All right guys want to join Governor bashir holding a briefing on the state's response to the tornado damage that we saw over the weekend. Let's listen morning, our best count for confirmed deaths. The most accurate count we have as of this morning Are 64 Kentucky ins. Remember this is fluid and the numbers will change and sometimes they have, thank God gone down. Other times they've gone up, it breaks down as follows 20 in graves 13 and Hopkins 11 in Muhlenberg. I think that's been reported as 12. We believe it is 11, 12 and Warren four and caldwell one in marshall, one in taylor, one in Fulton and one in Lyon undoubtedly there will be more, We believe it will certainly be above 70, maybe even 80. But again with this amount of damage and rubble, it may be a week or even more before we have a final count on the number of lost lives. Currently we believe there are at least 70, maybe even 80 but again, with this amount of damage and rubble, it may be a week or even more before we have a final count on the number of lost lives. Currently we believe there are at least 105 Kentucky ins that are unaccounted for. We are still working to find. Currently we have 300 National Guard assisting rescue and recovery efforts. A few more than that hundreds of state employees from Transportation cabinet, the Division of Forestry are clearing routes, you know, we saw a little light of hope yesterday and we were actually able and it may feel to get from just clearing roads to starting to haul debris away. Um, I believe that's the same in Muhlenberg County from my conversation with the judge this morning, work directly with groups to get cell service back in Hopkins, uh, marshall and I think it's up and going in Fulton County as well. Working on Hickman to recap, we declared a state of emergency roughly midnight before midnight before the storm really hit. We received immediate federal emergency declaration, I believe on sunday, which is the fastest we've ever seen. And last night we received a federal declaration of major emergency. I think the fastest that has ever been issued and we are really grateful from fema gracious check is here with us and it's going to give us an update on what that means. But it's, it's really good news for our families. It means fema is going to be on the ground, uh, documenting losses at people's homes, helping them go ahead and file their claims again. I believe this is the most rapid response by the federal government in the history of the United States of America and we need it. Um, and we are really grateful for it. Um, and then um, Michael Dossett will go over. Um, uh, a few other things here in, in a minute. Uh, new pieces out today and I have a lot of pieces of paper here. I'm going to work through them. The best I can is I'm ordering flags to half staff in honor of those lost and those suffering from this tornado. So all state office buildings will be lowered to half staff for one week in honor of the Kentucky ins who were killed and or severely impacted. So they should be lowered beginning at sunrise Tuesday December 14 and remained so until Sundown Monday december 20th. I'm asking businesses other states to join us and the recognition of our Kentucky ins who are struggling so badly. Um, next update some potential good news from the candle factory in Mayfield that we are actively working to confirm this information. All of this is being reported by the business. We pray, but it is true, but we are working to confirm it. So according to the business, 110 individuals, 94 are alive and have been accounted for. Again, we are working to confirm that eight are dead. We found eight bodies and eight are missing. We feared much much worse. And again I pray that it is, it is accurate But with no phones with 15 plus feet of wreckage that had a dozen backhoes trying to pull things off of it. Um, there was no way at the time to know how many individuals made it out. So we very much hope that that is true. We have opened up our state parks, uh, for housing for impacted families. Pennyroyal is already full, I think we have 100 plus adults. Um, and a lot of kids uh that are out there. We're going to guarantee at least two weeks um of stay. There may be other options by the end of that, but but we're not gonna let any of our folks go homeless. Ah oui currently have distressed families that ken lake and Kentucky Dam Village. Uh currently we have some openings. I'm working with the county judge, Judge Perry in Graves County to move people from a warning warming center or shelter To these rooms. We've got at least 58 rooms open at ken like Um Kentucky Dam village. We have 30 open. If we can get power to Lake Barkley will open up about 50 more. We do need a little bit of help. We need some volunteers uh to help us staff the state park. It'll be things like washing dishes and washing clothes, but we could really use that help. So if you are looking for a place to be of assistance, you can contact director Andy CASS it. His name's Andy at 502418 35 81. His email andie dot Cassidy K A S I T Z at ky dot gov. Um I hope he's flooded with calls and emails and we can put as many people to work helping our people out as possible. Just a few more facts about those. We've lost 18 are still unidentified of the ones that we know the age. Mhm. The age range is five months, 2 86 years and six or younger than 18. Help keeps pouring in from all over the country. Um Thank you to everyone. We feel your love here in Kentucky. The team Kentucky team western Kentucky tornado relief fund Now. donations Over $4 million dollars raised into it thus far. Do we have the website, those that um I would like to help us? That's team W Ky relief fund dot ky dot gov. This is a fund associated with the state. Can be fully transparent on how it is spent. There will be no administrative fees taken out of it. All of it. It's going to go to help these families today. We're announcing the first expenditure from that. We're going to be providing $5,000 and burial expenses for each family That has lost a loved one. We're gonna ask the funeral home or group helping out to not charge the families beyond That $5,000. Um We at least have to be able to grieve together and no one's going to have to apply. We're gonna work with our vital statistics group for everyone who's been identified and we're going to work to reach out and contact those families directly Right now. We think we have about 30,000 Kentucky homes that are without power, um significant debris removal going on right now. Um But there's just a mountain of waste. It is going to take a significant amount of time. Um We've got significant livestock, um dead and all of the areas there's, there's ongoing cleanup with that too. Um Department for community based services in Mayfield suffer damage, cannot serve the public at this time. The mobile unit is in process to get down there so it can provide those continuing needed services. Those that have needs for the Department for community based services can call 18553068959 or applying for help online through the connect site Walgreens in Mayfield. The only pharmacy that has been open starting today, walmart plans to open for prescription fulfillment. This is in Mayfield. If you need a refill, it helps if you can bring your medication bottles, but the pharmacy recognized that you probably don't have them. So if you have a list of your medications that would be helpful to Mayfield nursing and rehab has been closed due to storm damage and will need to rebuild All residents have been relocated Kentucky State Police is asking especially in the Graves County area for any family members of missing loved ones. You should report to the office building of his house ministries to provide a reference Uh, to standard to reference standard to law enforcement for identification purposes. It's located at 1250 Ky 303 In Mayfield. Anybody who needs assistance in getting their call 859 2677775 Kentucky State Police is also using rapid DNA technology to assist in the identification of victims. So they're requesting any family members of missing loved ones too come to that same building to submit DNA so that they can match uh, Kentucky. State Police is also working to verify the information on the candle, uh, factory. I know like the folks in western Kentucky. Um, I'm not doing so well today and I'm not sure how many of us are. I was working on getting the confirmed, that's this morning and realized I was writing on the back of, uh, of notes that one of my kids took from school and here's what, what it is. It's, it's not its own inertia. It means that an object that's in motion. We'll stay in motion. So we're gonna keep putting one ft in front of the other, push through this. Um, everybody out there, get the help you need, take care of yourself and we'll continue to provide updates