March 9, 2025 • 8 mins
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(00:00):
Hi, this is Jim from Safety Wars. Before we start the program, I want to make sure everyone understands that we often talk about OSHA and EPA citations,
(00:08):
along with some other regulatory actions from other agencies, legal cases, and criminal activity.
Everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Proposed fines are exactly that, and they are often litigated, reduced, or vacated.
We use available public records, news accounts, and press releases.
We cannot warranty or guarantee the details of any of the stories we share, since we are not directly involved with these stories, at least not most of the time.
(00:33):
Enjoy the show!
And from the border of Liberty and Prosperity, in the Highway to North, this is Safety Wars.
For Friday, March 7th.
Ignore the date behind it.
Right?
Uh, 2025. I forgot to change the calendar. Sorry, guys.
(00:59):
Anyway, how's everybody doing out there today?
We shouldn't get any interruptions.
Uh, so, uh, the audio portion, the video portion is pre-recorded. I am doing the audio portion live here.
Uh, we had a couple of little snags with the, uh, audio.
(01:22):
Um, Wednesday, I guess, it was, so...
Oh, well. Sorry, folks. Uh, on the video portion.
We're having things worked out here. I know, I know.
Gotta mess around with it a little bit more.
So, anyway, what's going on? A lot's going on.
(01:44):
An awful lot is going on.
Now, having these conversations, right, I've been giving training classes the last couple of days.
That's one of the reasons why you didn't hear me yesterday.
It was like, after eight hours of talking to people, now, you come here and it's like,
(02:04):
ah, am I gonna give a good show or not?
And I'm trying to do give you folks the best show possible here.
Uh, no, it's like, man, I can't do it, man. I can't do it.
Right? I don't wanna waste people's time.
So...
(02:29):
Okay, hold on, hold on.
For some reason, I'm not hearing on. Save DfM. Hang on.
Alright, I... Okay, there we go.
So, up here in the Northeast, we had huge, huge, huge issues.
(02:53):
Huge!
With, uh, windstorms last night.
Some areas are still without power, and this is at 8 p.m. at night.
They've been at, uh, power has been down the entire day.
That's usually the way they roll around here, because for some reason, everybody wants the power lines above ground,
and not below ground, right?
(03:15):
And this is the way it's been for the last 50 years.
Areas in New Jersey, they got power, actually more than 50.
In New Jersey, they got power in the late 1950s in a lot of rural areas, the Sussex County, uh, there.
And, uh, you know, they kept things above ground.
Uh, on the house at Iona up there, uh, you could go inside the shed.
(03:37):
There's an old shed. No, it's not old. We're still using it.
No, we've maintained it, uh, over the years.
And there is an old-fashioned bull switch.
It looked like something out of the old Frankenstein movies.
And, uh, that's where they kept the generator.
And it's still set up for a generator, uh, to feed power to the main house.
(03:58):
So, you know, uh, no, uh, no.
Being without power, without electric, not exactly an old concept.
And there are people today that live in areas, rural areas, without power.
And they manage to get by.
Uh, but, you know, you have the whole argument about the good old days.
(04:19):
Everybody wants the good old days. Hey, we gotta get the good old days.
As Ronald Reagan said, the good old days weren't so good.
We had, uh, rampant diseases.
Some of those diseases are making resurgence today.
And, uh, you know, it's, uh, you know, it is what it is, uh, here.
So, uh, so, I'm, uh, this morning,
(04:43):
I am, I walk my daughter to the bus, right?
And, uh, the school bus and we're, I'm there with the other parents.
And, you know, one of the parents rings the dog.
They got a new puppy.
I forget the name of the puppy, but the puppy is very cute and playing with everybody.
And, you know, very energetic, very friendly and everything else.
(05:05):
And then we hear this, boom.
I'm like, what the hell?
What the hell? Belief was that.
And, uh, about a half a block away, there's the school bus.
It's gonna stop.
And everybody wants to go look at it.
I said, I'll tell you what, I'll go look at it.
I don't know whether it's safe or not.
Let me see if everything is okay.
(05:27):
There may be something going on there.
No, this, we have problems with people running over animals in our neighborhood.
Uh, some of the, uh, some of my neighbors like to let their dogs run loose
in the middle of busy streets.
I don't think they like it, but it's just what happens.
