Sirens and Alarms

The one thing I remember as a kid was the old 12 noon siren that would blast and wine away at noon. Sure, you can see the device that makes the siren go, as it's a tall tower with megaphones sticking out. Then at noon, woooooooooooooweeeeeeeeeeeeee. But there are many different types of sirens, and some of them are really strange. I remember in the 1970's in Yappank Long Island Ny, there was a noon siren that went the usual wooooooweeeeeee, in a different tone, followed by a two tone siren that went with it in the background. I'll never forget that siren sound. But I've discovered tons of videos that show off the noon sirens from across the county, and it's fun to hear them sometimes.
Now in my school days, in the 1970's-1980's, the most common source of alarm in the schools were the fire bells. These were the large round silver colored bells, with the name Shults written in red letters on he front of the bell. Beleive me, fire drills were no picnic, as when the bell rang to break the silence with a fire drill, the echo of the bell's ring would still haunt me in my dreams. So, sometimes, I've discovered videos os people showing off their fire alarm collection or a newly installed alarm system. Mostly likely it's a buzzer with a flashing strobe light, but I still feel nostlagic for the fire alarm bells. As a fun thing, I've seen videos of fire drills that had occcured in their school and what the proceedure is like, brings back memories for me.

deadly lightning strikes

when it comes to a summer T-storm with thunder booming and bolts of lightning flashing flashing all around, you never know where lightning is going to strike next. Lighting is very dangerous and if you are hit, you can be seriously burnt, paralized or even killed. But I've seen some ameture videos that people had made during lighting storms where the bolt of lightning had struck very close, making the video shake. Sure the guy curses on what had just happened, but it's a very deadly risk taken. As the camera itself is electrical, thusly attracting the bolt nearby, as anything giving off electricity will draw the bolt nearby. So although some of the videos are cool to watch, remember that lighting is still very deadly and should be taken with caution. And seek shelter indoors and remember the safety tips on being safe during a lighting storm.

Youtube Good Or Bad

I admit that I've gone to Youtube to view the videos on their website. But mostly it's the ameture videos that people make, like their pet doing something funny, or maybe a documentry of someone's collection or something very common. The one thing I've noticed about Youtube is that there are tons of nostalgic videos that had been posted that often makes me tempted to view it, like various videos showing what had aired on Saturday mornings in the 1970's, or a commercial for a long forgotten product that is no longer in production. I have been searching the internet for the lost and found of my youth, and had no luck, untill I somehow find it on Youtube. The only problem is that there are tons of legality issues that had risen with alot of the videos that had been uploaded. Most people tend to get creative and do things like voice overs with their favorite episode of a tv show, or maybe create fan based things of their favorite cartoon shows.
I have laughed at one video that had been animated of a very funny family from a very funny movie. True it was hilarious, but my concerns are that will I get into legal trouble for viewing it, let alone downloading it to my Ipod? You never know who is watching your internet actions and maybe looking to take action when you least expect it. Nobody wants to get fined thousands of dollars and or do time in prison, just for viewing or downloading a copyrighted video from youtube. Some people are going through their old collection of video recordings, and if they find something nostlagic, they will upload it if it's exciting enough for them, even if it's an added feature on a commercial DVD movie. True that since most tv programs had been cancelled at one point, and had not yet been availavle on DVD, they figure that it should be uploaded to Youtube to better remember the show and keep it going.
What they don't realize is that the original company that made those shows and movies still have the copyrights on them, and maybe they had plans to release it to DVD. But because it's been uploaded to Youtube, it spoils it for the company, and they may decide not to publish it onto DVD. Plus they may attempt to track down the original person who uploaded the video and charge them with heavy fines and imprisonment. Think about it that if a copyrighted video on youtube had been viewed lets say 16,000 times, then they could get fined $100,000 for everytime that video had been downloaded, which could run into millions. So is Youtube really that bad? Well it's hard to say, as the videos are very tempting it watch, but most of them are ameture videos and can be fun to watch, but maybe to play it on the safe side, stay away from Youtube, and view the videos on the websites offered, as chances are they are legal to watch.
But be warned as sometimes youtube videos are placed onto websites, which is just as illegal as watching them on youtube itself.