um, to the people of Western Kentucky. We're not going anywhere. We're gonna be with you today. We'll be with you tomorrow and we're going to be there with you to rebuild. This is one state People that Love one another. And I think everybody in Kentucky, but also everybody in the country is standing with you and with that, I'll turn it over to Director Dawson. Mhm. Yeah, Thank you. Governor and Good morning. So I'm going to give you an overall update of operations. The state TOC is an operation at level three. We have an extraordinary complement of Uh state and federal personnel, probably numbering 80-100 right now. These folks will be on duty each day and every day including the weekends uh to answer the requests from our counties and to render assistance. So we have representatives from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, the National Guard, Forestry, Law Enforcement, Energy Sector, sheltering Volunteer organization, Parks Red Cross. We've established an aircraft commander control section for overflights to survey the damage. So now go into some of the power numbers and um uh governor, there's been some good news within the last 10 minutes. The numbers dropped again. We are literally at 28,000. uh I'm sorry, 28,531 um algiers as of this moment. This is a remarkable outcome when you look at the damage that has been impacted across our commonwealth. So approximately 95% of potentially impacted power lines have been assessed. That's a big thing in most of these events. The power companies can't get to the lines even to perform the assessments. So 95% have been completed. There's some bad news with the good news. There are still 29 transmission lines. These are the lines that feed from the power power plants. If you recall in the ice storm, you saw collapse of these massive towers that run across our state, we have had that and the restoration will be weeks to months for these. So we'll we'll have a small number that feed off these transmission lines that are still out. We have at least 97 power structures damaged. Several local power companies have extensive damage to their own distribution systems and they're underway. Certainly, mutual aid crews from across other states are arriving daily. We have and this is just an estimate of three companies and we have a number of them and I go through them. We have 8000 power poles. These are the ones in your neighborhood that are down. They have to be dug, replaced wire strung. So it's a massive effort. Eight of the most impacted local power companies. West Kentucky Rural Electric cooperative, Lexington Electric, Nashville Electric, Memphis Light, gas and water war in rural electric Murray Electric, Bowling Green Municipal Municipality, uh, in Mayfield Electric. So we have uh, water systems also impacted three systems currently not not operational with 10,400 customers. 11 systems currently without, with limited operational capabilities for about 17,000 customers. These are boiled water advisories. We're certainly familiar with those in other impacts. Um, numbers, these are boil water advisories. We're certainly familiar with those in other impacts. Um, the division continues to coordinate with all municipal utilities. We are delivering generators as we speak. We uh, our regional administrator will speak to some of the generation opportunities and things are bringing over target. You're in a second. Mhm. In Graves, in, in Mayfield. Uh, they're experiencing overload uh, in some circuits and that's, that is to be expected because of the level of power that they're trying to restore generators arrived at the mills nursing and rehabilitation uh, this morning and they've restored heat. We're coordinating with fema, the U. S. Corps of Engineers and the Department of Public Health to provide water. Uh, certainly waters in um in high demand in Mayfield and in other communities were bulk drop shipping water bottled water to um to command centers across the state in the impact area we have requested and received. And again, folks, I can't stress the amount of federal support that came so quickly. I can tell you from just being a um A veteran of now 17 disasters. It takes time to get wheels rolling. We had use our teams, these are federal urban Search and rescue teams on the ground. Before I had finished submitting the request gracious check just overnight approved three additional use our teams to do wide area searches. We were doing the known impact and now we have to search all of the brewery areas. The forward elements of those teams arrived last night when they were requested yesterday. So folks pulling out all the stops in Hopkins were assisting providing generation to Dawson Springs independent school. That's a key issue. Uh, that was assessed last night and we'll have something on the way. Uh, in Dawson Springs. Obviously electric is still uh, down and water is being reestablished Verizon also set some mobile cellular units in place last night. So with that um, restoration is ongoing. This again is not going to be a week or a month operation folks, this will go on for years to come. This is a massive event, the largest, uh, the largest and most devastating in Kentucky's history. And I'll close with saying the key here is our thoughts and prayers and our hearts go out to all of the victims to all of the families and to the families of those who are still missing. This is a horrific event and prayers will help. Now I'll introduce gracious check. Gracia was with the governor and I yesterday as we again toured the area with the Secretary of Dhs Alejandro Mayorkas. It's always a challenge to pronounce the secretary's name and also uh, gracious uh, immediate boss. The fema. Administrator dan chris Well, these were remarkable folks. I spent the day with them. The governor was with them. Uh, they get it and they care and gracia in sinking with Administrator Creswell and Secretary Mayorkas had our application all the way to the White House with approvals. Um, waiting for the signed document and that's how quick this thing moves. So thank you Grayson. Please update us on female. Okay. Governor Director Dawson thank you. Uh, yesterday meant so much to the secretary to the administrator to really see and as they said the pictures didn't do anything what we saw on the ground and such an impact. And as Director Doucet said our our hearts and prayers and thoughts go to the families for the families who lost loved ones, for the families who suffered such incredible damages from what we saw. And last night as you heard the president did declare a major declaration and this included eight counties and I'll read those counties off. It is for caldwell, Fulton Graves, Hopkins, marshall, Muilenburg, taylor and Warren counties. And that's just the beginning. We will work with the state on identifying other counties to get them added on. What this is. What this means is that there is assistance for individuals for homeowners for renters. They need to apply for fema assistance. The administrator did say yesterday the first line of defense is insurance. Make sure if you have insurance that is your, you've already called them. But you know, we also encourage everyone to apply for fema assistance. And that comes in various ways and I know we've given the slide to the Governor's office. So we'll make sure that gets out there into the media. You can go to the, you can apply online at disaster assistance. I'll probably make it easier. I'm sorry. Disaster assistance dot gov. One word. Disaster assistance dot gov. Or you can call the fema hotline at 1 806 21 fema. And that's 1 806 213362. We will have people out their disaster survivor assistance teams. They're going to be out in the those counties that have been declared and they'll we may even have people as soon as today. Um I will get an update of that but you'll see them, they'll be in fema shirts, they'll have a fema I. D. And they'll be carrying an ipad. They're going to go door to door, they're going to go where they see people working on their homes and try to get them registered and making sure that they're already into that system. And a person will receive a nine digit number. And they can they need to make sure they keep that number because they can keep going back online and checking their registration and the status of that. So, you know, don't hesitate when you see a fema person with fema. I'd come up to you and and talk with them because you may also be able to tell them where we may find other survivors uh to bring that assistance to them and get them registered. Um And that is the key message today of that is to register register register in any one of those three ways and there's going to be various forms of assistance available to those that are eligible. And that's in forms of a low interest loan with the small business