were freaking out. It was freaking out. It was fucking so scary.

Like gridlock, emergency gridlock trauma. I saw that video of those cars being left in the Pacific Palisades. And that's why I, well, that and Jay telling me, but it was like, yeah, yeah, I'm not waiting around until everybody else is looking at each other and getting in the car at the same time.

Like gridlock, emergency gridlock trauma. I saw that video of those cars being left in the Pacific Palisades. And that's why I, well, that and Jay telling me, but it was like, yeah, yeah, I'm not waiting around until everybody else is looking at each other and getting in the car at the same time.

He literally, he was telling, texting me and being like, hey, where are they right now? Like, I was the one that was taking screenshots of the Watch Duty app and sending them to him. No, I was, like, informing him about what was going on. All right, well. Yeah. But, I mean, I'm sure in his, if he were to say anything, which I'm sure my sister said, don't say anything. Oh, yeah.

He literally, he was telling, texting me and being like, hey, where are they right now? Like, I was the one that was taking screenshots of the Watch Duty app and sending them to him. No, I was, like, informing him about what was going on. All right, well. Yeah. But, I mean, I'm sure in his, if he were to say anything, which I'm sure my sister said, don't say anything. Oh, yeah.

If he was going to say anything, he'd be like, take it easy. Right, right. Yeah. Maybe why I was interpreting that is like there's I'm seeing I'm hearing a lot of other people have shame where it's like, no, that's you. That's tied to you and your trauma. And your weird family. So good luck. The way they do things.

If he was going to say anything, he'd be like, take it easy. Right, right. Yeah. Maybe why I was interpreting that is like there's I'm seeing I'm hearing a lot of other people have shame where it's like, no, that's you. That's tied to you and your trauma. And your weird family. So good luck. The way they do things.

But suffice it to say, really shocking, terrible, like natural disaster to a degree I've never seen. And I've lived here for 25, over 25 years.

But suffice it to say, really shocking, terrible, like natural disaster to a degree I've never seen. And I've lived here for 25, over 25 years.

It does in many ways, although the rain kind of brought a little bit of a like at least a like, OK, we're done with that. Yeah. Now that's like we're going to close this particular chapter of this particular trauma season. So, yeah, the thing we wanted to talk to everybody about is how. long before any of that started. We had a ninth anniversary for this old podcast, this old gal.

It does in many ways, although the rain kind of brought a little bit of a like at least a like, OK, we're done with that. Yeah. Now that's like we're going to close this particular chapter of this particular trauma season. So, yeah, the thing we wanted to talk to everybody about is how. long before any of that started. We had a ninth anniversary for this old podcast, this old gal.