And, uh, last year, I think was maybe the year before there was, uh,
(05:50):
a dog that was run over and it was a horrendous scene.
And, you know, I had to keep the kids away, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
all at the bus stop in the morning.
So I go walking out up to the, uh, uh, bus.
And sure enough, uh, no, it's not clear to me what happened.
Like everyone's saying this happened, that happened, this happened, that happened.
(06:12):
I look at looking at it, right?
Since I've been involved with the human organizational performance,
one of the things is context drives behavior.
Right. You gotta know the context.
Don't jump to conclusions.
You gotta know what's going on.
Do the learning team, do all that.
So, uh, in years gone by, it would be like fire is ass.
Like, uh, the secretary transferred to her and, uh, for Taysian.
(06:34):
Any near misses were going to have to fire the pilot.
Well, guess what?
You might've had a near miss because the pilot was really skilled
and you didn't have a plane crash.
Right. That is a distinct possibility.
And maybe you want to keep that pilot, keep those FAA people in there
because, hey, God, you know, you have to know what the whole story as it used to be.
(07:00):
Anyway, I go up there and, uh, apparently,
however it happened, uh, a branch or a tree was partially collapsed.
This bus hit the tree where the tree fell as the bus was coming by
and hit the bus, which you can't do anything about,
which took down an electrical line.
(07:22):
And I tell you what, the thing must have arced
because the windshield was broken and everything else.
So, uh, go in there. Okay.
Is everybody, I come up to the bus.
Okay. I see there's nothing there. No down wires.
It could hurt me and it's got to lay in the land.
I go up to the bus. I say, hey, uh, hey, dude.
You know, I was, I don't know what I was saying.
(07:45):
I say, dude, you okay?
And are the children okay?
Yeah, yeah, the kids are okay. We're okay.
We just had the broken windshield here.
I said, okay.
I said, now he's on the phone.
I said, do you want me to call him into 911?
Or are you calling 911?
Which one is it?
Uh, uh, yeah, Jessica's father.
(08:08):
Uh, yeah, you're, uh, uh, I'll call 911.
Okay. And, uh, then we will, I walk that to the bus stop.
Nobody's hurt.
Uh, obviously the kids are very upset because they like going to school.
It's a wonderful school they go to.
Hi, this is Jim from Safety Wars. Before we start the program, I want to make sure everyone understands that we often talk about OSHA and EPA citations,
(00:08):
along with some other regulatory actions from other agencies, legal cases, and criminal activity.
Everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Proposed fines are exactly that, and they are often litigated, reduced, or vacated.
We use available public records, news accounts, and press releases.
We cannot warranty or guarantee the details of any of the stories we share, since we are not directly involved with these stories, at least not most of the time.
(00:33):
Enjoy the show!
And from the border of Liberty and Prosperity, in the Highway to North, this is Safety Wars.
For Friday, March 7th.
Ignore the date behind it.
Right?
Uh, 2025. I forgot to change the calendar. Sorry, guys.
(00:59):
Anyway, how's everybody doing out there today?
We shouldn't get any interruptions.
Uh, so, uh, the audio portion, the video portion is pre-recorded. I am doing the audio portion live here.
Uh, we had a couple of little snags with the, uh, audio.
(01:22):
Um, Wednesday, I guess, it was, so...
Oh, well. Sorry, folks. Uh, on the video portion.
We're having things worked out here. I know, I know.
Gotta mess around with it a little bit more.
So, anyway, what's going on? A lot's going on.
(01:44):
An awful lot is going on.
Now, having these conversations, right, I've been giving training classes the last couple of days.
That's one of the reasons why you didn't hear me yesterday.
It was like, after eight hours of talking to people, now, you come here and it's like,
(02:04):
ah, am I gonna give a good show or not?
And I'm trying to do give you folks the best show possible here.
Uh, no, it's like, man, I can't do it, man. I can't do it.
Right? I don't wanna waste people's time.
So...
(02:29):
Okay, hold on, hold on.
For some reason, I'm not hearing on. Save DfM. Hang on.
Alright, I... Okay, there we go.
So, up here in the Northeast, we had huge, huge, huge issues.
(02:53):
Huge!
With, uh, windstorms last night.
Some areas are still without power, and this is at 8 p.m. at night.
They've been at, uh, power has been down the entire day.
That's usually the way they roll around here, because for some reason, everybody wants the power lines above ground,
and not below ground, right?