administration, two grants which we could include temporary housing rental assistance repairs, other needs assistance, such as medical, We heard people lost their prescriptions, dental in funeral assistance. So again, I encourage everybody to register and when you register what one thing is important is to make sure you give a number of where you can be reached. You may be staying with family and friends, you may have lost your cell phone, make sure you give a number of where you can be reached because a housing inspector will be reaching out to you. So that's the disaster assistance piece. Now, what came along with the major declaration for those eight counties is also category A. They were counties were already declared for category B. Which was emergency protective measures over time, things that you did in times of the storms, for the police, the first responders, the vehicles they used, but also it was available for debris clearance, pushing debris off to the roadside. Now they have received a category a which is debris, debris clearance or debris removal. That is the actual removal of debris that they may be eligible to be reimbursed up to 75% by the federal government. Uh So I know we spoke about it yesterday. I encourage those public officials to document document document um We we will have people out on the ground. We have fema people, Army Corps engineer people out on the ground doing debris surveys. They're linking up with the local entities to help guide them through what they need to do, but also looking at possibly private property debris removal, demolition. I know that's a lot of questions that are going to be asked. So we'd like to get those answers as quickly as possible. So everything is done the right way so that it could be eligible. And then also we have subject matter experts looking at um the water and wastewater systems to see what we can do for emergency repairs because we know it's important to get those up and running. So we will be working with the locals and state and again, all of this is in support of the State. They are locked tight with us. It is there's no shadows between us. So that's what we're doing. And as director Doucet spoke about, yes, we have four urban search and rescue teams on the ground, one being at the candle factory where the three others are in Graves County and they're doing the primary and secondary searches. They've already begun those this morning. And you'll see mobile emergency response support vehicles supporting all of these fields and elements and the communities with communications and helping them in the short term need for communications. Um We have housing experts on the ground today because that's a big question also, we know that there's going to be a need for housing. It's how we get there together because we know Kentucky is resilient and we need to work together to get to housing and we're gonna strategize with the state on this and this is for both short and long term housing. And then in regards to commodities, we have water meals, cots and blankets for 15,000 people per day and we continue to move trucks in every day. And then, as was discussed, we have additional water that's already been delivered. Director Doucet. Uh, we together have been able to do assessments for generators and provide generators to critical public places. So again, it's a great partnership that, you know, we are here to support the state in any of their needs and we will continue to be here. So, thank you again, Governor. Alright. Um, we'll open it up to two questions. We've got five that are uh, here with us today. Five journalists and others on the line. So we'll start with Georgia Macarthur. Okay, We'll go to Carolina Governor. Your voice is shaking this morning. You nearly broke down and uh, you were announcing some of the ages. How are you feeling? How are the people of Western Kentucky feeling the ones that you've seen. How is everyone doing? I mean, people in Western Kentucky have gone through an unspeakable trauma. I mean, it's it's it's traumatic. You can be in there helping, um, you go from grief to shock to being resolute Span of 10 minutes and then you go back, um mm, it's hard to understand how something like this or why something like this happens. It is just awful. Um, and the people who lost everything but are still here with us. It's hard to think of them as lucky, but um, it this is really hard. Um, but we're gonna make it, um, we put one ft in front of the other, make sure we have the inertia and uh, we'll rebuild. There's going to be grief. Um, there's going to be clean up, but then we're gonna make sure that that everybody gets back on their feet. Um, We do have a lot of support out there. I mean, the whole country uh is calling and trying to help. Actually, one of the biggest challenges we have in these counties is too much in many ways how to coordinate um, an unprecedented amount of of, of goods and of volunteers. Um, and you know, but there's a lot of love out there. Bill heard President on when he might, yeah, we have heard that the president um is coming to Kentucky and we are working to coordinate a visit. We don't have any details yet about it. Um, but uh, President biden called me three times on saturday and and has has has moved faster than then we've we've ever seen on on on getting us the, the aid we need. We will welcome him here. We will thank him for his help. And sadly we'll show him the worst tornado damage imaginable, Certainly the worst in um in our history tom thank you governor. Uh I'll throw three equipment that are gonna have more Kentucky guard members activated. Well the housing that fema helps with the trailers that we remember like from the Katrina and what have you. And can you for clarifications? I can explain what they reference standard is. Most people don't understand what that is. D. N. A. Is the photos is. Uh so so they're gonna need um the Kentucky state police if you're missing a loved one are gonna need um information, photos. Um Whatever you can bring about your loved one that would help identify them, I'd bring, you know, as much as you can. And then they're going to take a DNA sample from you if you're related to them probably for the worst case of of the worst. And we still have unidentified uh bodies. We will call out as many National Guard as are needed. Um We in in many ways it's it's almost limitation by equipment, right? Because what is needed, there is still search and rescue going on. But at some point that will switch to uh debris removal were assisting in some law enforcement capacities. But as power gets back up, that'll probably change too. If we need more, we'll have more And what was the last 1? Oh, fema house. So fema housing um is an ongoing conversation. We want to make sure that we get the most effective form. I think there's rvs I think that there are um you know the type that that you referenced. Um One thing fema's learned about us though is uh we take care of us and people have opened up their homes already and every time a house has power that comes back on it's not just one family it's going to, it it's them and all their friends and maybe somebody they met just the day before. Uh ki adi Good morning. Um As we're learning new details this morning from the panel factories going forward. Any recommendations on procedures or a different place. Well it's too early and where we are too to know any changes That ought to be made in the in the future. I believe that this is gonna end up being an E. five tornado which you can have the warnings but. Mhm. What do you do? Right um The homes that sit if you haven't been down there, it didn't take the roof off. That's what we're used to seeing with tornadoes right? That if you get to your safe place, you're safe you get to the basement, you're safe. There's no safe place. When you get hit by something like this, I'm sure that we will look at what procedures um the facility had. Uh that's that's that's that's natural but it's still too early and we may well have to live with the idea that some storms are so powerful um that. Mhm. That's what we can do to protect ourselves is limited. Um I really hope the information is correct and it's verified because if 94 folks um are safe and accounted for it. That's that's the miracle we've been hoping for for a couple of days. Very first place I went Was that factory and and 94 must have been folks that had left before. Um Because it's hard to imagine surviving once it hit Jeff one More okay across the, it doesn't have to know when you're later your thoughts right now with what's going on. It's just it's it's hard. Um We've had a pandemic the last two years we've had a historic ice storm. We had flooding that had some are eastern Kentucky towns underwater and and and now we have this um mm we'll push through all