It’s some pretty riveting footage. Those guys earned their paychecks that day.
Just fyi, the rural and semi-rural areas of CA are MORE conservative than most of America.
Can you imagine going to Santa Rosa, not being told why, and arriving to that armageddon? You can’t get to the rendezvous point, you just keep driving down the road trying to figure out where to stop and do something. Incredible.
Those crews haven’t slept much in a week...they are indeed earning their paychecks (which aren’t very big to begin with).