Emily Yorkstorf
8:48 - 9:21
"We don't have a system in this town that tells the people there's an emergency. And if that was there, everybody would have been evacuated very much easier, and there would have been a lot more less houses burned down."
“We don't have a system in this town that tells the people there's an emergency. And if that was there, everybody would have been evacuated very much easier, and there would have been a lot more less houses burned down.”
- Speaker
- Emily Yorkstorf
- Timestamp
- 8:48 – 9:21
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Tok
- Captured at
- August 21, 2026
From the transcript
But the thing of it is, we don't have a system in this town that tells the people there's an emergency. And if that was there, everybody would have been evacuated very much easier, and there would have been a lot more less houses burned down. Can I— I can respond. George, I think this is our town's indicator that we need both a committee for disaster relief and the system to communicate communicate with each other. So it sucks that this is what happened to do it, but I think this is the notification that we have to do it.
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