because we don't have a choice. Um And we're strong enough to do it john Boyle. W. F. P. L. Hi governor. Um I wanted to speak specifically about the candle factory. Obviously that's that's a big big development if it does turn out to be true. Um And I know you guys work on confirming it but I wanted to get a sense from you. Um you know how confident the state is in that information um at this point in the process. Uh And then a little bit of I guess specific details on the ways you guys are working through it to to verify that this information is correct. So we were verifying the information. So I don't I don't have a level of of of confidence yet. Um This is information provided directly by the company uh Kentucky State police is is working through the list of individuals they found. We just want to make sure they're okay. And then we need um we need to to prove whatever whatever documentation it would take to establish um the number of people who who were there that that we have to account for. We believe it's 100 and 10. We just want to make sure. So um I can't give you a level of confidence but this is the information the companies providing and so I want to provide it uh to the public and and very much hope that it's true. I think the company has also pledged um to cover funeral expenses of of of their families. Jack Brammer from the herald leader, Governor of the 64 people confirmed dead. Do you know how many have been identified? And at 105 Kentucky is unaccounted for. Do you have a county by county breakdown of those folks? I don't have a county by county breakdown with me. Now we will work on on getting that. And remember that's fluid because people have to report somebody um As as as missing. Um So 18 of the 64 to my knowledge are unidentified. So not going to try to do math up here. But but if you do the subtraction there you'll you'll get the identify identification W. D. R. B. No. Okay. Uh Newsy nope. Okay. Karen Boyer. Hi governor. Um Your office put out a warning friday afternoon about the weather that was to hit on friday evening. Do we know what kind of warning people at the candle factory received? Mhm. Well the information was absolutely out in the public about a strong set of of storms. Um that could produce tornadoes. We knew we were going to have a significant weather event. Um But you can stand in the middle of Mayfield and Mhm. I don't think I don't think I don't think anyone um could have predicted something as devastating as as as this is. Um I do believe there were warnings I believe for days uh People were advised um I don't fault warning systems. I don't fault training. Uh I don't know about the procedures in the in the in the candle factory and don't have any any reason to fault that either. I mean how do you tell people that there's going to be one of the most powerful tornadoes in history and it's going to come directly through you're building. Uh It's another reason it just makes it really hard. It's the why is an answer that they will get one day. Um But not one I think that will get on this Earth. Debby Yetter courier journal by governor from here. Um I wanted to ask in terms of the candle factory, have the owner's been cooperating or coordinating with emergency authorities and ultimately, whose responsibility is it for establishing the deaths? I presume they aren't the official uh person to do that. And finally, as the search and rescue is still going on at the candle factory, what are you all finding? So the owners um made several contacts yesterday, including two, uh my office. We put them in touch. We're standing in the room um with the with the coordinators there on the ground. Uh The company does know or should know right, who was there, Who who works for them. And so they're an integral part of being able to to contact folks and and remember um you couldn't contact folks for for a significant period of of time. Um You know, in fact, I was working with a TNT directly yesterday that got three different uh counties up that had been entirely out. And it's really hard to do search and rescue to to help to to communicate with each other. Um Without it, the Kentucky State Police is a group that's currently verifying uh the information and once that's verified it will become official. Um Again, I really hope, I really hope it's real. Um Remember there's still a if if the company's information is correct, there's still at least eight unidentified individuals. So that operation is continuing uh right now it's it's pretty much 2 12 hour shifts. One, uh, Louisville and one Lexington are managing. Um, they sent down some incredible folks well trained for it. Uh, they're coordinating with Mayfield's fire chief. Both fire chief and the police chief in Mayfield are doing a phenomenal job. Um, Police chief talked yesterday about how he had to take time to figure out which of his officers have homes anymore That they've been running for 36 hours before they could breathe. And say, do you have any place to go home to? Uh, to, to rest? Um, but they, the fire chief specifically wanted to thank Lexington and Louisville and so many others out there. But the mayors of both those towns have reached out and said, what do you need put them in direct contact with others. But everybody out there when I was in Dawson, most of volunteers were from Madisonville, which had been spared and had come to to help Jim Bellissimo, Bellissimo from Fox 17. Yeah. Okay. Amanda Macias for CNBC. Hi, thank you so much for doing this. I wanted to ask about the initial cost assessments for the damage to your state. And if you think you have enough of the financial assistance or you may potentially need more. And my second question, are there any big businesses or corporations that have reached out and pitched in. Wow. There are so many, I'm almost want to say that every business has called or, or, or tried to call. Um, I had voicemail from the Ceo amazon. I guess he's the ceo of amazon. You can find my, my number, um, at his first name's Andy who knew. Um, but, but all over and it's, it's actually really hard to process the requests when it's wild when you have like a Fortune 50 company and you say, I'll make that call back, when when I can um, the love has been unbelievable. Um, and I guess that's, that's what keeps you going both from your neighbors and, and, and, and the rest. Um, I don't have yet an estimate on damages, but it's in the hundreds of millions of dollars at least. Um, I said this yesterday, there's, there's not a lens big enough to capture the devastation and everybody has come in from fema and homeland have said the same. You stand in the middle of Mayfield or Dawson where 2/3 of the town are gone or, or in that town in Muhlenberg County and it's almost crushing. Um, how, how, how, how it feels. But again, whatever the cost, I know our federal partners are there with us, um, we will spare no expense by the state. I'm going to spend as much today as I can ensuring whether it's state parks or others that we've got a warm place for our families to sleep and then um, turning tomorrow or the next day. I'm gonna make sure that we come together to make sure these families can celebrate christmas too. Um, we lost some kids and we have some kids that lost their homes and at this time of year, especially as a person of faith, I want to make sure that we can be there for them. And I know now I said that there's gonna be another uh, round of, of support that comes out there. All right, I appreciate it. Uh, Karen's are Karen last question, because this is about all I can do. Thanks Governor, I apologize. I actually have to uh, thank you to you and thank you for your team for getting us in, vote quickly over the weekend. Um, first to citizens who want to go in and help. I know you had said it's best for people to stay away, but are there any types of expertise where it would be a help and not a hindrance? And then the second question is obviously, this also brings out the worst in people. We've seen some of the best. But how do you identify and report scams? Thank you. Well, identify and report scams both locally. Um, uh, the Attorney General's Office I know has also pledged its support. The price gouging statute is in effect. That's also the Attorney General's Office. So report to them. If all of a sudden gas goes through the roof for building materials, go through the roof, sadly we have seen that sometimes, but I, I hope that we won't see it here A tragedy of this level. Hopefully no one. Um we'll we'll try to take advantage of what was her other, what was what was the other question, Karen? And oh, uh well, first we do need help at our state parks, um uh and you know, that doesn't take any expertise at all, just uh chipping in and helping uh to do the things that that support these families, I believe right now, that the expertise that is needed is is there all right. Uh tell our folks in Western Kentucky, uh, stay strong to the rest of Kentucky. Uh, if it hurts, it's it's because you care to all of you, we love you, we're going to be with you today tomorrow and in the years to come on. A great, okay. >> CHEWNING GOVERNOR BESHEAR OVER THE DAMAGE WE SAW OVER THE WEEKEND. >> OUR BEST COTUNOR F DEATHS ARE 64 KENTUCKIA.NS REMEMBER THIS IS FLUID AND THE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE THANK GOD GONE DOWN AND OTHER TIMES, THEY HAVE GONE UP. 20 AT GRAVES, 13 IN HOPKINS. 