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IT
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HAT
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% ACCOMMODATE
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% >>
DR. RYAN
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SERVICES
% AND
IS
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% TO
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HE
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C
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T
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ARE STILL
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% CURRENTLY DOING
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% WITH
SPECIMENS TO
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% >>
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HAVE A LARGE
NUMBER
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% CASES.
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ALWAYS A BRAND
N
EW
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% BECAUSE
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% FOR
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- I'M
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CLOCK
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AND
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% TO DISSEMINATE
TO
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% LABORATORIES AROUND THE COUNTRY
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CAN
STREAMLINE
THE
PROCESS.
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KES S
OME
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AKE
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URE
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E
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% RELIABLE FASHION.
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IN
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% MANUFACTURING THE TEST, THEY
% HAVE TO
D
O
THE
VALIDATION.
% WE WANT
TO
MAKE
SURE
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N
W
E
% GIVE PEOPLE INFORMATION,
THAT
% IT'S
RELIABLE.% >>
IT'S
REPORTED THAT
SIX
% STUDENTS
AT
UW-PLATTEVILLE WHO
% WERE
RECEN
TLY
IN
WUHAN,
CHINA
% ARE
BEING
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BY
THE
C
DC
% AND
THAT
ANOTHER
STUDENT
IN
% WAUWATOSA
IS
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% WHAT
ABOUT
OTHER
CAMPUSES ACROSS% THE STATE?
% WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
THAT?
% >>
WELL,
WE
AT
THE
STATE
HEALTH
% DEPARTMENT DON'T
SPEA
K
ABOUT% INDIVIDUAL
CASE
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O
R
COMMUNITIES,% PARTICULARLY
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THIS
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% SITUATION
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WE
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E
% ACTIVE
C
ASES.
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!
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WE
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% MAKE
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URE
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ETS
THE
% MESSAGE THAT
PEOPLE WHO ARE
% RETURNING
FROM
AREAS
AND
HAVE
% HAD
CONTACT
KNOW
H
OW
T
O
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% THEMSELVES FOR SYMPTOMS.
% ON
OU
R
WEBSITE WE
A
RE
LINKED
TO% WHAT ARE
THE
BEST
PRACTICES FOR% MONITORING IF
YOU'VE BEEN
TO
THE
% AFFECTED
AREA IN
TERMS
OF
WHAT
% SYMPTOMS TO LO
OK
FOR
AND
WE'RE
% TRYING TO HAVE THAT
BE
THE
% STANDARD
MESSAGE
THAT
WE
SHARE
% WITH ALL
PARTNERS.% >>
SHOULD
THERE
BE
POSITIVE
% CASES IN
WISCONSIN
OR
THIS
% DEVELOPS IN
THAT
K
IND
OF
% DIRECTION, DO
YOU
EXPECT
THAT
% WISCONSIN WILL T
HEN
ALSO
COMPLY
% WITH
THESE
QUARANTINE
% REQUIREMENTS?%>>
WELL,
THOSE
EFFORTS
T
O
% CONTAIN AN
INFECTIOUS
DISEASE
% ONCE
IT'S
BEEN
DETECTED ARE DONE
% ON A
CASE-BY-CASE
BASIS.
% QUARANTINE
A
ND
ISOLATION ARE
% USED TO
MAKE
SURE
SUSCEPTIBLE
% PEOPLE DON'T
COME
IN
CLOSE
% CONTACT WITH
PEOPLE
THAT
CAN
% TRANSMIT
THE
VIRUS.
% THERE
ISN'T A BLANKET POLICY
O
F
% HOW THIS
WILL
GO.
% WHAT WE
T
RY
TO
DO
IS
USE
THE
% BEST
INFORMATION WE HAVE AND
IN% A
VERY
C
OLLABORATIVE
PROCESS
% WITH
LOCA
L
HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS
% WHICH IN
WISCONSINS WOULD HAVE% THE AUTHORI
TY TO
D
O
THINGS
LIKE
% QUARANTINE ORDERS
A
ND
IN
% COLLABORATION ON
NATIONAL
% ADVISORS
AT
THE
C
DC
TO
MAKE
THE
% RIGHT CALL
IN A
W
AY
THAT
% PROTECTS
PUBLIC
HEALTH
BUT
ALSO
% RESPECTS
PRIVACY
AND
% CONFIDENTIALITY AT THE SAME%
TIME.% >>
W
HAT
SHOULD
PEOPLE
KNOW
ABOUT
% HOW
THIS
VIRUS
IS
TRANSMITTED?
