So be warned the Drones are coming...

[MrPatrick]

N.O.A.A. Sticker on the orange one.


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[alanw]

Could one of the stickers on the camo drone be Cal EPA?

[CheapPelican]

Do you think one of these things is smart enough to navigate its way through some kelp beds?

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by alanw

Could one of the stickers on the camo drone be Cal EPA?

They look like LA county fire department stickers to me.


That seems weird until you realize that the Lifeguards that were testing the rescue drones, are under the LA county fire departments jurisdiction. I'd guess they are testing the new surveillance drones not using them for enforcement just yet and the operators running them remotely are the same lifeguards that already know how to operate the rescue drones.

Anyone else notice this is drone #3 so there must be several of them.

[WildernessWanker]

I'd be interested to know if it sought out and propelled toward who took the pic, or if they had to paddle and catch up to it in order to snap the pic.

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by WildernessWanker

I'd be interested to know if it sought out and propelled toward who took the pic, or if they had to paddle and catch up to it in order to snap the pic.

It's interesting. The story is he saw it and tried to paddle over to it and it took off, and would not let him get close enough for a good pic. Later it pulled up along side of him then cut across his bow like it was intentionally cutting him off.

After that it took off again and never came back. So in the pics it was messing with him

[WildernessWanker]

Yeah, it's one thing to figure out which agency placed it but another thing altogether to know exactly who is operating it and what their objective is.