11 AT MUHLENBERG. 12N I WARREN, FOUR IN CALDWELL. ONE IN MARSHL.AL ONE IN LYLE. UNDOUBTEDLY THERE WILL BE MORE. WE BELIEVE IT WILL CERTAINLY BE ABOVE 70, MBEAY EVEN 80. WITH THIS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AND RUBBLE IT MAY BE A WEEK OR EVEN MORE BEFORE WE HAVE A FINAL COUNT ON THE NUMBER OF LOST LIVES. CURRENTLY WE BELIEVE THERE ARE LEAST 70, MAYBE EVEN 80. BUT WITH THIS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AND RUBBLE IT MAY BE ONE WEEK OR EVEN MORE BEFORE WE HAVE A FINAL COUNT ON THE NUMBER OF LOST LIVES. CURRENTLY WE BELIEVE THERE ARE LEAST 105 KENTUCKIANS UNACCOUNTABLE. WE ARE STILL WORKING TO FIND. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 300 NATIALON GUARD RESCUE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS. HUNDREDS OF STATE EMPLOYEES FROM THE DIVISION OF FOREST TREE ARE CLEARING ROADS. YESTERDAY WE WERE ABLE TO IN MAYFIELD CLEARING ROADS STARTING TO HAUL DEISBR AWAY. I BELIEVE THAT THE SAME MUHLENBERG COUNTY. WORK DIRECTLY WITH GROUPS TO GET CELL SERVICE BACK IN HOPKINS, MARSHALL AND I THINK IT’S UP AND GOING IN FULTON COUNTY AS WELL WORKING ON HITMEN. TO RECAP WE CAN DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY ROUGHLY MIDNIGHT BEFORE MIDNIGHT BEFORE THE STORM REALLY HIT. WE RECEIVED IMMEDIATE FEDERAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION NOT -- WHICH IS THE FASTEST WE’VE SNEE AND LAST NIGHT WE RECEIVED A FEDERAL DECLARATION OF MARJO EMERGENCY, I THINK THE FASTEST THAT’BES EN ISSUED AND WE ARE REALLY GRATEL.FU FEMA WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT THAT MEANS. IT IS GOOD NEWS FOR FAMILIES. THEY WILL BE ON THE GROUND DOCUMENTING LOSSES OF PEOPLE’S HOMES, HELPING THEGOM AHEAD AND FILE THEIR CLAIMS. NEW PIECESUT O TODAY, A LOT OF PIECES OF PAPER HERE I’M DOING THE BEST I CAN. I’M ORDERGIN FLAGS TO HALF STAFF IN HONOR OF THOSE LOST AND THOSE SUFFERING FROM THIS TORDONA. ALL STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS WILL BE ORDERED TO BE LOWERED FOR ONE WEEK IN HONOR OF THE KENTUCKIANS WHO WERE KILLEAND D/OR SEVERELY IMPACTED. THEY SHOULD BE LOWERED BEGINNING AT SUNRISE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14 AND REMAINED SO UNTIL SDOUNWN MONDAY, DECEMBER 20. I AM ASKING BUSINESSES FROM OTHER STATES -- AND OTHER STATES TO JOIN UINS RECOGNITION OF KENTUCKIANS WHO ARE STRUGGLING SO BADLY. NEXT UPDATE, SOME POTENTIAL GOOD NEWS FROM THE CANDY FACTORY -- CANDLE FACRYTO MAYFIELD THAT WE ARE WORKING TO CONFIRM THIS INFORMATION. ALL OF THIS IS BEING REPORD.TE BUT WE ARE WORKING TO CONFIRM IT. ACCORDING TO THE BUSINESS, 110 INDIVIDUALS, 94 ARE ALIVE AND ACCOUNTED FOR. WE ARE WORKING TO CONFIRM THAT. EIGHT ARE DEAD. WE FOUND EIGHT BODIES. EIGHT ARE MISSG.IN WE FEARED CHMU WORSE AND I PRAY THAT IT IS ACCURATE. WITH NO PHONES, WITH 15 PLUS FE ET OF WRECKAGE THAT HALF A DOZEN BACKHOES TRYING TO PULL THINGS OFFF O IT, THERE WAS NO WAY TO KNOW ATHE T TIME, THE INDIVIDUALS WERE OUT THERE. WE VERY MUCH HOPE THAT IS TRUE. WE’VE OPENED UP OUR STATE PARKS FOR HOUSING FOR IMPTEDAC FAMILIES. I THINK WE HAVE 100 PLUS ADULTS AND A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE OUT THERE. WE WILL GUARANTEE AT LEAST TWO WEEKS OF STAY. THERE MAY BE OTHER OPTIONS BY THE END OF THAT. WE ARE NOT TO LET ANY OF THE FOLKS GO HOMELESS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE DISTRESSED FAMILIES AT KENTUCKY VILLAGE. CURRENTLY WE HAVE SOME OPENINGS I’M WORKING WITH THE COUNTY JUDGE IN KREIS COUNTY MOVETO PEOPLE FROM A WARMING CENTER OR SHELTER TO THESE ROOMS. WE HAVE AT LEAST 58 ROOMS OPEN, WE HAVE 30 ON.PE IF WE CAN GET POWER WE WILL OPEN UP ABOUT 50 MORE. WE DO NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP. WE NEED SOME VOLUNTEERS TO HELP US STAFF THE STATE PARK. IT WILL BE THINGS AT WASHING DISHES AND WASHING CLOTHES. WE COULD USE THAT HELP .WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO B OF ASSISTANCE. YOU CAN CONTACT DIRECTOR ANDY HASSETT AT 502-418-3581. I HOPE HE IS FLOODED WITH CALLS AND EMAILS AND WE CAN PUT AS MANY PEOPLE TO WORK HELPING OUR PEOPLE OUT AS POSSIBLE. JUST AEW F MORE FACTS ABOUT THOSE WE’VE LOST. 18RE A STILL UNIDENTIFIED. OF THE ONES THAT WE KWNO. THE AGE RANGE IS FIVE MONTHS TO 86 YEARS. SIX ARE YOUNGER THAN 18. HELP KEEPS POURING IN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THKAN YOU TO EVERYONE. WE FL URYOEE LOVE HERE IN KENTUCKY. TEAM WESTERN KENTUCKY TORNOAD RELIEF FUND NOW 31,200 79 DONATIONS, OVER $4 MILLION RAISED INTO IT THUS FAR. THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO HELP US . THIS IS A FUND ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATE. FUYLL TRANSPARENT ON HOW IT IS SPENT, THERE WILL BEO N ADMINISTRATIVE FEES TAKEN OUT. ALL OF THAT WILL GO TO HELP THESE FAMILIES. TODAY WE ARE ANNOUNCING THE FIRST EXPENDITURE. WEIL WL BE PROVIDING $5,000 OF BURIAL EXPENSES FOR EACH FAMILY THAT’S LOST. WE WILL ASK FUNERAL HOME OR GROUP DO NOT CHARGE THE FAMILIES BEYOND THAT $5,000. WE WILL WORK WITH OUR VITAL STATISCSTI GROUP FOR EVERYONE WHO’S BEEN IDENTIFIED AND WE WILL REACH OUT AND CONTACT THOSE FAMILIES DIRECTLY. RIGHT NOW WE THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 30,000 KENTUCKY HOMES THAT ARE WITHOUT POWER. SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS REMOVAL GOING ON RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A MOUNTAIN OF WASTE. WE’VE GOT SIGNIFICANT LIVESTOCK DEAD IN ALL OF THE AREAS. THERE IS ONGOING CLEANUP WITH THAT. IN MAYFIELD SUFFERED DAMAGE CANNOT SERVE THE PUBLIC AT THIS TI.ME MOBILE UNIT IS IN PROCESS SO WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE CONTINUING NEEDED SERVICES. THEYAN C CALL-8 1 55-306-8959 OR APPLY FOR HELP ONLINE THROUGH THE CONNECT SITE. WALGREENS IN MAYFIELD IS THE ONLY PHARMACY THAT HAS BEEN OPEN . STARTING TODAY WALMART PLANS TO OPEN FOR PRESCRIPTION FULFILLMENT. THIS IS IN MAYFIELD. IF YOU NEED A RILEFL IT WOULD HELP TO BRING THE MEDICATION BOTTLES. THE PHARMACY RECOGNIZES YOU PROBABLY DON’T HAVE THEM. SO IF YOU HAVE A LIST OF YOUR MEDICATIONS, THAT WOULD BE HELPLFU. MAYFIELD NURSING AND REHAB HAS BEEN CLOSED TO RESRETO DAMAGE. KENTUCKY STATE POLICE IS ASKING ESPECIALLY IN THE GRAVES COUNTY AREA FOR ANY FAMILY MEMBERS MISSING LOVED ONES, REPORT TO THE OFFICE BUILDING OF HIS HOUSE MINISTRIES TO PROVIDE A REFERENCE TO ENTER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR EDIFICATION PURPOSES. IT’S LOCATED AT 5012 KY 303 IN MAYFIELD. ANYBODY WHO NEEDSSS AISTANCE GETTING THERE CALLED 859-267 -7775. BULLIES ARE USING RAPID DNA TECHNOLOGY TO ASSIST THE DEDICATION OF VICTIMS SO THEY ARE REQUESTING ANY FAMILY MEMBERS OF MNGISSI LOVED ONES TO COME TO THAT SAME BUILDING TO SUITBM DNA SO THEY CAN MATCH .KENTUCKY STATE POLICE OFFERING INFORMATION ON THE CANDLE FACTORY. I KNOW FOLKS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY , I’M NOT DOING WELL TODAY AND I’M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF US ARE. I WAS WORKING ON GETTING THE CONFIRMED DEATHS ISTH MORNING AND REALIZED I WAS WRITING ON THE BACK OF NOTES THAT E OONF MY KIDS TOOK FROM SCHOOL. HERE’S WHAT IT IS. IT’S NOTES ON INERTIA. AN OBJECT IN MOTION WILL STAY IN MOTION. SO WE ARE GOING TO KEEP PUTTING ONE FOOT IN FRONT OFHE T OTHER AND PUSH THROUGH THIS. EVERYBY ODOUT THERE GET THE HELP YOU NEED. TAKE CARE OF YOURSFEL AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES. AWERE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WE WILL BEIT WH YOU TODAY, WE WILL BE WITH YOU TO REBUILD. PEOPLE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER, EVERYBODY INHE T COUNTRY IS STANDING WITH YOU. WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR DAWSON. >> THANK YOU GOVERNOR IN GOOD MORNING. I’M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERALL UPDATE ON OPATNSIOER. WEAV HE AN EXTRAORDINARY COMPLEMENT OF STATE AND FEDERAL PERSONNEL AT 80 TO 100. THIS WILL BE THROUGH THE WEEKENDS TO ANSWER THE QUESTS IN THE COUNTIES INTO SURRENDER ASSISTANCE. FORESTRY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, ENGYER SECTOR, SHELTERING, PARKS,ED R CRO,SS COMMAND-AND-CONTROL SECTION. NOW GOING TO SOME OF THE POWER NEWS IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES. WE ARE LITERALLY AT 28 THOUSAND 531 OUTAGES -- 28,531 OUTAGES AS OF THIS MORNING. THIS IS A REMARKABLE OUTCOME WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DAMAGE ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. 