% >>
THAT'S A
REALLY
GOOD
QUESTION
% BECAUSE
ALTHOUGH
IT'S A
NOVEL
% VIRUS, IT'S I
N
TH
E
FAMILY
O
F
% VIRUSES
CALLED
RESPIRATORY
% VIRUSES.
% RIGHT NOW
WE'RE
IN
THE
MIDDLE
O
F
% RESPIRATORY VIRUS SEASON A
ND THE
% BIGGEST
THREAT TO
HEALTH
IN
% INFLUENZA.
% BY AND
LARGE
THE
MECHANISMS
OF
% TRANSMITTING
CORONAVIRUS
AND
% INFLUENZA VIRUS AND OTH
ER
TH
INGS
% IN
THAT
S
AME
FAMILY
OF
VIRUSES
% ARE
SIMILAR.
% IT'S
RESPIRATORY
DROPLETS,
% SNEEZING OR
COUGHING, SO
% DROPLETS CAN
COM
E
IN
CONTACT
% WITH
SOMEONE'S
NOSE
O
R
MOUTH
OR
% EYES.
% HANDWASHING IS
IMPORTANT
BECAUSE
% VIRUS CAN
LIVE
FOR A
LIMITED
% AMOUNT
O
F
T
IME
ON A SURFACE.
% SO
REALLY
I
N
THAT
REGARD, THIS
% IS
NOT
N
EW
TERRITORY.
% WE
KNOW A L
OT
OF
TH
INGS
ALREADY
% ABOUT
HO
W
T
O
PREVENT
THE
SPREAD
% OF
RESPIRATORY
VIRUSES
THAT
% PEOPLE SHOULD BE DOING
ALL THE
% TIME.%>>
YOU WERE
SAYING
IN
GERMANY,
% THOUGH, THERE'S THINGS
ABOUT
% THIS
VIRUS.
% IT'S NOVEL.
% IT'S NEW.
% THAT
KIND
OF
HAVE
PEOPLE
P
LIKE
% YOURSELF
WONDERING
WHAT'S AROUND% THE
NE
XT
CORNER.
% >>
TH
E
THING
THAT'S
N
OVEL
O
R
% UNUSUAL
OR
UNIQUE
ABOUT
THE
% SITUATION
IS
BECAUSE
IT'S
BRAND
% NEW,
WE'RE
A
T A
POSITION
WHERE% WE CAN
ACTUALLY DO
THINGS
TO
% PREVENT FROM
HAVING AN
EPIDEMIC
% OF
SUSTAINED
PERSON-TO-PERSON% TRANSMISSION.%
THAT'S WHY
WE'RE
PUTTING
ENERGY
% INTO
THE
RESPONSE
AND
THE
% CONTAINMENT,
BECAUSE
INFLUENZA
% AND
OTHER
VIRUSES,
THEY'RE
% ALREADY
HERE.
% WE
CA
N
GIV
E
GENERAL
% RECOMMENDATIONS,
BUT
WE
KNOW
% INFLUENZA IS GOING
T
O
CONTINUE
% TO
CIRCULATE.
% BY
D
OING
PUBLIC HEALTH
AND
THE
% INFECTION CONTROL
THINGS
WE'VE
% SAID, WE
HAVE A
POSSIBILITY
OF
% PREVENTING A
LARGE
OUTBREAK.% >>
WHAT DID YOU
SAY
HAPPENED
IN
% GERMANY THAT
W
AS
UNUSUAL?
% >> I
WOULDN'T SAY IT
WAS
% UNUSUAL, BUT TODAY THERE
WAS A
% CASE REPORTED
IN
THE NEW
ENGLAND
% JOURNAL
OF
MEDICINE
THAT THERE
% WERE
CA
SES
O
F
INDIVIDUALS
% CONTRACTING
TH
E
VIRUS
FROM A
% PERSON
W
HO
WASN'T
OBVIOUSLY
% SICK.
