MikeL90

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Trees coated in almost an inch of ice swaying and creaking in the wind.

I was on my way out of the city of Buffalo after completing a job and I saw this guy in a wheelchair playing in traffic. Moments before I had started to record this video, he was standing up and walking next to his wheelchair and making the motion of throwing it at one of the vehicles in the road stopped at the red light. Once the light went green for me, the guy wheeled right into the middle of the road I was on.

I’m out plowing snow and I can’t see past my loader bucket. 30 mph sustained winds, over 50mph gust. Heavy lake effect snow. It is 2 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill of -20 plus.

We got over 4 feet of heavy lake effect snow in less than 24 hours in Western New York. The fence in the video is 5 and a half feet tall.

This is the creek that runs underneath the Walden Galleria mall in Cheektowaga NY. The creek was covered with basically a very large bridge and the mall was built on top of it.

This was at work. Driving CAT 305.5 to a different location on site through the malls food court.

Here’s a quick video of some turtle eggs I found down at the creek. They appear to have been dug up and eaten by another animal. It’s sad to see them destroyed but that’s how nature goes sometimes. These appear to be snapping turtle eggs based on their shape, size, color and amount of eggs. Thanks for watching and have a great day.

Here’s a quick video of a 1 1/2 inch copper water line that was accidentally punctured while excavating around it.

Here is an example of the sad, crazy world which we live in. I live in New York State, the country part on the west coast of the state, and the use of plastic bags has been banned for a couple years now. We are not allowed to use them for groceries but the stores are allowed to sell, for GREAT profit, these oh so bad for the environment plastic bags. What a world we live in… The state of New York is mostly a beautiful, rural, hilly and wild land covered. The whole entire state suffers because of the terrible laws and politicians in that disgusting city.

Here is an example of the sad, crazy world which we live in. I live in New York State, the country part on the west coast of the state, and the use of plastic bags has been banned for a couple years now. We are not allowed to use them for groceries but the stores are allowed to sell, for GREAT profit, these oh so bad for the environment plastic bags. What a world we live in… The state of New York is mostly a beautiful, rural, hilly and wild land covered. The whole entire state suffers because of the terrible laws and politicians in that disgusting city.

Here’s the chicken coop I’ve been working on. Just about finished up with it. It’s 4x8 with a 8x8 run. Went way over budget but it was worth it to be able to stand up and walk in it to clean it up. Thanks for watching and have a great day!

Looked out the window to the huge snow flakes this morning. 75 degrees a few days ago and now 30 and snow. We’ve been lucky this spring with the nice weather.

Looked out the window just in time to catch a fox walk up to the corner of the garden fence and mark it.

Saturday we had a gusty wind storm. I noticed the triplex that feeds our home was sagging lower than normal. Called NYSEG and they sent out a kid who said it was normal and what I was seeing was a tree branch. Unfortunately, I was at work and not at home when he came by to look at it. I called again today and customer service said they had a service report which said everything was as it should be. I took this video and ask if anyone else out there can see what is clearly wrong with these power lines. I’m not a certified full time electrician it I know enough to see this is not right. At no point ever should a aerobics or feeder line cross low voltage communication lines or touch them at all. Hopper they send out an experienced linesman to fix this before something terrible happens. How can they send someone to a job like this lacking any knowledge? A situation like this could potentially feed back 220 volts with extremely high potential into the low voltage communication lines and hurt or kill somebody. A fire could be started if 220 was feed back through those low voltage communication lines. A high truck could grab the low sagging triplex and rip it off of the house. This is the type of stuff that really aggravates me. Thank you for watching and I’d love to hear your feed back.

Here is the latest addition to the family. 6 fresh baby chickers! They’re about 6 weeks old. They eat so much food for their little size. Soon they will be big enough to play around outside, for now they have to stay in their brooder. Thanks for watching and have a great day!