95% OF POTENTILYAL IMPACTED POWERLINES HAVE BEEN ACCESSED. IN MOST OF THESE EVENTS, THE POWER COMPANIES CANNOT GET TO THE LINES EVEN TO PERFORM ASSESSMENTS. THERE SOME BAD NEWS TH TWIHE GOOD NEWS PAID THERE ARE STILL 29 TRANSMISSION LINES. THESE ARE THE LINES THAT FDEE FROM POWER PLANTS. THE ICE STORM WE SAW THE COLLAPSE OF THESE ACROSS THE STATE. WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT IN THE RESTORATION WILL BE WEE TKSO MONTHS FOR THESE. YOU HAVE A SMALL NUMBER THAT FEED OFF THESE TRANSMISSION LINETHS AT ARE STILL OUT. AT LEAST 97 POWER STRUCTURES DAMAGED. LOCAL POWER COMPANIES HAVE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THEIR OWN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS. MUTUALID A CREWS FROM OTHER STATES ARE ARRIVING TODAY. THIS IS JUST AN ESTIMATE OF NUMBERS. WE HAVE 8000 PORWE POLES, THESE ARE THE ONES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE DOWN. THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED. IT’S A MASSIVE EFFORT. THE MOST IMPACTED POWER COMPANIES LEXINGTON ELECTRIC, NATIONAL ELECTRIC. WARREN RURAL ELECTRIC, MARIE ELECTRIC. BOWLING GREEN MUNICIPALITY. WE HAVE WATER SYSTEMS ALSO IMPACTED. THREE SYSTEMS NOT OPERATIONAL. 11 SYSTEMS CURRENTLY WITH LIMITED OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES , THEES ARE BOIL WATER ADVISORI.ES WE ARE CERTAINLY FAMILIAR WITH THOSE AND OTHER IMPACTS. THE DIVISION CONTINUES TO COORDINATE WITH ALL MUNICIPAL UTILITIES. WE ARE DELIVERING GENERATORS AS WE SPE.AK OUR REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR WILL SPEAK TO SOME OF THE GENERATION OPPORTUNITIES AND THINGS BRINGING OVEINR A SECOND. IN GRAVESEND MAYFIELD THEY ARE EXPERIENCING OVERLOAD. THAT IS TO BE EXPECTED BECAUSE TRYING TO RESTORE. GENERATORS ARRIVED THIS MORNING AND THEY WERE STORED HEAT, WE ARE COORDINATING WHIT FEMA AND THE U.S. CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH TO PROVIDE WATER. CERTAINLY WATER IS IN HIGH DEMAND. WE ARE BULK OPDR SHIPPING BOTTLED WERAT TO COMMAND CENTERS ACROSS THE STATE. WE HAVE REQUESTED AND RECEID,VE I CANNOT STRESS THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL SUPPORT THAT CAME SO QUICKLY. I CAN TELL YOU JUST OMFR BEING A VETERAN OF NOW 17 DISASTERS, IT TAKES TIME TO GET THE WHEELS ROLLING. WE HAD FEDERAL URBAN SEARCH AND REUESC TEAMS ON THE GROUND BEFORE I HAD FINISHED SUBMITTING REQUESTS. JUST OVERNIGHT THE APPROVED THREE ADDITIONAL TEAMS TO DO AREA WIDE SEARCHES. NOW WE HTOE AV SEARCH ALL THE AREAS. FORWARD ELEMENTS ARRIVED LAST NIGHT. PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS. IN HOPKINS WE EAR ASSISTING, THAT WAS ASSESSED LAST NIGHT AND WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING ON THE WAY. IN DAWNSO SPRINGS, ELECTRIC IS STILL DOWN AND WATER IS BEING REESTABLISHED. VERIZON SENT SOME MOBILE CELLULAR UNITS. SO WITH THAT, RESTORATION IS ONGOING. THIS IS KNOCKING TO BE A WEEK OR A MONTH OPERATION FOR US. THIS WILL GO ON FOR YEARS TO COME. THIS IS A MASSIVE ENTVE HURRIED THE LARGEST AND MOST DEVASTATING EVENT IN STATE HISTORY. THE KEY HERE IS OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND HEARTS GO OUT TO ALL OF THE VICTIMS, TO ALL OF THE FAMILIES AND TO THOSE WERE STILL MISSING. THIS IS A HORRIFIC EVENT. NOW I WILL INTRODUCE --. THEY WERE WITH THE GOVERNOR AND I WNHE WE TOURED THE AREA WITH THE SECRETARY OF DHS. IT IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE TO PRONOUNCE THE SECRETARY’S NAME. DAN ALSO THE FEMA ADMINISTRATOR. THESE WERE REMARKAEBL FOLKS. TH GEYET IT, CARE. IN SYNCING WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR IN THE SECRETARY HAD ROU APPLICATION ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE WITH APPROVALS WAITING FOR THE SIGNED DOCUMENT. THANK YOU AND PLEASE UPDATE US. >> THANK YOU. YESTERDAY MEANT SO MUCH TO THE SECRETARY, TO THE ADMINISTRATOR TO REALLY SEE. THE PICTURES DIDN’T DONY ATHING. IT’S SUCH AN IMPACT AND AS DIRECTOR DOS SDAI, OUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS GO TO THE FAMILIES. THE FAMILIES WHO LOST LOVED ONES, THE FAMILIES WHO SUFFERED SUCH INCREDIBLE DAMAGE FROM WHAT WE SAW. LAST NIGHT AS YOU HEARD, THE PRESIDENT DID DECLARE A MAJOR DECLARATION AND THIS INCLUDED EIGHT COUNTIES AND I WILL READ THOSE OFF. CALDWELL, FULTON, GRAVES, HOPKINS, MARSHALL, MUHLENBERG, TOWLER, AND WARREN COUNTIES. WE WILL WORK THWI THE STATE ON IDENTIFYING OTHER COUNTIES TO GET THEM ADDED ON. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THERE IS ASSISTANCEOR F INDIVIDUALS, FOR HOMEOWNERS, FOR RENTERS. THEY NEED TO APPLY FOR FEMA ASSISTANCE. THE ADMINISTRATOR DID SAY YESTERDAY THE FIRST LINEF O DEFENSE IS INSURANCE. MAKE SURE IF YOU HAVE INSURANCE THAT YOU’VE ALREADY CALLED THEM. WE ALSO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO APPLY FORSS AISTANCE. THAT COMES IN VARIOUS WAYS AND WE’VE GIVEN THE SDELI TO THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT GETS OUT THEREO T THE MEDIA. YOU CAN GO AND APPLY ONLINE. DISASTERASSISTANCE.GOV .OR YOU CAN CALL THE FEMA HOTLIN AT 1-800-621-FEMA. 1-800-61-3362. THEY WILL BE OUT IN THOSE COUNTIES THAT HAVE BEEN DECLARED. WE MAY EVEN HAVE PEOPLE AS SOON AS TODAY, I WILL GET AN UPDATE ON THAT, BUT YOU WILL SEE THEM IN FAEM SHIRTS AND THEY WILL CARRY AN IPAD. THEY WILL GO WHERE THEY SEE PEOPLE WORKING ON THEIR HOMES AND TRY TO GET THEM REGISTERED AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE INTO THAT SYSTEM. THE PERSON WILL RECEIVE A NINE DIGIT NUMBER DAN THEY MAY NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY KEEP THAT NUMBER BECAUSEHE TY CAN KEEP GOING BACK ON LINE AND CHECKED THE REGISTRATION AND STATUS OF THAT. DON’T HESITATE WHEN YOU SEE A FEMA PERSON WITH FEMA ID, UP TO YOU AND TALK TO THEM. YOU MAY ALSO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM WHERE WE MAY FIND OTHER SURVIVORS TO BRING THAT ASSISTANCE TO THEM. THAT IS THE KEY MESSAGE TODAY OF THAT IS TO REGISTER. IN ANY OF THOSE WAYS. THERE WILL BE VARIOUS FORMS OF ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE. THAT’S IN FORMS OF THE LOW INTEREST LOAN TO GRANTS WHICH COULD INCLUDE TEMPORARY HOUSING, REALNT ASSISTANCE, REPAIRSND A OTHER NEEDS ASSISTANCE. PEOPLE LOST THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS. DENTAL AND FUNERAL ASSISTANCE. SO AGAIN INC EOURAGE EVERYBODY TO REGISTER AND WHEN YOU REGISTER, ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT IS TO MAKE SURE YOU GIVE A NUMBER OF WHERE YOU CAN BE REACHED. YOU MAY BE STAYING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, YOU MAY HAVE LOST YOUR CELL PHONE. MAKE SURE YOU GIVE A NUMBER OF WHERE YOU CABEN REACHED BECAUSE THE HOUSING INSPECTOR WILL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU. THAT’S THE DISASTER ASSISTCEAN PIECE. WHAT CAME ALONG WITH THE MAJOR DECLARATION FOR THOSE EIGHT COUNTIES IS ALSO CATEGORY A. COUNTIES WERE ALREADY DECLARED FROM CATEGORY B WHICH IS EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE MEASURES. THINGS THAT YOU DID IN TIMES OF THE STORMS. FOR THE POLICE, FIRST RESPONDERS, OF THE VEHICLES THEY USED. BUT ALSO WAS AVAILABLE FOR DEBRIS CLEARANCE, PUSHING DEBRIS OFF TO THE ROADSIDE. NOW THEY HAVE RECEIVED CATEGORY A, WHICH IS DEBRIS REMOVAL. THEY MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO BE REIMBURSED UP TO 75% BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I KNOW WE SPOKE ABOUT IT YESTERDAY, I ENCOURAGE THOSE PUBLIC OFFICIALSO T DOCUMENT. WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE OUT ON THE GROUND. WE HAVE FEMA PEOPLE, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PEOPLE OUT ON THE GROUND DOING DEBRIS SURVEYS. THEY ARE LINKING UP WITH THE LOCAL ENTITIES TO HELP GUIDE THEM THROUGH WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. ALSO LOOKINGT A POSSIBLY PRIVATE PROPERTY DEBRIS REMOVAL. I KNOW THAT’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED. WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THOSE ANSWERS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO EVERYTHING IDOS NE THE RIGHT WAY. SO THAT IT COULD BE ELIGIBLE. ALSO WE HAVE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS LOINGOK AT THE WATER AND WASTEWERAT SYSTEMS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS BECAUSE WE KNOW IT’S IMPORTANT TO GET THOSE UP AND RUNNI.NG WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE LOCALS AND STATE. ALL OF THIS IS IN SUPPORT OF THE STATE. THEY ARE LOCKED TIGHT WITH US. THAT’S WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE HAVE FOUR URB SANEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS ON THE GROUND. ONE BEINATG THE CANDLE FACTORY WITH THE THREE OTHERS ARE IN GRAVES COUNTY. THEY’VE ALREADY BEGUN THOSE TSHI MORNING. YOU WILL SEE THE IMMOBILE EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES SUPPORTING ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS THEIN COMMUNITIES WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND HELPING THEM IN THE SHORT TERM FOR COMMUNICATIONS. C1 ON TODAY BECSEAU THAT’S A BIG QUESTION. ALSO, WE KNOW THAT THERE’S GOING TO BE A NEED FOR HOUSING. IT’S HOW WE GET THERE TOGETHER BECAUSE WE KNOW KENTUCKY’S RESILIENT AND WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET TO HOUSING AND WE’RE GOING TO STRATEGIZE WITH THE STATE ON THIS AND TSHI IS FOR BOTH SHORT AND LONG-TERM HOUSING AND THEN IN REGDSAR TO COMMODITIES WE HAVE WATER MEALS COTS AND BLANKETS FOR 15,000 PEOPLE PER DAY AND WE CONTINUE TO MEOV ACCIDENT EVERY DAY AND THEN IT WAS DISCUSSED. WE HEAV ADDITIONAL WATER THAT’S ALREADY BEEN DELIVERED. IN DIRECTOR DOSSETT WE TOGETHER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO ASSESSMENTS FOR GENERATORS AND PROVIDE GENERATORS TO CRITICAL PUBLIC PLACES. SO AGAIN, IT’S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE STATE IN ANY OF THEIR NEEDS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE HERE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. GOVERNOR. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL OPEN IT UP TO TO QUESTIONS WE’VEOT G FIVE THAT ARE ARE WITH US TODAY FIVE JOURNALISTS AND OTHERS ON THE LINE. SO WE’LL START WITH GEORGIA MACARTHUR. OKAY, WE’LL GO TO CAROLINA. GOVERNOR YOUR VCEOI IS SHAKING THIS MORNING. YOU NEARLY BROKE DOWN YOU WERE ANNOUNCING SOME OF THE AGES. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? HOW ARE THE PEOPLE OF WESTERN KENTUCKY FEELING THE 13? STJU HOW IS EVERYONE DOING? I MEAN PEOPLE OF WESTERN KENTUCKY HAVE GONE THROUGH AN UNSPEAKABLE TRAUMA. I MEAN, IT’S IT’S TRAUMATIC. CAN CAN BE IN THERE HELPING. YOU GO FROM GRIEF TO SHOCK TO. BEING RESOLUTE SPAN OF 10 MI NUTES AND AND AND AND YOU GO BACK. IT’S HARD TO UNDERSTAND HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR WHY SOMETHING LIKE TSHI HAPPENS. IT IS JUST AWFUL. AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOST EVERYTHING. BUT ARE STILL HERE WITH US. IT 'T ’S IT’S HARD TO THINK OF THEM AS LUCKY BUT IT THIS IS REALLY HARD, BUT WE’RE GONNA MAKE IT. WE PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OFHE T OTHER MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE IN ERTIA AND WE’LL REBUILD THERE’S GOING TO BE GRIEF, THERE’S GOING TO BE CLEAN UP, BUT THEN WE’RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT EVERYBODY GSET BACK ON THEIR FEET. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT OUT THERE. I MEANHE T WHOLE COUNTRY IS CALLING AND TRYING TO HELP ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE WE HAVEN ITHESE COUNTIES IS TOO MUCH IN MANY WAYS HOW TO COORDINATE AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF GOODS AND OF VOLUNTEERS. AND YOU KNOW, BUTUT B THERE’S A LOT OF LOVE OUT THERE. ILPH HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT ON WHEN HE MIGHT BE WE’VE HEARD THAT THE PRESIDENT IS COMING TO KENTUCKY AND WE ARE WORKING TO COORDINATE A VISIT. WE DON’T HAVE ANY DETAILS YET ABOUT IT, BUT PRESIDENT BENID CALLED ME THREE TIMES ON. SATURDAY AND AND YOU KNOW HAS HAS MOVED FASTER THAN THEN WE’VE EVER SEEN ON ON GETTING US THE TH E AID WE NEED WE WILL WELCOME HIM HERE. WE WILL THANK HIM FOR H HISELP AND SADLYIL WL SHOW HIM THE WORST TORNADO DAMAGE IMAGINABLE CERTAINLY THE WORST IN IN OUR HISTORY. TOM THANK GORNORVE ALSO A PRETTY QUICK ONES THAT WE’RE GONNA HAVE MORE KENTUCKY GUARD MEMBERS ACTIVATED WITH THE HOUSING THE FEMA HELPS WITH WHAT I INCLUDE THE TRAILERS THAT WE REMEMBER LIKE FROM THE KATRINA AND WHEN HAVE YOU AND CAN YOU FOR CLARICIFATION SITE EXPLAIN WHAT A REFERENCE STANDARD IS MOST PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS ABOUT DNA AND THE PHOTOS IS A YOU KNOW, SO SO THEY’RE GONNA NEED THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE IF YOU’RE MISSING A LOVED ONE ARE ARE GOING TO NEED INFORMATION PHOTOS. YOU CAN BRING ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONE THAT WOULDEL HP IDENTIFY THEM. I’D BRING YOU KNOW AS MUCH AS YOU CAN THEN THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE A DNA SAMPLE FROM YOU IF YOU YOU WERE RELATED TO THEM. PROBABLY FOR THE WORST CASE OF OF THE WORSE AND WE STILL HAVE AN IDENTIFIED BODIES. WE WILL CALL OUT AS MANY NATIONAL GUARD AS OUR NEEDED. WE IN MANY WAYS. IT’S IT’S ALMOST LIMITATION BY EQUIPMENT RIGHT BECAUSE IS NEEDED THERE IS STILL SEARCH AND RESCUE GOING ON BUT AT SOME POINT THAT WILL SWITCH TO. BE REMOVAL. WE’RE ASSISTING IN SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPACITIES, BUT AS POWER GETS BACK UP. THAT’LL PROBABLY CHANGE TOO IF WEEED N MORE WE’LL HAVE MORE. AND WHAT WAS THE LAST ONE? OH FEMA OUR HOUSE. SO FAEM HOUSING IS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE MOST EFFECTIVE FORM. I THINK THERE’S RVS. I THINK THAT THERE ARE YOU KNOW, THE THE TYPE THAT THAT YOU REFERENCED. ONE THING FAMOUS LEARNED ABOUT US THOUGH IS WE TAKE CARE OF US? AND PEOPLE HAVE OPENED UP THEIR HOMES ALREADY AND EVERY TIME A HOUSE HAS POWER THAT COMES BACK ON. IT’S NOT JUSTNE O FAMILY. IT’S GOING TO IT IT’S THEM AND AND ALL THEIR FRIENDS AND AND MAYBE SOMEBOD TYHEY MET THE DAY BEFORE. DIYA GOOD MORNING. AND AS WE’RE RUNNING THE DETAILS THIS MORNING FROM THE PIANO CLASSES GOING FORWARD. WE HAVENY A RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROCEDURES OR DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT JUST TAKE PLACE IS ANOTHER EVENT LIKE THIS COULD TAKE PLACE IN THE FUTURE. WE,LL IT’S IT’S TOO EARLY AND WHERE WE ARE TO TO KNOW ANY CHANGES THAT OUGHT TO BE MADE IN THE FUTURE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO END UP BEING AN E5. TORNADO WHICH YOU CAN HAVE THE WARNINGSUT B WHAT DO YOU DO RIGHT? THE HOLMES THAT SIT IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN DOWN THERE IT DIDN’T TAKE THE ROOF OFF. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE USED TO SEEING WITH TORNADOES RIGHT THAT IF YOU GET TO YROU SAFE PLACE, YOU’RE SAFE. YOU GET TO THE BASEMENT YOU’RE SAFE. THERE’S NO SAFE PLACE WHEN YOU GET HIT BY SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I’M SURE THAT WE WILL LOOK. AT WHAT PROCEDURES THE FACILITY HAD THAT’S THAT’S THAT’S THAT’S NATURAL, BUT IT’S STILL TOO EARLY AND WE WELL HAVE TO LIVE. WITH THE IDEA THAT SOME STORMS ARE SO POWERFUL. THAT THE WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROTECT OURSELVES IS IS LIMITED. REALLY? HOPE THE INFORTIMAON IS CORRECT AND IS VERIFIED BECAUSE OF 94 FOLKS? SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR THAT’S THAT’S THE MIRACLE WE’VE BEEN HOPING FOR FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS VERY FIRST PLACE I WENT. WAS THAT FACTORY IN AND THE 94 MUST HAVE BEEN FKSOL THAT HAD LEFT BEFORE BECAUSE IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE. SURVIVING ONCE IT HIT JEFF ONE MORE OKAY. ONE YEAR AGO. WE WATCHED VACCINES ARRIVED TO KENTUCKY. YEAH, WE’RE STILL INDEPENDENT WHILE THIS CRISIS INVESTIGATIVE APPROXIMATELY AN IMPACT IN LIFE. ONE YEAR LATER. YOUR THOUGHTS RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT’S GOING ON WITH CONDUCTANCE. IT’S JUST IT’S IT’ HSARD. WE’VE HAD A PANDEMIC. THE LAST TWO YEARS WE’VE HAD A HISTORIC ICE STORM. WE HAD FLOODING THAT HAD SOME OF OUR EASTERN KENTUCKY TOWNS UNDERWATER AND AND NOW WE HAVE THIS. WE’LL PUSH THROUGH ALL OF BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE A CHOICE AND WE’RE STRONG ENOUGH TO DO IT. JOHN BOYLE WLFP HI GOVERNOR WHAT IT DOES SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE CANDLE FACTORY. OBVIOUSLY, THAT’S THAT’S A BIG BIG DEVELOPMENT IF IT DOES TURN OUT TO BE TRUE, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON CONFIRMING IT, BUT I WANTED TO GET A SENSE FROM YOU. YOU KNOW, HOW CONFIDENT THE STATE IS IN THAT INFORMATION AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS? AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF I GUESS SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THE WAYS YOU GUYS ARE WORKING THROUGH IT TO TO VERIFY THAT THIS INFORMATION IS CORRECT. SO WE’RE VERIFYING THE INFORMATION SO I DON’T I DON’T HAVE A LEVEL OF OF CONFIDENCE YET. THIS IS INFORMATION PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY THE COMPANY KENTUCKY STATE POLICE IS IS WORKING THROUGH THE LIST OF INDIVIDUALS. THEY FOUND WE JUST WANTOT MAKE SURE THEY ARE. OKAY, AND THEN WE NEED. WE NEED TO TO PROVE WHATEVER WHATEVER DOCUMENTATION IT WOULD TAKE TO ESTABLISH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE THAT WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR WE BELIEVE IT’S A HUNDRED AND TEN. WE JUSTAN WT TO MAKE SURE SO I CAN’T GIVE YOU A LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE, BUT THIS IS THE INFORMATION THE COMPANY’S PROVIDING AND SO I WANT TO PROVIDE IT TO THE PUBLIC AND AND VERY