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Yeah, Israel has been great helping people with coronavirus, helping people with the wildfires. They sent their firefighters and people from the Army, from the IDF to go to Israel, you know, to come from Israel to help with the wildfires. So let's go straight into, according to the Los Angeles Times, now this is an old, California has been always having problems with the wildfires since this began, you know, years and years ago. So according to the Los Angeles Times, California wildfires left the disabled in peril. This article is dated September 28, 2015. And according to the Los Angeles Times, and we can pop up the article while I'm talking about this, Kelseyville, California, a particular person named Marion Bunting, 72, has Parkinson's disease and is a caretaker, and she had not smoked smoke, nor has she received warning about the valley fire. A lot of these fires have been happening in the valley, in the forest, now in the mountains. Many people have been evacuating, you know, it's just extremely horrible. Now here's the thing, according to the 2015 article, 4.8 million Californians identify as disabled, 4.8 million Californians who have identified as disabled about 30 percent are 65 or older. And in certain counties, certain, you know, where fires are beginning, residents are seniors. So 4.8 million Californians identify as disabled. That number probably jumped up over the years. But according to several news reports, CBS, NBC, Today Show, you can't breathe smoke. It's extremely horrible for you to breathe smoke. So here's the thing, as of two years ago, so in other words, 2013, Assemblyman Stephen Cooley, I mean, sorry, Ken Cooley, Cardova, California, press legislation requiring those populations, people with disabilities be, let me see here, let me go back, legislation for those populations to be integrated into every aspect of California's update and its state emergency plan. California has an emergency plan. The update was delayed, but they were kind of gone, they were kind of going from disaster to disaster. In Lake County, California, a couple of years ago in 2015, the fires moved so fast that alerts and evacuation systems broke down, giving county officials no time to deploy accessible vans to a ferry and for those who are in need and did during the two previous fires that past summer, there were deaths, a 72-year-old woman of multiple sclerosis trapped in her home and three men, this is 2015, over the age of 65, two of whom miscalculated the fire and decided to stay put. If you are in a fire, you do not stay put. The fire in California moved more slowly and people who died were seniors, one leg 65-year-old man who remained to protect his property and an 82-year-old man who a friend said had become depressed and increasingly immobile. So the thing is, if you see a fire, you must leave your home immediately. You should not stay put. If you know the old stop, drop and roll, do that. If you see a fire or you're a close catch on fire, it is never good to stay put. According to the Common Ground Senior Services, the area's Meals on Wheels provider was summoned by emergency officials in 2015 to aid evacuations with the wheelchair-accessible van while local power transit companies deployed a bus with adult protective services workers alongside them. They evacuated two mobile homes, parks and senior apartment complexes, Smith said, Smith, S-C-H-M-I-T-D-T, a person by the name of Schmidt, and they launched a frantic search for lodging for those two fragile to stay at the Red Cross shelters. We're going to give a number for the American Red Cross at the end of this program for those who need it. For batteries to keep oxygen tanks working and more. Disability rights advocates in California have been pressing for better disaster planning for years when the 2007 wildfire season was in California, provided more impetus, a report by the Paloma-based Center for Disability Issues and the health professions noted that the deaf community have been not receiving emergency notifications for the wildfires. And it also goes on to say from the Los Angeles Times that people have been getting evacuated with their power, wheelchairs and shelters, and they have trouble accommodating those with medical conditions. First disasters response systems are designed for people who can walk, see, run, drive, read, hear and quickly understand and respond to instructions and alerts from the fire department, the report said. So here's the thing. If you can follow instructions or if you are a person with a disability who has problems following instructions, you know, you should be receiving help for that. Yeah, so they have basically, I can