Current Events

Fascinating Drone Footage

Citizens from 6 States  New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio have been reporting sightings in recent week of drones hovering above.  Local politicians alongside local law enforcement agencies are demanding answers from the federal government, which in response has claimed these are standard FAA regulated consumer drones and they pose no threat to the public or national security.  Yet some how they failed to remember that FAA regulations state that drones are not supposed to be flown at night, over regulated air space, and must remain in the pilots field of view. As being someone capable of critical thinking, this is a cause for concern, and warranted further investigation.

What i learned is the internet (google, youtube, etc) is being filtered, but I did come across some very interesting footage on the Citizen Reporting app.  Most the footage I reviewed were nothing out of the oridinary in terms of technological capabilities, until I came cross this first video, At first I thought maybe it was just a glare of the camera something, but then you will see that others were capturing the similar footage but from completely different perspectives.

I am not sure what to make of this, my instincts lead me to believe that it maybe lights coming from satellites, maybe apart of a psyop, but those do not look like consumer drones to me.  When uncle sam says “dont worry” “we cant tell where those drones are coming from or who owns them, but we can assure you there not a threat to public safety”,  that should raise huge red flags for those capable of critical thinking.

Tracking DMV wait times

PROJECT on-hold due to COVID-19

THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY NOT COLLECTING DATA BECAUSE THE DMV IS NOT OPERATING DUE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. CHECK OUT MY OC COVID TRACKER MEANWHILE.

So I was required to visit one of our favorite state agencies, the DMV. Its been a while, and when i showed up the line was wrapping around the building.  So i went home to spare my day, and figure out a better way to accomplish this civic duty.

With some general knowledge of the existing public data, I attempted to track the wait times for all my local DMV's. and figure out where and when a good time to go to the DMV would be.

Going to the DMV website I found some interesting stats

This data provides a  general overview but not the specifics im looking for. After a little more digging I wass able to find "some what" real time wait time on the DMW website:So i proceeded to scrape those wait times into a MYSQL database every 15 minutes for each location.  Making use of that much data can be difficult, so i need to make a way to visualize the data, so i employed google charts.   If your interested in seeing the ongoing results of this project click here

  I was able to figure out the best time and location, which i will publish online after I finish my dealings with the DMV. So be sure to check back or subscribe to my site for an update.

Orange County CA Sea level Rise Threat Assessment

According to Bloomberg and the Florida State University:

To put in context 225,700 people is more than double (just under x3) the entire population of Newport Beach.

Here is what the threat assessment according to the NOAA Sea Level Rise Map

Areas Effected By Sea Level Rise according to Bloomberg scenario

Areas threaten by High Tide Flooding:

Southern Orange County appears to be physically unaffected by rising water, possibly due to elevation, but it is vulnerable to social impact, even at the present seal levels