% THEY
HAD A
CHART
WH
ICH
SHOWED% THIS
IS A
DATE
AT
WHICH A
PERSON
% DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS.%THIS WAS
THE
DATE
IN
WHICH
% PEOPLE THINK
YOU
HAD
CONTACT
% WITH WERE
IN
CONTACT WITH HIM
% HAD.
% IT
WAS
THE
FIRST
STRONG
EVIDENCE
% THAT
SOMEONE
COULD
SPREAD
THE
% VIRUS BEFORE
THE
Y
HAD
OVERT
% SYMPTOMS.
% WE KNOW
THAT
THAT'S
ALSO TRU
E
% FOR
INFLUENZA
AND
THE
COMMON
% COLD.
% IT
HADN'T BEEN
DOCUMENTED
I
N A
% SCIENTIFIC
PUBLICATION BEFORE% TODAY.
% SO IT
WAS
A
NOTABLE
DEVELOPMENT
% IN
T
HIS
CURRENT
EPIDEMIC,
B
UT
% NOT
SOMETHING
DIFFERENT FROM
% OTHER
RESPIRATORY VIE
!
VIRUSES.% >>
Y
OU
S
AID
ANXIETY
MANAGEMENT
% IS KEY.
% WHAT
DO
YOU
SAY
PEOPLE WHO
% ARE
OVERL
Y
ANXIOUS
ABOUT
THIS?
% >> I
USE
THE
TERM
ANXIETY
% MANAGEMENT, BECAUSE I
N
SOME
WAY
% THAT DISCOMFORT
WITH
THE
FACT
% THAT
THERE'S A
NOVEL
INFECTION
% OUT
THERE IS NOT
MISPLACED.
% IT CAN BE
CONCERNING THAT
% THERE'S NEW
VIRUSES WE CAN
COME
% IN CONTACT
WITH.
% I
TH
INK
WE
WANT
THAT
ANXIETY
OR
% INFECTION
OR
CONCERN TO
BE
USED
% PRODUCTIVELY, WHICH
IS
% ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THA
T THERE
ARE
% THINGS WE CAN
DO,
HAND
HYGIENE
% AND
RESPIRATORY HYGIENE AND
% STAYING HOME FROM
WORK
WHEN
% YOU'RE SICK.
% SO
PAYING
EXTRA
ATTENTION OR
% HAVING A NEW
VIR
US
IN
THE
PUBLIC
% CONSCIOUSNESS CAN
HAVE
BENEFITS
% BECAUSE
THE
MESSAGE
IS
THERE'S
% THINGS WE
ALREADY
KNOW
TO
% PREVENT
THE
SPREAD
OF
V
IRUSES
% AND THIS
IS A
VIRUS
M
ANY
MANY
% THAT WE
KNOW
HOW
TO
P
REVENT
THE
% SPREAD
OF.
% >>
WE
SEE
PEOPLE
E
VE
N H
ERE
% WEARING
MASKS.
% IS
T
HAT
SOMETHING
DOCTORS
% RECOMMEND?%>> THAT'S
ALSO A
GOOD
Q
UESTION.
% RIGHT NOW
THERE'S
NO
GENERAL
% RECOMMENDATION THAT
PEOPLE
% SHOULD WEAR
MASKS
OUT
I
N
PUBLIC.
% THE
ROLE
O
F
M
ASKS
IN HEALTH
CARE
% IS
VER
Y
IMPORTANT
BECAUSE% SOMEONE
PROVIDING CARE
TO
% SOMEONE WHO IS
KNOWN TO
HAVE AN
% INFECTION,
THEY'RE AT
RISK.
% RESPIRATORY
VIR
USES
LIKE
THIS
% ONE, THE
STANDARD
R
ECOMMENDATION% IS IF
YOU'RE WITHIN THREE HE
TO
% SIX
FEET
OR
W
ITHIN
LITERALLY
% SPITTING
DISTANCE
OF
SOMEONE,
% THAT'S
THE
HIGHEST
RISK
WHERE A
% RESPIRATORY
DROPLET
COULD
% SPREAD.
% ANYTIME PEOPLE ARE
IN
T
HAT
% PROXIMITY T
O
EACH
OTHE
R
W
E
WEAR
% MASKS.