pull that up. If you are deaf and hard of hearing, matter of fact, let me pull that up here. If you're deaf and hard of hearing in a building, there are such things as different fire alarms, hold on, oops, hearing fire alarms, yeah, that's a good point. Yeah, so if you are, the special fire alarms, smoke alarms are available for people who are deaf. Those that are profound with profound hearing loss, these alarms use strobe lights to wake the person. So maybe in a couple of weeks we'll have somebody in here from the Montpellier Fire Department. That's a good idea to explain how a person who is deaf has problems with fire. So smoke alarms, safety tips here. Smoke alarms are available for people who are deaf. Those who are with profound hearing loss, these alarms use strobe lights to wake the person. Now if the person has epilepsy, then the person has to move away from the strobes. Those with mild and severe hearing loss can use a device that emits or gives off a low-pitched sound, okay? So yeah, if you're near a fire, basically, and there's someone else there, they can tell you to crouch down low. Several years ago, I visited, a long time ago, I visited a Bronx firehouse and they actually showed me how a person with a disability goes in and out of a fire safely. Then they have fire alarms that have high-pitched sounds so you can hear it. So there's different types of fire alarms, Arlene, that can help people with severe disabilities. But in terms of the wildfires, it's a really, really, really bad time right now. First you have COVID, you have a president who lies, now you have these wildfires. So as a matter of fact, there's a company going back to the wildfires. There's a company called MaxiAge and they're located at www.maxiage.com. There are smoke detectors for the blind. Much like carbon monoxide detectors, every single home needs a smoke detector. MaxiAge smoke detectors, certain companies with smoke detectors, you can get smoke detectors that have carbon monoxide with them. Basically, if you're blind, it gives off a large sound or if you're deaf, you can have a special light that can help you move out of the fire. So if you want that information for special smoke detectors, can't give you the price on air, but if you want this special website, www.maxiage.com, and you can go to get special smoke detectors. This is extremely important to get help within a fire or emergency situation. Getting back to, since we have about 15 minutes, let's go back into the COVID situation. Now that we are hitting the Jewish holidays, I know this show is probably going to air in about two weeks, but the Jewish holidays are hitting and as of Friday, the Prime Minister of Israel, matter of fact, we can bring up a map. Let's go into a map here of Israel with coronavirus and they're having COVID-19 in Israel. They're having extremely problems with, be careful of the sound on your phone, careful of the sound on your phone, please. So Israel, according to Microsoft, let's look up, according to COVID-19 tracker, Israel has 166,794 deaths, I'm sorry, not deaths, cases, okay, so 166,794 active cases, 42,862. People that recovered, okay, people that recovered from COVID in Israel, 122,785 and fatal cases, those that have other complications such as pneumonia along with COVID, 1,147 situations with COVID. Now, according to the map here, okay, first let's go into this, according to US News and World Report, okay, Israel as of this Friday, as of this Friday will go into a second lockdown. This Friday, the 18th with Rosh Hashanah around the corner of the Jewish New Year, according to US News and World Report, Israel to impose second nationwide lockdown amid coronavirus surge. Israel will enter a second lockdown as of Friday after resurgent for the coronavirus, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Net Yahu announced this past Sunday. The country will close schools, dining restaurants, malls, hotels, entertainment venues for at least three weeks, okay, indoor gatherings will be limited to 10 people, outdoor gatherings can have up to 20 people, residents will be required to stay within 500 meters of their homes, that means you can't go far, okay. These measures, according to Net Yahu's office, these measures are exact, heavy price on us all. This is not the kind of holiday season we are used to and we are certainly hope not to celebrate, we won't be able to celebrate with our extended families, so the reason why Israel has all this is because according to the map, what Net Yahu did was put certain dots, certain places, so Israel has a lot of people who are extremely Orthodox and religious, the Hasidim Orthodox sect, please, anybody in Israel or anybody in America, if you are Orthodox