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Thread ID: 115042	2010-12-29 23:27:00	Video From Me In Anza, California	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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1165598	2010-12-30 04:37:00	Thanks SJ, - Plenty of power posts, but not many road lamps . Guess you need constant full beam for night driving if you don't know the roads . On top of the Blazer, I have 2x1KW lamps on the roof and I also run ALL six of the headlamp High & Low filaments in High Beam position with a heavy relay plus two 500Watt amber lamps forward . You can't run that much power through just the headlamp switch of it'd smoke! The Amigo has two 750Watt halogens and another two 500Watt amber halogens for night or rain/snow driving plus the usual Hi/Low beams . I like to see the animals and objects in the dark . There are a lot of deer and bear collisions here, and we hit a lot of coyotes and wild/domesticated dogs too . So far I've managed to miss Sasquatch though .	SurferJoe46 (51)
1165599	2010-12-30 04:43:00	Nice travelogue . Does your steering ever seize up on those straight roads? LOL Nah! Many of our roads here are that straight too . I travel between here and New Mexico and Montana a lot and the roads stretch out for 50 miles until it might make an ever-so0-gentle turn to avoid a mountain or river . I like the mountain roads, and I promise to video a few of those trips too when the weather breaks and I can really honk on around the turns . What I'll also try to do is video a few more normal commutes so youse guys can see how the roads are here that I drive pretty much all the time . Less than 20 miles/32 kliks from here they have over two feet of snow already today! I may have to pick someone up in that area in a few hours as their vehicle isn't 4WD and it's at the bottom of a slippery driveway behind the house in which they live . Too bad it's so dark now or I could video that too . It's 20:30 here, Wednesday evening .	SurferJoe46 (51)
1165600	2010-12-30 04:46:00	Very cool SJ. Though the camera was low and I kept trying to peer over the dash! :cool: I only watched about 2mins coz I still haven't figured out how much youtube clips affect my monthly data allowance...paranoia is a beautiful thing.	allblack (6574)
1165601	2010-12-30 04:54:00	Lights galore I see. Must need a big alternator or is it generator in the US? Well so much for Sasquatch, but maybe a Yeti ? - as seen in this New Zealand Mountain Rescue Ad (www.youtube.com). Note the first comment - the US uses the Air force for rescue?	kahawai chaser (3545)
1165602	2010-12-30 05:07:00	Very cool SJ . Though the camera was low and I kept trying to peer over the dash! :cool: I only watched about 2mins coz I still haven't figured out how much youtube clips affect my monthly data allowance . . . paranoia is a beautiful thing . Yeah - I goofed and set it too low! Sorry . I hope to rectify that next time . Did you notice that the cracked windshield is replaced?	SurferJoe46 (51)
1165603	2010-12-30 05:19:00	Did you notice that the cracked windshield is replaced? nah mate - I was too busy thinking how cool it would be hooning through the puddles! Sideways!! :D	allblack (6574)
1165604	2010-12-30 05:34:00	Lights galore I see . Must need a big alternator or is it generator in the US? Well so much for Sasquatch, but maybe a Yeti ? - as seen in this New Zealand Mountain Rescue Ad ( . youtube . com/watch?v=Hhrhx8X6ya4" target="_blank">www . youtube . com) . Note the first comment - the US uses the Air force for rescue? Alternators - and rubber tires now too! Yetis are the illegitimate love children from a Sasquatch/Martian extra-marital relationship . I have a 180 Amp Motorola police alternator on the Blazer with twin deep cycle RV lead/acid batteries, and a stock 65 Amp on the Isuzu . The US has many branches of service organizations to effect rescues . If the rescue is at sea, the Navy, Coast Guard, Marines or the Harbor Patrol are all involved . On land, we have many organizations that are both federally, state, city or private paid . Beside benevolent societies like the Boy Scouts, the local authorities that would come into call for a mountain rescue here would first be on a local level with the Riverside County Sheriff - since we have no local constabulary . If they couldn't do anything, or they might need some help, then the City Fire departments with their paramedics would do the job . On the Fire/Rescue level, we have quite a few different branches too . I'll list them as they are available to me here in Anza, a small incorporated town in Riverside County, State of California, USA . Local Sheriff's Search & Rescue and Paramedics (mostly volunteers and mountain climbing/survival experts) City Fire Department (if we had a city fire department - we don't since we're not a city, but just a town) Their vehicles would either be red or white Country Fire Department/Paramedics (we got this) Their vehicles are either amber or yellow State Of California Fire/Rescue paramedics (these we have too) Their vehicles are red Federal Fire/Rescue Paramedics and Mountain & Rapid Water Rescue Experts (we have this too here!) Their vehicles are green The CHP (California Highway Patrol) has a branch that is also used in this sort of activity, but in greater rescues and large-scale public disasters . (I have this available all through California too) Their vehicles are black and white Any branch can call in any other city's branches or county's rescue personnel too with one call . There is a lot of coverage and civil safety is paramount on all levels . Then we can call in the Federal branches like the US Navy . Marines, Army, National Guard, Air National Guard, The California Air national Guard, The US Air Force and other federally-paid search and rescue units . Quite a lot of coverage, and I haven't even broken a sweat yet! We have many privateer groups that perform lots of rescues all over here and in the High Sierras and the mountain resorts too . We also have a "Good Samaritan Act" that forbids anyone seeking redress from any person trying to assist in a rescue of life or personal effects from being harmed or injured or even deceased by any other person trying to help in a life-and-death situation . If you stop at the scene of an accident and render help that ultimately kills, maims or injures someone, you are judgment proof by law and held legally blameless . Note that the vehicles are differently colored to signify pecking order and accountability . One nice thing is that they all have dispatchers and radios systems that can interface with each other or just their own group or combinations of the above! Each paramedic/firefighter and commander carries his own two-way, multi channel, satellite up-linked communications devices too . This is why the whole US changed the TV broadcast freqs and went digital and 'way off from the emergency service frequencies . Your old analog TVs don't work here any more . This makes branch-to-branch communications easy and keeps from doubling up or missing an area of importance . F'rinstance: a fireman in Anza can communicate with a paramedic in New York City if they have a real need to . It's do-able . ,	SurferJoe46 (51)
1165605	2010-12-30 07:58:00	We also have a "Good Samaritan Act" that forbids anyone seeking redress from any person trying to assist in a rescue of life or personal effects from being harmed or injured or even deceased by any other person trying to help in a life-and-death situation . If you stop at the scene of an accident and render help that ultimately kills, maims or injures someone, you are judgment proof by law and held legally blameless . About time - my aunt was on a tour bus in the USA many years ago when someone fell down the bus steps . The only people who went to help were non-Americans . Turned out the Americans were frightened of being sued if something went wrong .	decibel (11645)
1165606	2010-12-30 08:16:00	About time - my aunt was on a tour bus in the USA many years ago when someone fell down the bus steps. The only people who went to help were non-Americans. Turned out the Americans were frightened of being sued if something went wrong. That is on a state-by-state basis though. Some states have no such protection. It's like driving through lots of little countries sometimes.	SurferJoe46 (51)
1165607	2010-12-30 09:06:00	Nice video Joe. I used to spend a lot of time in Cathedral City in the 70's, so although that's the desert, it's still bleak, flat, straight roads. And it always looked much better at night. Your video brings back those memories. And come to think of it, a few mammarys as well. ;) I especially like the commonsense approach California has adopted: We also have a "Good Samaritan Act" that forbids anyone seeking redress from any person trying to assist in a rescue of life or personal effects from being harmed or injured or even deceased by any other person trying to help in a life-and-death situation. If you stop at the scene of an accident and render help that ultimately kills, maims or injures someone, you are judgment proof by law and held legally blameless Incidentally, isn't Jerry Brown running again? And what are the odds?	WalOne (4202)
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