% IF
WE'RE
A
T
HOM
E
CARING
FOR A
% RELATIVE WHO
H
AS A
RESPIRATORY
% INFECTION, A MASK
CAN
REDUCE THE% RISK THAT DROPLETS WI
LL BE
% EXPOSED
TO A
PERSON AS
WE
LL.
% AT THIS
T
IME
THERE'S
N
O
% RECOMMENDATION THAT
WE
DO
THIS
%
WHEN
WE'
RE OUT
IN THE
PUBLIC.
% >>
SO
OVERALL WHAT
I
S
YOUR
% MESSAGE TO
PEOPLE
IN
WISCONSIN
% AROUND
THIS?
% >>
M
Y
MESSAGE
I
S
LET'S
TAKE
CARE
% OF EACH
OTHER
AND
THAT
INVOLVES
% OPEN
COMMUNICATION,
TRUSTING% HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS
AND
PUBLIC
% HEALTH
PROVIDERS
TO
KEEP
% INFORMATION
UP-TO-DATE AND
WASH
% YOUR
HANDS
AND
PRACTICE
GOOD
% RESPIRATORY HYGIENE.%AND
I
TH
INK
WE
DO THESE
THINGS
% THAT WE
ALREADY
KNOW
HOW
TO
DO.
% THE RISK
O
F A
LARGE
EPIDEMIC
OF% A NEW
RESPIRATORY
VIRUS
I
S
NOT A% HIGH
RISK,
AND A
COLLATERAL
% BENEFIT MIGHT BE
THAT WE
C
AN
% REDUCE
FL
U
AN
D
COLDS AS WELL
I
F
% WE
MAY
ATTENTION
T
O
TH
ESE
% THINGS.%>> PEOPLE ARE
SAYING THE
RISK
IS
% LOW WHEN
YOU
COMP
ARE I
T
IN
% CONTEXT
W
ITH
THE
RI
SK OF
THE
% SEASONAL
INFLUENZA AGAIN.
% >>
THAT'S
TRUE.
% >> ALL
RI
GHT.
% DOCTOR, THANKS VERY
MUC
H.
% >>
HAPPY TO
BE HER
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% >>
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% SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK
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W
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% THIS
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ALL
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% PROGRAM
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CHOOL CHOICE T
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% EDUCATION
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N
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% FOR A
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CHOOL
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% WISCONSIN.
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ERE
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% INTRODUCED IN THE WISCONSIN
% LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD
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% STATE.%>>
STATE
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% BROSTOFF, A
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% ANNOUNCED
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LAN
IMMEDIATELY
% FOLLOWING THE SPEECH
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THE% VICE
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% LAST
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THE
Y
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I
N STATE
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% SAYS
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F
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T
O
BRING
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% FROM ANOTHER FRIEND
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F
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% >>
EVEN
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PRESIDENT% MIKE PENCE
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ER
% OFFICIAL
DUTIES, IT
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% THAT
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ERE
% CLOSELY
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I'M HERE
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ELL
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% PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
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% FOR
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CHO
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AFTER A DONALD
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% RALLY IN
MILWAUKEE
TWO
WEEKS
% AGO,
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S
CLEAR
WISCONSIN
WILL
% MAINTAIN
T
HE
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GROUND
% SPOTLIGHT.
% FOR "HERE AND NOW," I'M MARISA
% WOJCIK.
% >>
ACCORDING
T
O
TH
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WISCONSIN
% BUDGET
PROJECT,
DESPITE
RECENT
% INCREASES,
WISCONSIN'S
PUBLIC
% K-12
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS
STILL
% RECEIVE
LESS
IN
STATE
A
ID
THAN A
% DECADE AGO
BECAUSE O
F
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CUTS
% AND
DIVERSION
OF
FUNDING
GOING
% TO
PRIVATE
AND
INDEPENDENT
% CHARTER SCHOOLS.
% >>
WISCONSIN IS
PUTTING
IN
FOR A
% FEMA DAMAGE
ASSESSMENT
OF LAKE
% MICHIGAN
SHORELINE DAMAGE
I
N
THE
% SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE.
