South Florida Driving 101 has two videos that feature storm damage and after effects from Hurricane Irma. Downed trees and power lines, car size debris piles, repair crews, property damage and carnage. Not much in the way of stupid drivers but it does show driving difficulties presented after a storm by downed power lines and trees. They often block roadways making chainsaws and cable cutting equipment a necessity. -13
Here it is! After a very long break from the dash cam videos South Florida Driving 101 is now editing and posting videos. There have been multiple problems over the last few months. Most of the issues have been addressed. Been looking at cameras over the last week and cannot make up my mind yet. Going to watch more videos on YouTube before I decide. There were three Cobra CDR 840’s in rotation at the beginning now there is only one malfunctioning camera hanging by a thread. More in another video/blog post soon.
Drivers 72(below) contains hurricane Irma damage, metro mover, flying objects, pedestrian issues, Miami skyline at night, dangerous objects on the roadway and the usual bad driving habits.
Drivers 73(below) has the little Red Bull car, a guy takes a bike for a ride, pedestrians playing traffic-roulette, merge madness, selfish cut offs, jet passing by, drawbridge runner, driver can drive but can’t read the signs.
Drivers 74(below) is full of selfish drivers cutting off everyone or taking stupid risk to avoid turning around at the next exit, a jet takeoff, a night time reminder of why we dash cam.
Update 4, Bin 1. Good news, roly polys are producing young, all look well. There are many more worms in the bin than I thought there were. Larger and smaller worms throughout. Surprisingly there were worms down in the section I’m not putting waste down on. They’re consuming the cardboard and getting inside like they usually do in the other bins.
I tried to record my moving substrate and waste to look for worms but it wasn’t working well. I think the yellow gloves are causing problems with focus and light reflection. I’ve also noticed that when I have a microphone on my lapel it is below where the lip of the bin is so it is mostly blocked when I’m speaking. Not sure how to deal with the glove issue but the mic issue is an easy one to solve.
As I moved the waste around I can see they need less waste. Not enough to handle anything but small amounts at this time. An example might be one mango or half of a cantaloupe rind lasting for about two weeks. It was exciting to see all the young worms. Not sure where they all came from as it did not seem like there were many to start with. Maybe there were eggs in the soil from the planter. Also noted with still images in the video is the size difference. When I placed them in the bin they were as small as the worms featured in the still image but the larger ones in the image is what I’ve been seeing the last few weeks since I first noted the change.
Thought I’d add the wheat/oat grass we grow for our cats. It last for several weeks then dies off so I add it to the bin as leaf litter. Seems like this bin has all it can handle for the next 2 or 3 weeks. I’ll monitor the conditions and maybe add something from the waste bin in small quantities until the population and mass size increases. Looking forward to seeing how this bin progresses over time. -13
Check out the video!
Bin 2, the addition of worms from bin 3 made a noticeable difference in how much bin 2 can handle as evidenced by the photos taken 8 days later. No noticeable odors or flying insects. Bin 3 had no noticeable difference in consumption, except for the cardboard. Doesn’t look like I moved any worms. The video shows how the worms start getting into the cardboard. Then it seems to disappear into the castings. I’ll have to add more waste over the next day or so. It is so amazing how fast they can consume what looks like to much at first. -13
Bin 1. The progress of the bonus worms is moving along well. They’re at the top eating. Most look like they’re maybe an inch or so in length. There might be 20 or so in total. I did find 2 that were larger and think they must have been where I couldn’t see them. It looked like there might be a concentration of them in the soil I found them in so I’m surprised to see so few at this point.
I’m sure there is enough waste to feed on for several weeks and won’t add any until then. Considering the progress of waste consumption and number of worms I thought it would be good to move the potato skins over top of the old and newly added waste to act like leaf litter. It seems to work well for that. Helps keep up the moisture, provide shade from sunlight and edible waste.
As soon as that side is finished I’ll move the waste to the other half in an attempt to build it up. Curious about composting in general I’ve also tried to find information on the insects I find in my compost piles. One of those that seems to always be on-scene is the Armadillidium vulgare. Also known as role-poly, pill bug and others.
Recently I noticed pill bugs in a flower pot so I thought I’d add them to my experimental bin. I’d like to see how they influence and reproduce in a worm-bin setting. One of my thoughts was to see if they help keep house and eat other things like vegetable skins the worms don’t seem to have an interest in or have an difficult time consuming.
The video is little over 6 minutes with most of the details. I had recorded footage of the capture of the insects but cannot find it anywhere. So much for that. I’ll check the bin in 6-7 days then film an update. -13
Bin 2 & 3. Both bins have generally been feed the same each waste dump. Bin 2 has usually taken a week longer or more for the same amount in bin 3 to disappear in about three to five days. The before and after videos and stills turned out to be useful for making it easy to see. Over the last few weeks I’ve been watching to see about how many more there are in 3 than two.
