Good Fence - Helicopter

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While visiting Rich, last week, I found our  trauma helicopter sitting on the pad at Blake Hospital. I just missed the landing. We live less than 2 miles from the hospital and our home is under the flight pattern for this landing pad and it is a common sight over our yard..

This is a very good fence because it protects us from getting in those rotating blades.  The Trauma ER is 10 miles from the Interstate but is minutes in the air from 3 counties.

Because of my addiction to PicMonkey, I just had to play.. Joining TexWisGirl Good Fence Thursday. Pop on over.
If you want to see the tiny inside, click HERE for a former post

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

Friday Fence- Warnings

 Some of you might remember the post about our local hospital and the battle to open a trauma center. Blake Hospital WON the battle and now there is one 2 miles from my front door and I love the sound of the helicopters saving lives.

 Blake has declared the entire property smoke free. They removed all the smoking zones for visitors and employees.

This bright orange fence warns us there is still construction going on and NO SMOKING.

NOW I wonder, what will they do if someone Dares To Smoke in the parking lot? a whipping? a fine? your picture in the news paper? it just warns, but does not tell what the penalty will be. Since I am not a fan of being told what to do, I Thought About, trying it to see what would happen. Drat, I had no cigarettes or matches.

 Actually a fence is somewhat of a warning. as in KEEP out.

 Does a sign that tells you NOT to do something make you want to DO it? come on now, be truthful.

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Friday Fence-Helipad

 One of our local hospitals has been remodeling and building a trauma center for the past few months. Above photo is the fence around the helicopter landing area.

 Oops! the photographer is in this shot, did not like the angle.

 That is better, but still a little of the photgrapher in the shot. But then, I AM the MadSnapper

 These innocent looking photos do not tell the story of the BATTLE that is going on. It seems the hospital built the center BEFORE getting approval for the trauma center and the one located in St Petersburg, which is an hour by car from us and is the only trauma center for the bay area, is fighting them having it here because it will STEAL their business.

 I live 2 miles from this hospital and 45 from the one in St Pete. If I am in a life threatening situation, I much prefer the close to home option. Also there are people stating they do NOT want a helicopter flying over their homes. Of course they fly over the ones in St Pete and across ours when they fly from one of our roads across the whole city and charge FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS to get over there. Here we could go by ambulance.

 POLITICS! that is the word.... pure Politics

Just for fun on this last one..... because I AM the MadSnapper

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Come Out, Come Out, Wherever you are!

We live about 15 minute drive from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. As a volunteer at a local nursing faciilty, I was allowed 5 hours of fun where the Private Airplanes live and play. we took several residents to fly in a helicopter, 3 at a time for free. NO I did NOT ride in the helicopter (frightened of heights).

 As we waited for the helicopter to do its 10 minute flight, and come back to pick up 3 more, i was OF course Madly Snapping. I saw 2 seaters and 4 seaters and well known jets landing and taking off only a few yards from where I stood and as they rolled past I watched as they lifted off. I went home with about 500 photos.

What to my wondering eyes did appear? A cart pulling a helicopter out of the hangar onto the tarmac. The dog is what I noticed first. WOW an Air Dog......

after they pulled out the helicopter, we quickly abandoned the wheel chairs, the residents went off into the wild blue yonder leaving the Madly Snapping MadSnapper on the ground.
The biggest of all the private jets started to roll forward, I followed behind madly snapping. it. ( I was there to document the trip and I did, but am not allowed to show you those photos)

It was a JET and it rolled within a few feet of where I was standing and several people boarded as a passenger jet roared over our heads. Who knew about the NOISE. I do now.

Yes, I did think about for just a minute that those engines might all of a sudden kick in and fry my camera and of course ME, but I had to do it.
Tomorrow's Phun Phriday Post will show you just a small part of my PHUN...I will stick to 339 of my 500 photos. ha ha