% IN
TONIGHT'S INSIDE
LOOK,
WHY% GOVERNOR EVERS
WANTS AN
OFFICIAL
% TALLY
O
F
DAMAGE
FROM
MILWAUKEE,
% RACINE
AND
KENOSHA
COUNTIES.
% THEY
HAVE A
COMBINED
ESTIMATE
OF
% $30
M
ILLION
IN
DAMAGE
THAT
% OCCURRED AS A RESULT
OF
WINTER
% STORMS
AND
LAKESHORE
FLOODING
% EARLIER THIS MONTH.
% THE FEMA
ASSESSMENT IS
T
HE
FIRST% STEP TO DETERMINE WHETHER
TH
E
% STATE
WILL
REQUEST A
FEDERAL
% DISASTER DECLARATION.
% TONIGHT
W
E
CHECK
I
N
WI
TH
E
% RACINE
COUNTY
EMERGENCY
% COORDINATOR DAVID
MAA
CK
AND
% THANKS VERY
MUCH
FOR
BEING
HERE.
% >>
TH
ANK
YOU
FOR
HAVING
M
E.
% >>
DESCRIBE
WHAT
THE
DAMAGE
IS
% IN YOUR
COUNTY,
IN
RACINE
% COUNTY, BECAUSE
O
F
THOSE
ST
ORMS.% >>
WE
SAW A
LOT
OF
DAMAGE
ALONG
% THE
SHORELINE.
% WE
HAD A
2.5
MILE
STRETCH
ALL
% THE
WAY UP TO
THE WIND
POINT
% LIGHTHOUSE THAT
SUSTAINED
D
AMAGE
% TO
PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE.
% WHAT I W
ANT
T
O
P
OINT
O
UT
I
S
THA
T
% MOST
OF
THIS
ISN'T
EROSION
OR
% BLUFF TYPE
ISSUES,
ALTHOUGH
WE
% DID
H
AVE
ONE
SLOPE
O
VER
B
Y
THE
% ZOO
BEACH WHERE WE
HAVE A
BIKE
% PATH
THAT A GOOD
PORTION
OF
IT
% FELL
A
WAY.
% A LOT
OF
IT
HAD
TO
DO
% STORMWATER
OUTFALLS,
WITH
ROCKS
% ALONG
THE
SHORELINE,
CLEAN-UP
OF
% DEBRIS AND THINGS
LIKE
THAT.
%
BUT FOR
US,
WE'RE
LOOKING
A
T
% PROBABLY
OVER
$6
MILLION
WORTH
% OF
DAMAGES THA
T
NEED TO B
E
% REPAIRED.
% AND
THAT'S
JUST
RESTORATION,
% RESTORING THINGS BACK TO
THE
WAY% THEY WERE.
% THAT'S NOT
INCLUDING
ANY
% IMPROVEMENTS OR
MITIGATION
% EFFORTS.%>> ALL RIGHT.
% I WANT
TO ASK YOU
ABOUT
THAT
I
N
% A
MINUTE,
BUT LAKE
MICHIGAN
% WATER
LEVELS, I
UNDERSTAND,
ARE
% REPORTED TO B
E
37
INCHES
HIGHER
% THAN
AVERAGE
WATER
LEVELS
IN
% JANUARY.
% HOW
DOES
THA
T
COMBINE
WIT
H
THESE
% KINDS
OF
WINTER
STORMS
LIKE THE
% ONE
EARLIER THIS
MONTH
THAT
% CAUSED
THAT
DAMAGE?
% >>
YOU
KN
OW,
I
GUESS YOU
COULD
% CALL
THIS
THE
PERFECT
STORM.
% THERE
W
ERE
58-MILE-PER-HOUR
% WINDS THAT WERE RECORDED IN
THE% CITY
OF
RACINE.
% YOU
H
AD
THE
HIGH,
VERY
HIGH,% LAKE LEVELS.
% YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE
SHORELINE
% ICE THAT
USUALLY
HOLDS
BACK
THE
% WAVES THIS
TIM
E
OF
YEAR.
% AND SO
YOU
JUS
T
HAD A
NUMBER O
F
% COMPOUNDING ISSUES.