When I turn the waste cover off the worms it is clear the volume is significant. Based on those two facts I decided to evict a considerable amount of worms from 3 and move them a few feet into 2. I think that it will even out the population. For now I’ll spread out the waste and let them settle for another 5 days or so.
The video below has most of the action.
Worm bin- 2, 3. Bin 2, most of the waste is slowly settling. The cleared side looks mostly cleaned out. No odor. Bin 3, recently added waste was settling into the compost, worms were in abundance.* No odor. Cleared off side is ready for more waste. Since the broccoli funk is gone I’ll add more waste to that side in both bins. Looks like I’ll need to add more to bin 3 since they’re eating at a rapid pace. They must be on a sugar rush from all the mangos.
Wanted to document the details in the video below.
*Bin 3, added worms from bin 1 several months ago. I had some cardboard that I use as a leaf litter substitute. At some point palmetto bugs had set up home in one piece. I missed it and introduced then into bin 1. Now I bake the cardboard before I introduce it to the bin to cook off and eggs or insects.
Quick follow up for bins 2 & 3. The video footage shows it clearly, things in the bin are getting back to normal. I was surprised to see how much they had cleared out. They ate the center of fresh cut potatoes that left what looked like over baked potato skins. Thought that was worth noting. Added cat hair about a month ago. Looks like I need to thin it out more.
Not a hint of foul odor from any of the bins. They usually don’t have much of an odor. I always find that interesting. The other surprise was the potato skins trying to grow.
They ate so much that I had to get mangos to feed both bins. I’ll check back in 5 days or so then post another video/blog. -13
Irma passed. The electricity and internet stayed on the entire time. Then as the storm passed, internet gone! For more than a week, I’ll write more on that in another post. Couldn’t work on my other projects so thought I’d clear up some of my video projects and catch up.
Here it is weeks later and just today have I been able to accomplish what I set out to do. What I thought would take a week has turned into three weeks. I discovered I had four months of dash cam videos piled up on my computer. When I checked, the memory on the computer was in the red zone. Whatever that meant.
Parked at the computer desk I began the sorting process. I discovered some things I hadn’t noticed before when I didn’t have so many to sort at the same time. Our dK2 camera usually records 100, three minute videos per day, often more. There are so many drivers not using their turn signal to indicate a lane change I had to eliminate all but the most offensive in my eye. I used close calls, speed, proximity to others, distance etc as a guide. The progression of this can be seen in the videos as I learned more.
It takes me about 30 seconds to scan each 3 minute section. More if I find something. Every 5 hours or so of video seems to produce 1-2 minutes of useable footage. The project getting behind like that was to much. I have to stay on top of it or it will become overwhelming and I’ll run out of storage space.
I finally figured a way to cut a still image from the actual footage to use as a custom thumbnail. That discovery made me want to go back an change all the covers to the begining. I didn’t like the blue screen background much it reminded me of computer blue screen hell. So, now it’s changed.
I also have a lot of after hurricane Irma footage to work on. Hoping I can find some before footage to work in for contrast. That will take a couple weeks again of trying to find, then match footage or stills. I’ve deleted many things that are gone forever so it might be hard to find. Lesson learned with imovie, save a copy away from your project, if you cut something from another project then delete it, it will be gone from your other project.
Glad I’m somewhat caught up. The Irma after footage will be time consuming but worth it because there is serious destruction recorded on them. They look like they will be much longer than most videos. More in the 10 minute ranges or so. I like making these kind of videos for fun hope people enjoy them. -13
I grew up in the south and have had several opportunity to witness a klan rally. The first two times was when I was a kid. Sometime back in the mid, maybe later 70’s, I think? Me and my friend had seen the posters, knew where the place was so we snuck into the woods earlier in the day with all our vintage military gear, then watched the whole thing from beginning to cross burning end posted up in an old civil war earthwork on the hillside. Couldn’t believe they didn’t have someone up there for security. That might seem weird thinking for a kid, remember I grew up outside a military base, my mentors were combat veterans and police officers, medics who also had combat experience. Nearly all my dads friends were active duty or retired. My family had military contracts. Get it?
It was crazy and totally terrifying to be there hidden in the woods. We were very concerned for our safety if we were caught. As the people arrived it was clear they were heavily armed. I had thought about bringing my rifle but didn’t because we had to cross a couple busy city streets and neighborhoods to get there, the only way in was by foot for us. A pistol was out because I was a kid and didn’t own one, they belonged to my dad and would need his permission. Not an option if I was going stealth into the woods to spectate on a klan rally. So there we were unarmed.