(03:15):
And this is the way it's been for the last 50 years.
Areas in New Jersey, they got power, actually more than 50.
In New Jersey, they got power in the late 1950s in a lot of rural areas, the Sussex County, uh, there.
And, uh, you know, they kept things above ground.
Uh, on the house at Iona up there, uh, you could go inside the shed.
(03:37):
There's an old shed. No, it's not old. We're still using it.
No, we've maintained it, uh, over the years.
And there is an old-fashioned bull switch.
It looked like something out of the old Frankenstein movies.
And, uh, that's where they kept the generator.
And it's still set up for a generator, uh, to feed power to the main house.
(03:58):
So, you know, uh, no, uh, no.
Being without power, without electric, not exactly an old concept.
And there are people today that live in areas, rural areas, without power.
And they manage to get by.
Uh, but, you know, you have the whole argument about the good old days.
(04:19):
Everybody wants the good old days. Hey, we gotta get the good old days.
As Ronald Reagan said, the good old days weren't so good.
We had, uh, rampant diseases.
Some of those diseases are making resurgence today.
And, uh, you know, it's, uh, you know, it is what it is, uh, here.
So, uh, so, I'm, uh, this morning,
(04:43):
I am, I walk my daughter to the bus, right?
And, uh, the school bus and we're, I'm there with the other parents.
And, you know, one of the parents rings the dog.
They got a new puppy.
I forget the name of the puppy, but the puppy is very cute and playing with everybody.
And, you know, very energetic, very friendly and everything else.
(05:05):
And then we hear this, boom.
I'm like, what the hell?
What the hell? Belief was that.
And, uh, about a half a block away, there's the school bus.
It's gonna stop.
And everybody wants to go look at it.
I said, I'll tell you what, I'll go look at it.
I don't know whether it's safe or not.
Let me see if everything is okay.
(05:27):
There may be something going on there.
No, this, we have problems with people running over animals in our neighborhood.
Uh, some of the, uh, some of my neighbors like to let their dogs run loose
in the middle of busy streets.
I don't think they like it, but it's just what happens.
And, uh, last year, I think was maybe the year before there was, uh,
(05:50):
a dog that was run over and it was a horrendous scene.
And, you know, I had to keep the kids away, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
all at the bus stop in the morning.
So I go walking out up to the, uh, uh, bus.
And sure enough, uh, no, it's not clear to me what happened.
Like everyone's saying this happened, that happened, this happened, that happened.
(06:12):
I look at looking at it, right?
Since I've been involved with the human organizational performance,
one of the things is context drives behavior.
Right. You gotta know the context.
Don't jump to conclusions.
You gotta know what's going on.
Do the learning team, do all that.
So, uh, in years gone by, it would be like fire is ass.
Like, uh, the secretary transferred to her and, uh, for Taysian.
(06:34):
Any near misses were going to have to fire the pilot.
Well, guess what?
You might've had a near miss because the pilot was really skilled
and you didn't have a plane crash.
Right. That is a distinct possibility.
And maybe you want to keep that pilot, keep those FAA people in there
because, hey, God, you know, you have to know what the whole story as it used to be.
(07:00):
Anyway, I go up there and, uh, apparently,
however it happened, uh, a branch or a tree was partially collapsed.
This bus hit the tree where the tree fell as the bus was coming by
and hit the bus, which you can't do anything about,
which took down an electrical line.
(07:22):
And I tell you what, the thing must have arced
because the windshield was broken and everything else.
So, uh, go in there. Okay.
Is everybody, I come up to the bus.
Okay. I see there's nothing there. No down wires.
It could hurt me and it's got to lay in the land.
I go up to the bus. I say, hey, uh, hey, dude.
You know, I was, I don't know what I was saying.
(07:45):
I say, dude, you okay?
And are the children okay?
Yeah, yeah, the kids are okay. We're okay.
We just had the broken windshield here.
I said, okay.
I said, now he's on the phone.
I said, do you want me to call him into 911?
Or are you calling 911?
Which one is it?
Uh, uh, yeah, Jessica's father.
(08:08):
Uh, yeah, you're, uh, uh, I'll call 911.
Okay. And, uh, then we will, I walk that to the bus stop.
Nobody's hurt.
Uh, obviously the kids are very upset because they like going to school.
It's a wonderful school they go to.
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