% BUT
THOSE
HIGH
WINDS,
COUPLED
% WITH
THE
HIGH
WATER
LEVELS,
% CAUSED A LOT
OF
DAMAGE
ALONG
THE
% SHORELINE
THE
RE.% >>
THAT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING
% TO
KIND
OF
BEHOLD I
F YOU
W
ER
E
% THERE
ALONG
THAT
SHORELINE
W
HEN
% THAT STORM C
AME
I
N.
% >>
WE
ENDED
UP
CLOSING
DOWN
% PERSHING
DRIVE,
BUT THERE
WAS
% SOME SOCIAL
MEDIA
PICTURES OUT
% THIS
THAT
SHOWED
WHAT
TH
E
WAVES
% WERE DOING
THAT
DAY,
AND THEY% WERE
VERY,
VERY
IMPRESSIVE TO
% LOOK
AT.
% I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT
WOULD% HAVE
BEEN
LIKE TO
SEE
THEM
U
P
% FRONT AND
CLOSE.
% >>
NOW
,
WE'VE
DONE
SOME
% REPORTING
ABOUT
HOW
FEM
A
FUNDS,
% EVEN IF
THEY
DO
COME,
REQUIRE
% REBUILDING
INFRASTRUCTURE
TO
% CURRENT
SPECS,
NOT
MAKING
THEM
% MORE
RESILIENT TO
RISING
WATER
% OR
SUSTAINED
STORM
EVENTS.
% FIRST OF
ALL, IS
THAT
ACCURATE?
% AND, IF
SO, WHAT
ABOUT
THAT?
% >>
WELL
,
WE DO
HAVE A
HAZARD
% MITIGATION
PLAN,
AND THERE
ARE,
% AFTER
ANY
DISASTER,
THERE
HAS
% MITIGATION
FUNDS
THAT
BECOME
% AVAILABLE
THAT
MUNICIPALITIES
% CAN
APPLY
F
OR,
SO
THEY
CAN
LOOK
% AT
MITIGATION
PROJECTS AT THAT
% TIME.
% BUT WHEN
YOU'RE
L
OOKING
AT
THIS
% TYPE
OF
ASSISTANCE,
THE
KEY
IS
% THEY'RE NOT
GOING T
O
PAY
YOU
% MORE
THA
N
W
HAT
SOMETHING'S
% WORTH.
% IT'S AN
EQUITY
ISSUE.
% AND SO
THEY'RE
G
OING
TO
PAY
YOU
% TO
RESTORE
SOMETHING, NOT
TO
% IMPROVE IT.
% YOU
KNOW,
THEY'RE
G
OING T
O
GIVEN
% YOU WHAT
IT
'S
WORTH.
% IT'S KIND
OF
LIKE
THE
SAME
THING
% WITH
INSURANCE.%
YOU
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CAR
A
ND
YOU'RE
IN AN
% ACCIDENT,
THEY'RE
NOT
GOING
TO
% GIVE
YOU MORE
THAN
WHAT
THE
CAR
% IS
WORTH.% >>
BUT IS
IT
YOUR
SENSE
THAT
% THESE
KINDS
OF
PUBLIC
% INFRASTRUCTURE
INSTALLATIONS
% NEED SOMETHING
MORE
GOING
%
FORWARD
BECAUSE
OF CLIMATE
% CHANGE?
% >>
WELL,
I'M
NOT AN
ENGINEER,
% AND
I
HAVEN'T
LOOKED A
T
% SPECIFICALLY WHAT
TH
E
CITY
H
AS
% IN
PLACE
RIGHT
NOW.
% THAT'S A
QUESTION
T
HAT
REALLY
% THE CITY
PUBLIC
WORKS
DEPARTMENT
% AND THEIR
E
NGINEERS
HAVE
TO
% ANSWER.
% YOU
KNOW,
I
T'S
GOING
TO
TAKE
% ENGINEERING
STUDIES
TO
DETERMINE% WHETHER OR NOT WHAT THEY
HAVE
% ALONG THE
SHORELINE
IS
ADEQUATE
% FOR THIS
OR
I
F
IT
NEEDS TO
B
E
% REINFORCED.
% AND S
O
I'M
REALLY
NOT
IN A
% POSITION
WHERE
I
COULD GIVE
YOU
% A
DEFINITIVE ANSWER.