No matter what I would have brought with me I would have been out gunned by any one or two of the guys who had shown up. We were able to see into a few of their trunks and they were full of guns, it was cool and insane all at once. Thank goodness for binoculars. My friend was a wise choice. He knew how to keep his mouth shut and creep quiet through the woods full of dry leaves and twigs. Try it sometime you’ll see just how hard it can be.
The next time I witnessed part of a rally was several years later when I was on a 10-27 (structure fire) call with the rescue squad. On our way to the fire at first we thought the glow from a rally burning three crosses was the fire but we soon found out it was the wrong place when the armed guards informed us everything there was under control, wrong address. They were right the burning house was a couple of miles away down the same road.
Similar circumstances several years later when I was responding to a call for cardiac arrest in the deep boonies we rolled by a large gathering with a huge burning cross. It was just off the side of the road in a big cornfield. At first in the distance it looked like someone burning a brush pile until we rolled right up on top of the whole thing.
Within a year or two of that we’d dropped off a patient at a hospital and were returning to station when we spotted a red glow in the hills that looked for sure like a house fire. We went to investigate expecting the place to be fully involved by the time we got there. Nope not a house fire just a klan rally. Nuts! I left the area a year or two after that and never saw any klan thing since.
I have seen some blatant racism over the years. Amazing to watch. I’m not just talking about white on black either but that isn’t the topic and most of this is a sidetracked tangent recollection of the past. It was totally inspired by a video clip I’d seen in the last few minutes at the end of a video I’d been watching on YouTube. Featuring a real interview with Johnny Lee Clary on Enough Rope with Andrew Denton. The way it is shown in the video makes it impossible to distinguish that it is a real interview. When I saw it I thought it was a comedy piece put together to make fun of racist. I really thought that.
I thought it was so funny that I wanted to share it. The laugh was on me when I found out the guy was for real and there was much more to the story than just the 4:00 minutes shown. If things could work out for real like that all racist encounters would be so funny and provide what can only be called instant karma. This made me laugh, still does. I love stories like this. What a long lead into this video but it inspired those memories so thought I’d put this on my blog since that’s why I started it. -13
Here is the cut without having to look for it at the end of the other video below.
Johnny Lee Clary on Enough Rope with Andrew Denton
The video I had been watching.
Arm the citizens! Hell yes for the second amendment! Lets restore law and order, rule of law and return to the U.S. Constitution! Kick out these corrupt banker-politicians elected by willful ignorance and corporate propaganda. Oh wait, the story is about socialist-communist infested Venezuela?
Got it! Easy as pie low-budget manipulation?
via LiveLeak.com – Venezuela holds military exercises after US threat
Maduro said he would arm the citizens. Great plan when they’re fighting in the streets already. Only arm party members? Ok, remember they’ll only play along so long as the freebies and food keep coming, but when it stops or the boogie man never shows. Trained, armed individuals with abilities that weren’t before. Perfect CIA ploy and it didn’t cost much at all.
Arm and train the citizenry already on the verge of insurrection. Starving, armed people, hum, wonder where this will lead? All Trump had to do was threaten action and look what it got them. One step closer to total anarchy in Venezuela and a possible U.S. puppet for a replacement. Socialism-communism always ends up the same way. Let this be a lesson for the socialist-communist wannabes. Think you’re all emotional now wait until you are hungry. Boy scout motto if you were lucky enough, “Be prepared”. -13
The American people will fuck you up when they come together. All one has to do is study history. Cannot wait to see where this will lead.
Is the fall underway as it appears? How will the people respond? Didn’t do shit when they passed the Patriot Act. Now though, they invade your homes and property without warrant, let the banks take money from your savings and checking accounts without recourse.
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides that “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fourth_amendment
Those closest to me have known this since the 80’s and will not find the news above a surprise. Ready to fight for your freedom? In what capacity? Probably not. Doesn’t matter anyway. They created the mob and are walking directly into the path of a destruction of their own design. The sooner the better. Let the suffering begin.
Unfortunately we learned as a people, all of human beings of sound mind that during World War 1 and WW2, fascist-communist can only be stopped at gunpoint.
In my part of the universe humans are liberated in many ways, kindness, cruelty, self inflicted suffering are just a few that motivate one to make better choices. Don’t be outraged, be prepared and stay out of your emotions. It’s selfish really. The more you’re prepared the fewer mindless-hungry-ghost-zombies roaming the countryside the better. It will conserve ammunition and reduce the chances of a crossfire, FF incident. See what I mean about my motivations. Getting prepared for the future? Can’t wait to see what happens next. -13
Unit-13 FREMSLT 