MUCH HOPE THAT ’T'S TRUE. I THINK THE COMPANY IS ALSO PLEDGED TO COVER FUNERAL EXPENSES OF OF THEIR FAMILIES. JACK BRAMMER FROM THE HERALD LEADER GOVERNOR OF THE 64 PEOPLE CONFIRMED ADDE YOU KNOW HOW MANY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED? AND AT THE 105 KENTUCKY AND SPEND ACCOUNTED RFO DO YOU HAVE A COUNTY BY COUNTY BREAKDOWN OF? THOSE FOLKS I DON’T HAVE A COTYUN BY COUNTY BREAKDOWN WITH ME NOW. WE WILL WORK ON ON GETTING THAT AND REMEMBER THAT’S FLUID BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TO REPORT SOMEBODY AS AS MISSING. SO 18. OF THE 64 TO MY KNOWLEDGE ARE UNIDENTIFIEDO S NOT GOING TO TRY TO DO MATH UP HERE. BUT BUT IF YOU DO THE SUBTRACTION THERE YOU’LL GET THE THE IDENTIFY IDENTIFICATION. WD NO, OKAY NEWSY. NO, OKAY, KAREN BOYER. HI GOVERNOR YOUR OFFICEUT P OUT A WARNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT THE WEATHER. THATAS W TO HIT ON FRIDAY EVENING. DO WE KNOW WTHA KIND OF WARNING PEOPLE AT THE KINDLE FACTORY RECEIVED? WELL, THE INFORMATION WAS ABSOLUTELY OUTN I THE PUBLIC ABOUT A STRONG SET OF STORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES. WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HEAV A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT. YOU CAN STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF MAYFIELDND A I DON’T THINK I DON’T THINK. I DON’T THINK ANYONE COULD HAVE PREDICTED SOMETHING AS DEVASTATING AS AS THIS IS I DO BELIEVE THERE WERE WARNINGS I BELIEVEOR F DAYS PEOPLE WERE ADVISED. I DON’T FAULT WARNING SYSTEMS. I DON’T FAULT TRAINING. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE THE PROCEDURES AND THE IN THE CANDLE FACTORY AND DON’T HAVE ANY ANY REASON TO FAULT THAT EITHER. I MEAN, HOW DO YOU TELL PEOPLE THAT THERE’S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL TORNADOES IN HISTORY AND IT’S GOING DIRECTLY THROUGH? YOU’RE BUILDING IT’S ANOTHER REASON IT JUST MAKES IT REALLY HA RD. THAT’S THE THE Y IS AN ANSWER THAT THEY WILL GET ONE DAY BUT BUT NOT ONE. I THINK THAT WE’LL GET ON THIS EARTH. DEBBIE YETTER THE COURIER-JONAUR BY GOVERNOR I’M HERE. I WANTED TO ASK IN TERMS OF THE CANDLE FACRYTO HAVE THE OWNERS BEEN COOPERATING OR COORDINATING WITH EMERGENCY AUTHORITIES AND ULTIMATELY WHO’S RESPONSIBILITY. IS ITOR F ESTABLISHING THE DEATHS? I PRESUME THEY AREN’T THE OFFICIAL PERSON TO DO THAT AND FINALLY AS THE SEARCH AND RESCUE STILL GOING ON AT THE CANDLE FACTORY AND WHAT ARE YOU ALL FINDING? SO THE OWNERS MADE SEVERAL CONTACTS YESTERDAY INCLUDING TO MYNTACTS YESTERDAY INCLUDING TO OFFICE WE PUT THEM IN TOUCH. WE’RE STANDING IN THE ROOM WITH THE WITH THE COORDINATORSHERE T ON THE GROUND. THE COMPANY DOES KNOW OR SHOULD KNOW, RIGHT? WHO WAS THERE WHO WORKS FOR THEM? AND SO THEY’RE AN INTEGLRA PART OF BEING ABLE TO TO CONTACT FOLKS AND REMEMBER YOU COULDN’T CONTACT FOLKS FOR RFO A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME IN FACT I WAS WORKING WITH AT&T DIRECTLY YESTERDAY THAT GOT THREEIF DFERENT COUNTIES UP THAT HAD BEEN ENTIRELY OUT AND IT'’ REALLY HARD TO DO SEARCH AND RESCUE TO TO HELP TOO T COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER WITHOUT IT THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE IS A GROUP THAT’S CURRENTLY VERIFYING THE INFORMATION AND ONCE THAT’S VERIFIED IT WILL BECOME OFFICIAL. AGNAI REALLY? HOPE I REALLY HOPE IT’S REAL REMEMBER. THERE’S STILL A IF THE COMPANIES INFORMATION IS CORRECT. THEY’RE STILL AT LEAST EIGHT UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS. SO THAT OPERATION IS CONTINUING. RIGHT NOW IT’S IT’S PRETTY MHUC TWO 12-HOUR SHIFTS ONE, LOUISVILLE AND ONE LEXINGTON OUR MANAGING THEY SENT DOWN SOME INCREDIBLEOLKS F WELL TRAINED FOR IT. THEY’RE COORDINATING WITH MAYFIELD’S FIRE CHIEF BOTH FIRE CHIEF AND CHIEF IN MAYFIELD. ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB POLICE CHIEF TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW HE HAD TO TAKE TIME TO FIGURE OUT. WHICH OF HIS OFFICERS HAVE HOMES ANYMORE TTHA THEY’VE BEEN RUNNING FOR 36 HOURS BEFORE THEY COULD BREATHE AND SAY DO YOU HAVE ANY PCELA TO GO HOME TOO T REST BUT THEY THE FIRE CHIEF SPECIFICALLY WANTEDO T THANK LEXINGTON AND LOUISVILLE AND SO MANY OTHERS OUT THERE BUT THE MAYORSF O BOTH THOSE TOWNS HAVE REACHED OUT OF SAID WHAT DO YOU NEED PUT TMHE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH WITH OTHERS, BUT BUT EVERYBODY THERE. I MEAN WHEN I WAS AWESOME MOST OF VOLUNTEERS WERE FROM MADISONVILLE, WHICH HAD BEEN SPARED AND AND HAD COME TO TO HELP. JIM THE LEAST BELLISSIMO FROM FO17X EA YH, OKAY, AMANDA MACIAS FOR CNBC. HI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE INITIAL COST ASSESSMENTS FOR THE DAMAGE TO YOUR STATE. AND IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE ENOUGH OF THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OR UYO MAY POTENTIALLY NEED MORE AND MY SECOND QUESTION ARE THERE ANY BIG BUSINESSES OR CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT AND PITCHED IN? WOW, THERE ARE SO MANY. I’M I ALMOST WANTO T SAY THAT EVERY BUSINESS HAS CALLED OR OR TRIED TO CALL I’D VOICEMAIL FROM THE CEO AMAZON. I GUESS. HE’S A CEO OF AMAZON. HE CAN FIND MY NUMBERND A HIS FIRST NAME’S ANDY WHO KNEW? BUT BUT ALL OVER AND IT’S IT’S ACTUALLY REALLY HARD TO PROCESS THE REQUESTS WHEN IT’S IT'’ WILD WHEN YOU HAVE LIKE A FORTUNE 50 COMPANY AND AND YOU SAY I’LL KEMA THAT CALL BACK WHEN WHEN I CAN. THE LOVE HAS BNEE UNBELIEVABLE AND I GUESS THAT’S THAT’S WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING BOTH FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS AND AND AND AND THE REST. I DON’T HAVE YET AN ESTIMATE ON DAMAGE, BUT IT’S IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT LEAST. I SAID THIS YESTERDAY THERE’S THERE’S NOT A LENS. BIG ENOUGH TO CAPTURE DEVASTATION AND EVERYBODY WHO’S COME IN FROM FEMA AND HOMELAND HAVE SAID THE THE SAYING YOU YOU STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF MAYFIELD OR OR DAWSON WERE TWO-THIRDS OF THE TOWN ARE GONE OR OR IN THAT TOWN NEWLENBERG COTYUN AND IT’S ALMOST CRUSHING. HOW IT HOW IT HOW IT HOW IT FEELS? BUT AGAIN, WHATEVER THE COST I KNOW OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS ARE THERE WITH US. WE WILL SREPA NO EXPENSE BY THE STATE. I’M GOING TO SPEND AS MUCH UP TODAY AS I CAN ENSURING WHETHER IT’S STATE PARKS OR OTHERS THAT WE’VE GOT A WARM PLACE FOR OUR FAMILIES TO SLEEP AND THEN TURN MORROW OR THE NEXT DAY I’M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COME TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THESE FAMILIES CAN CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS, TOO. WE LOST SOME KIDS AND WE HAVE SOME KSID THAT LOST THEIR HOMES AND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, ESPECIALLY AS A PERSON OF FAITH. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BE THERE FOR THEM. AND I KNOW NOW I SAID TTHA THERE’S GONNA BE ANOTHER UH, ROUND OF SUPPORT TT COHAMES OUT THERE. ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE IT. OH KAREN, ZAR KAREN LAST QUESTION BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT ALL I CAN DO. THANKS GOVERNOR. I APOLOGIZE. I ACTUALLY HAVE TO THANK YOU TO YOU AND THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM FOR GETTING US INFO SO QUICKLY OVER THE WEEKEND FIRST TO CITIZENS WHO WANT TO GO IN AND HELP. I KNOW YOU HAD SAID IT’S BEST FOR PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY. BUT ARE THERE ANY TYPES OF EXPERTISE WHERE IT WOULD BE A HELP AND NOT A HINDRANCEND A THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS? I OBVIOUSLY TSHI ALSO BRINGS OUT THE WORST IN PEOPLE. WE’VE SEEN SOME OF THE BEST BUT HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY AND REPORT SCAMS? THANK YOU. WELL IDENTIFYND A REPORT SCAMS BOTH LOCALLY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. I KNOW HAS ALSO PLEDGED ITS SUPPORT THE PRICE GOUGING STATUTE IS IN EFFECT. THA’'S ALSO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. SO REPORT TO THEM IF ALL OF A SUDDEN GASOE GS THROUGH THE ROOF OR BUILDING MATERIALS GO THROUGH THE ROOF. SADLY WE HAVE SEEN THAT SOMETIMES BUT I HOPE THAT WE WON’T SEE IT HERE TRAGEDY OF THIS LEVEL. HOPEFULLY NO ONE WILL TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WAS HER OTHER. WAS WHAT WAS THE OTHER QUESTION KAREN? EXPERTISE. OH, WELL FIRST WE DO NEED HELP AT OUR STATE PARKS AND YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN’T TAKE ANY EXPERTISE AT ALL. JUST CHIPPING IN AND AND AND HELPING TO DO THE THINGS THAT THAT SUPPORT THESE FAMILIES I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW THAT THAT THE EXPERTISE THAT IS NEEDED IS IS THERE ALL RIGHT. TELL OUR FOLKS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY. STAY STRONG TO THE REST OF KENTUCKY IF IT HURTS. IT’S IT’S BECAUSE YOU CARE TO ALL OF YOU. WE LOVE YOU. WE’RE GOING TO BE WITH YOU TODAY TOMORROW AND IN THE YEARS TO COME.