% YOU
KNOW,
I'LL
ONLY
S
AY
THAT
I
% UNDERSTAND
W
HERE
FEM
A
WANTS
TO% PAY
TO
RESTORE
SOMETHING,
AND
% IT'S
BEE
N A
WHILE
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I'
VE
% OVERSEEN A DECLARATION LIKE
% THIS, SO
I'M
NOT
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URE
WHAT
THE
% CURRENT RULES
A
RE,
B
UT
YOU
W
OULD
% THINK IT
WOULD
MA
KE
SENSE TO
PAY
% THE COST
TO
RESTORE,
BUT
ALLOW A
% MUNICIPALITY IF THEY WANT
TO
% SPEND
THE
EXTRA
DOLLARS TO
MAKE
% THE
IMPROVEMENTS.
% I'M NOT
SURE
I
F
THAT'S
ALLOWED
% OR
N
OT
AND
THAT'S
QUESTIONS THAT
% WE'LL
FIND
OUT
I
F W
E
REACH
TH
E
% NEXT
STEP.
% >>
NOW,
GIVEN
THE
HIGH W
ATER
% LEVELS OF
THE
LAKE
AND
THE
% EROSION A
LONG
THE
SHORELINE,
% WE'RE
WONDERING
ABOUT
PRIVATE
% PROPERTY, BECAUSE WE
KNOW
THAT
% THIS DAMAGE
ASSESSMENT
IS
FOR
% PUBLIC
PROPERTY.
% BUT
WE'VE
ALL
SEEN
THESE
IMAGES
% OF
THESE
LAKEFRONT
HOMES
EITHER
% KIND OF
TEETERING
AT
ERODED
% EDGES
OR FALLING T
O
THE
SHORE.
% IS
THAT AN
ISS
UE
I
N YOUR COUNTY?% >> IT IS AN ISSUE IN
OUR
COUNTY,
% AND
THE
MUNICIPALITIES AND
THE
% COUNTIES HAVE BEE
N
WOR
KING
ON
% THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
% THE
STATE'S
BEEN
INVOLVED.
% THE
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT'S BEEN
% INVOLVED IN
IT.
% IT'S
NO
T
THE
SCOPE
OF
THIS
% EMERGENCY
DECLARATION.
% THIS HAS BEEN
AN
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% AND SO
WHEN
IT
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T
O
PUBLIC
% SECTOR
DAMAGE,
PRIVATE
SECTOR
% DAMAGE,
T
HE
CRITERIA
THAT
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% HAS HAS TO B
E
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T
AND
FROM
THIS
% PARTICULAR STORM
THE
CRITERIA
% WASN'T THERE
T
O
ASK
F
OR
% INDIVIDUAL
ASSISTANCE
FOR
% HOMEOWNERS.%>>
IF
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COUNTY
DOES
NOT
IN
% FACT
GET
THIS
FEMA
ASS
ISTANCE,
% CAN
THE
COUNTY
AFFORD
TO
FIX
% THIS
DAMAGE WITHO
UT FEDERAL
AID?
% >>
WELL,
I
T'S
THE
MUNICIPALITIES% THAT
WE
RE
IMPACTED O
N
IT.
% WHEN
WE
DID
THE
D
AMAGE
% ASSESSMENT, AT THIS TIME THE
% COUNTY
ITSELF
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S N
OT
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% ANY
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% IT WAS
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F
RACINE
A
ND
% THE VILLAGE
OF WIND
POINT.
% AND
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I
S A
SECONDARY
% PROGRAM OUT THERE.
% IT'S
CALLED
THE
WISCONSIN
% DISASTER FUND.
% AND IF
WE
DON'T
GET
THE
% PRESIDENTIAL
DISASTER
% DECLARATION, THEY MAY B
E
% ELIGIBLE
F
OR
REIMBURSEMENT UNDER
% THE
WISCONSIN
DISASTER
FUND.
% IT'S NOT
AS
ROBUST
AS A
% PRESIDENTIAL
DISASTER
% DECLARATION, WON'T
COVER
ALL
THE
% COSTS,
BUT
A
T
LEAST IT
WOULD
% OFFER SOME
RELIEF.
% >> ALL RIGHT.
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