Hello everyone, this is Amit Dan of AmitDan.com Today I will have another episode of unboxing and review video and I will be presenting the Sennheiser MK-E200 directional microphone which I have it right here So in the past I have used the RODE VideoMicro Pro I'm sorry the RODE just VideoMicro and which I have it right here This is a very popular on-camera mic and this is also not cheap It's a bit expensive and then I have also used a cheap Boa mic shotgun mic which is Boa BM3011 but I was never happy with the product or with the sound quality and I was looking for something better and that's what made me to buy the MK-E200 So before I unbox the product I would just like to go through some of the specs right here It has two very unique features and one of them is that built-in shock absorption and wind protection So for example, if you take a look here the shock absorption bridge or the device is already included which is staying inside the mic so you don't have to take it out and put it back like a RODE VideoMicro and also there is a built-in windscreen which is right here and also there is an additional windscreen so that should be very significant recording outdoors and cutting wind noise or other noise you don't want to hear and they actually offer different types or different models There is like an MK-E200, 400, 440, 600 but the reason I like this one is that it doesn't require a battery and it's very small and unobtrusive so it also works within a smartphone or camera so I just wanted to keep my recording gear and everything minimal when I travel and this is a perfect match to travel one with one bag because you don't need a lot of space So I'm going to open this up and I'm going to take a look at it and then later on I'll just add sample clips and I'll give you my opinion and this is a non-affiliated unbiased review there are no affiliated links I purchased this with my own money no one paid me or sent me anything to do a review so whatever you're going to hear, they're totally unbiased and true so let's try to open this up and let's see if we can open this easily so we have this packaging right here so what I can tell you about the box is that it's a very nicely packaged product usually Sennheiser products are this way and it's not over designing but not minimal designing either so it's just very eye-catching and I like it this way so I'm opening the box here and so I see there's something here so they just gave a quick setup instructions which is right here how do we install this and let me just remove this cover and it looks like a small brochure or manual I'll just set it aside and then we have a small pouch which is right here and it looks like actually very high quality it doesn't feel or look cheap so I'll just set it aside here and then we have the wind muff this is very kind of velvet smooth it doesn't feel cheap anyway and it feels very expensive so just to show you an example if you compare other wind muffs for example my BOA then you can tell the difference that this looks much more expensive and better quality than the cheap one and I'm just going to set this aside here and then we have two different types of cable which one is for camera which is TRS and one is for smartphone and that's a very good thing so you can use it with your smartphone and that's my purpose actually because I've been doing lots of live videos and I need a better mic system so this is a good addition and then I'll take out the mic and let me just take a quick look so the bag or the box is all empty just close this box and set the box aside so the very first thing I'm noticing that how light and small it is it feels like you're holding nothing and although it is plastic it doesn't feel any way cheap or not a quality product it has the quality all over it and it's a very high quality plastic and just by looking at it you have the feeling that this is going to work and this is going to be a good product so at this point I'm just going to stop here and I'll just do more testing and I'll just find out some more about the product and then I'll attach it to this part of video so when you are watching the whole video you're going to have a better idea with the test clips and everything thank you Hello everyone I took my time to use the Sennheiser MK200 and I'm really impressed with the results and today I'm going to show you some comparison with the Rode Video Micro and just the regular camera audio quality and also I'm going to add some clips which I used with the Sennheiser MK200 outdoors so you'll be able to see the difference so let's start with the first audio testing without any microphone and this is just the camera audio you're going to be listening Audio testing 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 this is the mic or this is the camera mic you're hearing there's no additional mic attached to the camera this is the camera's original audio Audio testing 1, 2, 3 Audio testing 1, 2, 3 this is Rode Video Micro Audio testing 1, 2, 3 this is Rode Video Micro attached to the camera Audio testing 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 Audio testing 1, 2, 3 this is the Sennheiser MK200 attached to the camera Audio testing 1, 2, 3 this is the Sennheiser MK200 attach to the camera audio testing one two three one two three audio testing one two three. So you heard the audio from both of these Sennheiser MK200 and the Rode Video Micro Pro and now I'm going to attach some you know outer clips from Sennheiser MK200. One thing I'd like to mention that I even tried this one without the wind muff it provided and even in windy conditioners it looks like that you know it works just fine without the wind muff. The reason is that it has a built-in wind muff inside it so it protects like you know good amount of wind but if it's like a storm or really really windy then you can use the wind muff but you know I have been using this one without the wind muff and I have never had any problem because it cuts wind very good even without the wind muff and one of the audio clips you're going to be seeing has some wind noise in it but you're gonna see that you know there's no wind noise because this is just cutting the wind. So watch some of these clips outdoor clips using this one without the wind muff and then you will be able to see and compare. In my own opinion this is the best YouTube microphone or microphone to touch to your you know GoPro or camera or anything or when you're vlogging and the size and the audio quality is unbelievable and you're getting a very good deal at this price and my own opinion is that you know this is a lot better than a Rode video micro or any other available microphones on the market and again this is not an affiliated or paid review I purchased this with my own money no affiliated links so I will not be making any money from you by clicking through the affiliated links so you know you can rest assured that the opinions are honest and unbiased so thank you for watching this video there will be more videos coming up so I'll see you shortly thank you there's a lineup to enter the restaurant and this is actually Toronto Police Department's main unit and this is where they park their police boats and you can see that the restaurant is busy


