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California -- Los Angeles, in the San Fernando Valley (north end of the city), Northridge community.

The 20th person there probably doesn't need to clog up 911 with duplicate calls though, correct? Especially if the fire department is already there? Ever call 911 in such an emergency? I have, plenty of times. Early callers (like the neighbors of this house, spraying their bushes and roofs) already got help. No need to call when the LAFD is already there. Not sure if that was very clear.

Yeah -- surprisingly, we didn't actually have a lot of people participating this year, but the few that did, went hard. I think this neighbor wasn't even home, it took a long time for the fire to get attention, and when I arrived, it was already burning, now out of control, for some time. That being said, those kinds of trees have burned in our area before, and it may be a hard type of tree to put out. But my impression was the home owner wasn't home and someone else's big fireworks set it off.

I do agree since they need be careful what ever could be in the way

Not everyone who lights off fireworks is this careless or senseless in my neighborhood growing up in California we set off fireworks every year on the fourth and nothing like this ever happened.

I agree, these guys did a great job in my neighborhood, and were a credit to their city agency.

Yeah, seems like people are big critics. As the person living next to this worksite, I will say they did an excellent job, always let me in and out of my driveway (even when it meant driving near a trench or heavy vehicle that was working), and were nice/friendly. And they got the job done quick. Also, I don't seem to have an excess water pressure issue anymore, so it was good they replaced the 1950s infrastructure (the reason for this project).

@@glennhighcoveexploresstuff ye if nothing was broken or they didn't scratch the pavement etc etc that's a good job done just fine

yup ..have a 59o sl..would fire him

estoy de acuerdo!

Sorry you don't like the shakiness, it was what it was, we didn't have a tripod and we used what cameras and camera operators we had. But glad you watched.

Yes, the guys on this project (multiple crews) were really good about safeguarding the trenches and covering stuff up asap before any people or animals could get in there. Also nice about letting me take photos on top of the trench later (from a safe place). I was really impressed with the system they had for covering these areas, very turn-key, and you can even attach/detach with your boots when they use the loaders to move them with chains.

True - but I don't use any!

Muy de acuerdo !!!,🔴🤫🫢

ALOOOOTT of practice

LADWP shouldnt be waisting money on extendahoes if they can’t be properly used 🤡🤡🤡

@@IUOE12mercado95 Hahahah I agree they never asked !!!!!🤫🔴🫢

Put your video up ,

Only waiting... I think they secretly patch it later. It worked fine a week later.

Yeah, me too still, I can't seem to do the harbor tour and after skipping ahead to try some other stuff, doing a turn in a current is also surprisingly hard. I'll try to get the next few vids out when I can.

It's a pretty awesome game, the closest I've seen someone attempt to make a sim around just this. It's a hobby team making it, so they don't put out updates often, but the forward progress is good and I hope my clip on the channel captures the audio. It has a lot of promise.

Thanks! Sorry it got so shaky. Could have had this in 4k if I had rushed the light and gotten there with the phone instead, but wanted to be safe. Also, LAPD motor units hang around there all the time giving out tickets, so better safe than sorry. Looks like you guys got better footage up the line. My normal closer vantage point is Northridge station, hopefully some footage soon.

A great question - so what I don't have footage of (maybe I do, I need to look) is that a few weeks ahead of time, and sometimes again same-week if they had to go back and revise things, they had a special cutting machine go up and down the exact painted parts of the trench. My impression (I'm no expert) is that by the time the backhoe gets there, it's totally compromised on the side of the part they are pushing down on. That being said, some days I did hear what sounded like jackhammering, maybe where the main is at that intersection. In fact, that part is still open right now because they still need to get it pressurized downstream for the new pipes. I'm on the new pipes already :P I have a vid coming of them doing the chlorination.

Ah -- yep, another commenter (Christine) had mentioned this as well. So looks like a fairly modern (cough, 1990s, I'm a little old) engine replacement? It sent me down the rabbit hole further. Maybe a follow-up post to this where I further display my pig ignorance ;)

Thank you! For the ignorant like me, was the manifold (is that the thing at the bottom) the giveaway? Also, what's missing from the engine in it's current config, some kind of cover, or is that thing good to go like how it is there, once the whole other cover (the thing in the back apparently was the old one and won't go over this one, per the guy I was talking to in the muted audio) goes back on?

Me too! And my big regret is while I did manage to get a lot of good photos of it outside my house over the months, I never really got close footage of it in action, and it is a great weathered piece of equipment with a lot of nice handy features a layman like me wouldn't know were standard features.

@@glennhighcoveexploresstuff can u please get a video of it in action or try to get video of the crane in action????

@@avontaprice-lg7ws I will try. I do at least have some photos from close up from before, I can at least make a video with those and what I can find or capture.

@@glennhighcoveexploresstuff ok then. Thanks.👌👌👍👍

I know, right? I had a fun time watching this, awesome that it was right there in front of where I live. Nice crew too, these videos are only meant to highlight their good and efficient (and I mean it, it was amazing how much they got done every day) work. Good attitudes too.

Thank you! Only the camerawork was mine, and unsolicited when I was taking a brief break outside during work. The LADWP folks are doing a great job, really got the road by us done quickly and our water re-hooked up to brand new water lines. Awesome job by them.

Ah -- I just record stuff happening around me, this is a project going on from the city I live in, I don't have anything to do with it. Also, I don't think LADWP hires oversea workers.

They're very nice about it, they're in the public view all day, and this is basically my back/front yard, so I'm gonna film it and sell it as stock editorial footage later. It's pretty cool to watch anyways, so I wanted to capture it in hd. Also, now they can show their families the hard work they do, and this crew worked fast and was very efficient. Be sure to check out the longer video.