Hullabolu -Rescue

City of Bradenton was well represented.

and especially for me, the MadSnapper they had PIECES of trucks and what rides on them. NO pics of Fireman, I did not see a single one, makes me wonder how that truck got there. But I did get there clothes pics.

AND a photo of ME, skinny as a rail..... OOPS! MadSnapper is Upside Down! Better Below

Hullabaloo - Click It or Ticket!

Florida State Patrol has a Click it or Ticket, Buckle Up or Pay Up crackdown that started May 21st.

Florida's seat belt law states all drivers and front seat passengers must buckle up and all under the age of 18 are required to wear a seat belt.

This is a simulator that shows what happens when a truck rolls over at 20 MPH. as it rotated the family of dummies he had placed in side without seat belts, all flew out the windows.

This officer said 7 people die on Florida Highways every day.

Buckle Up Out There, I always do and it saved my life when my SUV rolled three times a few years ago.

Hullabaloo - Helicopter

My friend Rich and the helicopter we went to see. He lives next door to the hospital and has seen this helicopter land many times, including FIVE minutes before I got there, when it landed for the health fair.
FIVE MINUTES! and you would have seen it in the air.

 In photo above is the nurse that rides in this machine that saves lives daily. There is room for the pilot and a medic and the nurse.

Can you see how small the area is that they slide the trauma victim in? I asked the pilot what do you do if it is a 6'7" 350 pound man, as in a basketball/football player.

 His answer was they don't transport if they don't fit weight land height limit. The fuel is 100 gallons of weight and he said it would not lift off. OY

SOOOO I am now on a diet...... I fit under the height limit....and the weight limit, but what about the Fit In that slot limit?

 They sit in seats at the head of the person, there is KNEEL only room beside the victim.

 I started to hyperventilate looking at this and had to move on.
ONE of my many fears, is Tight Spaces. OY Vey

Hullabaloo

registration tent

Last Saturday, Rich and I went to Blake Hospitals Hullabaloo Health Fair. this is the hospital with the new trauma center that include 2 helipads.   past post on it Friday Fence Helipad

The invitation said free food and all Manatee county rescue vehicles, including the new Bay-flight Helicopter. We were hooked with that one word. HELICOPTER.... if you look in bottom left above you can see it.

Above is the hospital, the brown part is the trauma ER and the helipad is behind the tents. They had the parking lot full of tents with free screenings and test for just above every disease there is.

 The VIP said free food (fruit and water) and music (man playing a guitar) so we skipped that tent.

This tent caught my EYE (pun intended) because of the super eyeballs.

Free Water

 You can see PART of Rich in above photo, tomorrow will be All of Rich. We went for the Vehicles alone.

Five foot tall recycle bottle

And I loved the recycle for glass and plastic bottles, so of course I snapped it as we made a BEE line for the HELICOPTER.... to be continued