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   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Wed, 09 Jul 2025 05:46:42 GMT, Jan Panteltje wrote:   
      
   > Drones equipped with cameras and video recorders could perhaps record   
   > where people are washed away to?   
   > Makes it easier looking for the missing ones?   
      
   The problem I see with this suggestion is weather conditions.   
      
   https://skykam.co.uk/can-drones-fly-in-wind/   
      
   I don't know what the situation was in Texas but thunderstorms around here   
   typically include gale force winds or worse. Last July we learned about   
   derechos.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derecho   
      
   You can't fly a drone when 100' pine trees are getting blown over.   
      
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