Puppy was tired and fell asleep with his tongue hangin out of his mouth. Please excuse the background noise, that’s what the news plays…

This is how I dry firewood that either isn’t completely seasoned or has become wet from rain or snow. I have a camp fire cooking rack made of steel that I place on top of my wood stove and I stack wood on it while I have a fire going. I start with thicker pieces first on the bottom and out smaller and smaller pieces as the stack gets higher. I let it cook for about 90 minutes which is enough to remove most of the moisture but not completely dry it out. Afterward, I put the wood on my hearth and allow it too cool and make sure it isn’t burning at all before I stack it with other wood. This works great when you’re in a pinch or your wood gets wet. Thanks for watching and have a great day. This was filmed in 4k60.

Found this possum chilling on the deck after work. The cats and him are buddy's and share food lol. He was so calm and chill I was able to come right up to him. In time, I hope to gain his trust so I can pet him. Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed!

Lies. We've been living on a planet with a climate that has been ever changing since its creation. Its funny how the ones who say we need to stop using fossil fuels don't give up their personal jet or helicopter rides or their overly extravagant wasteful lifestyle or the government that mandates emissions equipment on our vehicles adhere to their own policies on their emissions exempt vehicles. Its a bunch of bogus lies to dictate with fear for profit. They keep saying the weather is the worst ever been. I have news for you. It's always been like that. The planets weather isn't always sunshine and lollipops. They keep saying record this and record that. Well that's odd because I remember weather like this or worse years ago and have seen photos of it and heard of others speak of it from long ago. Kids don't listen to old people when they tell them something and with these brain dead recent generations, they think all this is new. All this in the time of the cleanest air we've had in 150 years... I swear these people forgot 3rd grade science where they taught us about the ever changing climate of our planet... They were too busy on their phones or crying about what someone else is doing that has no physical bearing on others. Too busy telling others how they should be thinking... Its funny to me whenever I see the weather and they have some new crazy name for a weather event like it's something completely new. Like snow hurricane lol. It's called a blizzard. Or a bomb cyclone. It's called snow. Or we get 3 inches of snow "devastating record snow storm" in an area that gets snow every winter. Everytime snow is forecast I get a weather alert for a "snow storm" or "winter weather warning" or something. Like wooowwwwyyyy it's gonna snow? In the middle of winter? WHAT? How unheard of is that! Thanks for sticking around for my rant.

Here's Luke dog having a great dream about running while taking a little nap.

Here's 18 inches of lake effect snow thay fell in Erie county NY. Between 11pm Sundays when it started and 8am Monday, a foot and a half of snow fell. We've had a very light winter so far. Usually, when we have a warm first half of winter, the lakes stay warm and when the arctic cold comes in January, we get lots and lots of lake effect. Thanks for watching and have a great day!

Here's a short video of my first chimney fire! I started a fire and in less than 5 minutes of starting it, I heard this loud rushing of air. It sounded like a tornado. I quickly realized my chimney had lit up and started on fire! All good though, no worries and no damage. I'm actually glad it had burned off the creosote build up. I often have fires that burn completely out which creates large creosote deposits. The fire was fast and hot and as soon as I realized what was happening, I closed the doors on my Vermont Casting 1977 Vigilant. The fire roared for about 30 seconds or so and the flue temp shot up to about 700 degrees in that short time. All in all, it couldn't have went any better. Thanks for watching and have a wonderful day!

Puppy loves his blanket and getting all snuggled up in it on the couch in the winter months. He likes to be covered with his blanket and his head poking out.

Here is a quick video of two Cessnas towing the infamous Pac Man banners! Seen randomly across the country, the lead banner is promoting the Stong museum of play which is a social and cultural museum located in Rochester New York and the tailing banner depicting the characters from the popular video game "Pac Man" for all to see. I've been seeing more of these air billboards recently. They seem to be making a come back. From personal invitations to political rants to advertisements, air billboards are a great way to spread your message for all audiences to see. Thank you for watching and have a great day!