Jewish, do not go to a wedding with 5,000 people. I know that's a little bit exaggerating, but to be, you know, but this is freedom of the press or freedom of speech, please, please, we ask you to stay within limits and if you're going to have a catered affair wedding, bar mitzvah, bris, birthday party, if you're going to have a catered affair and enjoy yourself, please keep it under 100 people. It is not very, very, it's not extremely safe to have parties at this time. The reason why Israel is so scared is that, and especially because it's very hot there, people need to be extra cautious, wear a mask, take a bath, take care of yourself physically and mentally. They're going to constantly close the country if people just don't listen. Personal hygiene is extremely important during the coronavirus. Everybody must keep themselves clean, use hand sanitizer, take care of yourself, take care of your body. If you need mental health counseling during this, especially here in Vermont, Washington County Mental Health can really help you, and I'll get to America Red Cross in a minute, but Washington County Mental Health can be reached at www.wcmhs.org. They're one of our sponsors, Abel Denonair, so please, please use them if you are extremely depressed during this time of coronavirus or you need extreme help during this, you can go to www.wcmhs.org during coronavirus. Anything you want to say with coronavirus or the wildfires? Arlene, we have six minutes to go. I would say that wildfires, you know, people have to stay protected, you know. You shouldn't be eating while you're talking to me, but go ahead. I would say, you know, keep yourself safe during this coronavirus. I have hand sanitizer with you, wear a mask, and don't cough on each other. Keep, you know, your distance. Yeah, and no one's listening. And keep, and always keep your clothes clean and wash your hair and keep your body clean if you're coughing, coughing the mask, you know, if you're wearing one. If not coughing, you see, but stay healthy and always have hand sanitizer in you. And it's like, you know, don't have any hostages during this time, you know. Don't have any what? No, don't have any hostages, like, like symptoms, you know, don't have any. Don't, don't have weddings. Yeah, um, um, do, do a wedding right now. Put them off till like next year or sometime and just wait, you know, wait until everything gets back to normal. Then you could do it, but wait. Well, what is normal? They said that this thing is supposed to be, this thing is supposed to be for about two years, you know, as far as coronavirus is concerned. Yeah. Well, I mean, Israel, Israel has come up with cures for basically everything. Cures for blindness, cures for, um, there's, um, there's a device again. Well, yeah, there's a device again. I'm going to mention it to our listening audience and viewing audience. There's something called the rewalk, um, which if you are, which if you are a veteran, can you stop with the wrestling papers? Um, if, if you are a veteran or you, someone that cannot walk, um, you can, um, uh, you know, log on to YouTube. They have something called the rewalk. It basically crutches for your legs, but it helps you walk. I mean, it's a really, um, fantastic device. Um, yeah, it depends because it is very expensive. Anyway, I just want to say, um, happy and healthy new year and happy to, happy Jewish holidays to all who celebrate, uh, during this festive time. I know it's, um, extremely hard during the wildfires and during, uh, coronavirus at this time. Again, Abel Denonair would like to thank, um, our sponsors, Anchor FM. Uh, we are, our podcast is on Anchor FM and, uh, and Spotify. And also, we would like to thank Washington County Mental Health, Green Mountain Support Services, and many other sponsors during this, uh, time. Thank you for sponsoring, um, such a great show, Abel Denonair. Um, uh, uh, next time we, within two weeks, we will have an election special. Um, uh, for Abel Denonair, we will discuss how, uh, the, um, elections are going to affect people with disabilities and, um, how, um, we can get Trump out of office because Trump isn't really doing anything for people with disabilities. Yeah. Uh, anyway, um, again, we would like to thank, uh, our major sponsors, Green Mountain Support Services and Washington County Mental Health for, uh, Abel Denonair. And you can find, uh, Abel Denonair podcast at Anchor FM and Spotify. Uh, this puts an end to this edition of Abel Denonair. I am Lauren Seiler. I am Arlene Seiler. See you next time. Include Park Chester Times, Muslim Community Report, www.thisisthebronx.info, Associated Press Media Editors, U.S. Press Court, Domestic and International. Anchor FM and Spotify.