UPPER 40'S. OKAY. BEFORE IT TIME FOR TODAY'S WHATS ON ROB'S RADAR. AND WE'RE ANSWERING A VIEWER QUESTION FROM LISA. SHE ASKS, COULD YOU EXPLAIN FIRE CONTAINMENT? HOW DO THEY DETERMINE IT? WHAT LEE SAYS REFERRING TO IS THAT PERCENTAGE THAT YOU OFTENTIMES HERE ON ABC 7, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A WILDFIRE LIKE A 50 ACRE FIRE, THAT'S 25% CONTAINED OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION MAY BE. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS SEGMENT IS THAT THE PERCENT OF THE FIRE IS CONTAINED IS NOT THE SAME THING. IT'S NOT EQUAL TO THE PERCENT THAT FIRE IS EXTINGUISHED. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PERCENT OF THE FIRE IS CONTAINED. IT'S MORE POINT TO THINK ABOUT THE PERIMETER AROUND A FIRE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE REFERRING TO. SO HOW DO THEY FIGURE THIS OUT? WELL, WHEN A FIRE IS BURNING, FIREFIGHTERS DON'T ONLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE FLAMES. THEY ALSO PAY ATTENTION TO THE LANDSCAPE AROUND A FIRE. SO WHAT I DO FOR YOU HERE TODAY IS BASICALLY A LITTLE MODEL, IF YOU WILL, OF A WILDFIRE. WE'VE GOT A BIG GRASSY AREA HERE, A LARGE CANAL SYSTEM HERE AND A BIG POND RIGHT LET'S SAY FOR THE SAKE, OF EXAMPLE, A WILDFIRE POPS UP SOMEWHERE RIGHT ABOUT HERE. NOW, THIS WILDFIRE RIGHT OFF THE BAT HASN'T GIVEN ITSELF A BUNCH OF ROOM TO RUN BECAUSE ON 3 OUT OF 4 SITES, IT IS SURROUNDED BY WATER. THAT MEANS WE COULD ROUGHLY SAY THIS FIRE IS CLOSE TO 75% CONTAINED WITH 3 OUT OF 4 SIDES BEING SURROUNDED BY WATER THAT WOULD PREVENT THE FIRE FROM SPREADING ON THE GROUND. BUT OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WILDFIRES POP UP, SOMETIMES THEY HAPPEN ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO FOR THE SAKE OF A DIFFERENT EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY WITH THIS WILDFIRE, IT HAPPENS IN A DIFFERENT AREA. AND IF THE FIRE IS MOVING THIS WAY, LOOK AT HOW THE ENVIRONMENT IS DIFFERENT. THERE'S NO CANALS. THERE'S NO PAUSE OVER HERE. IT'S JUST DRY GRASS THAT WOULD ALLOW THE FIRE TO SPREAD. SO IN THIS CASE, WHAT FIREFIGHTERS WOULD LIKELY TRY TO DO IS GENERATE SOMETHING CALLED A FIREBREAK. THIS IS LIKE A MANMADE WAVE OF SIMULATING SOMETHING LIKE THE PODS WITH THE REVERSE TO NATURALLY FOR US WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS WOULD LIKELY TRY TO DO IS SOMETHING LIKE THIS SO THEY CAN SET UP A PERIMETER ALL AROUND THE FIRE AND THE MAN THEY'D FIRE BREAKS COULD BE IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMS AND FASHIONS. THEY COULD GETTING SMALL CONTROLLED BURNS OUT AHEAD OF AN ACTUAL WILDFIRE, TOO HEAT UP THE FUEL THAT WOULD NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO OR IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS GETTING SHOVELS AND BULLDOZERS AND TAKING OUT THE VEGETATION GOING RIGHT DOWN TO THE DIRT AND THE ROCKS TO PREVENT THE FIRE FROM SPREADING ON THE GROUND. SO IN THIS SITUATION BECAUSE THIS FIRE IS SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES, WE COULD SAY THAT IT IS STILL 100% CONTAINED, EVEN THOUGH IT'S STILL BURNING ACTIVELY WITHIN THAT PERIMETER INSIDE THE FIRE ZONE. SO IMPORTANT CONCEPT TO HAVE IN MIND. WE'RE APPROACHING THE HEIGHT OF OUR LOCAL FIRE SEASON, WHICH HERE ON THE GULF COAST