Team keep it clean. What's going on? It's engraving here with another video and in this video We're gonna pick up where we left off at last night About the whole Joe Flacco and Lamar Jackson and Joe Flacco not returning Lamar Jackson's calls Like we said last night. I mean like y'all already knew it ain't no surprise no shock or nothing Everybody already knew what title or most I can't say everybody because there were some people that really thought this was like legitimate, but anyway This all stemmed from Nothing this all stemmed from that interview where Lamar Jackson Said that he hadn't heard from Joe Flacco yet. There's no confirmation There's no phone records Lamar Jackson ever said. Oh, I called Joe Flacco. I hit him up and he hit me back Lamar Jackson only said I haven't heard from Joe Flacco. That's it. I haven't talked to him I mean I haven't talked to him. So it's still nothing As it always has been it should have never even been nothing and it is isn't anything so Anybody out there that's worried about it, please don't anybody out there that's concerned about it Don't be anybody out there. That's heated about it. Don't waste your time or energy But before we get into this, let me introduce myself me.  What's up on wall? What's up, Bishop? But since YouTube does that if you follow on Twitter, then you already know when the videos come out Man, you already know when the videos come out, but what I'm gonna do for this This live stream right here. Yeah, we've talked about the flacco thing. So that's done. That's done We're gonna do some live NFL questions from subscribers right here right now live And the first one came from our boy juice man. He asked will flacco throw 25 to 30 touchdowns this year? I think that he'll have a high High 20s will he get to 30 for the first time in his career? Yeah, I don't think flacco's ever thrown for 30 touchdowns before I think his highest was 27. Wow, that is a Crazy crazy start to think about but yeah, that question came from my boy juice man He had hit me up on Twitter and asked that question now, please y'all obviously know that I'm driving So if I don't look at your question or can't see it just put it again It's not that I'm ignoring you, but I can't look at my screen 24-7 because I'm not at the crib right now But anyway, somebody also asked what do you think of the reskins? What do you think of the Redskins? Shinton Redskins NFC East Who who the whole Redskins got Alex Smith? Alex Smith I think keeps the Redskins it keeps the Redskins in contention for the NFC East because he's a solid quarterback he Doesn't turn the ball over that's one good thing about him. I just hope that Reskins have a good running game because Alex Smith is I said it last year and he started to prove me wrong but back to the old school Alex Smith Alex Smith is a quarterback that He needs a good running game because if it's about him and if he got a throw the ball 50 times for you But if the Redskins can get that running game going, I mean they got guys right they got guys From LSU to running back if he can get going and whoever his backups may be Then Alex Smith, he'll do his thing man. He'll do his thing You saw how he did when Kareem Hunt was on fire. He did his thing You saw what he did when he had Frank Gore back in Fort well he never really took off so I can't even say that but Alex Smith is solid. Who do you think is the middle linebacker spot next to CJ Mosey? I say that will go to The guy we just drafted Kenny young I kept on saying Kenny bail yesterday I don't know where I get Kenny bail from I think that's a football player name though He was a rider see if I think but I forgot so I think bail gets it I mean young young young. I just said it again. I'm tripping man What do you think of my Raiders bro and Chuckie coming back? I think car will be an elite quarterback. I Feel like car. I like car, but I feel like he is a little overrated But we'll see. I mean he I mean had he had weapons. He's always had weapons. He had Crabtree had Mari Cooper But I feel like he's just a little bit overrated He but the thing about that is that he has so much time and He can get better. He can get better. So it's not like he's a bad quarterback, but I don't think he's The best of the best. Um, he's solid though. He's nice. He's solid With Derek car with the Raiders with Chuckie coming back With John Gruden he the team that he got before when he won a Super Bowl with the Bucks He didn't build that team. I feel like John Gruden now He is if their cars may be overrated I feel like John Gruden is definitely overrated because with John Gruden The team that he won the Super Bowl with was the Bucks, but he didn't build that team Tony Dungey years before built that team Um, what's the name John Gruden? He just came in and He just picked up with Tony Dungey left off and ended up closing it out and went in the Super Bowl he and then he just he after after a while obviously not right away, but he just went on ESPN and he Something my uncle had put me on about a month ago With with John Gruden He said that with John Gruden It was almost like while he was on ESPN doing Monday night football It's like he was it's like he was interviewing for head coaching jobs while he was there Now when you say that not a literal interview Because you're not literally interviewing for a job Didn't mean like literally interviewing for a job He meant sort of like the same way when it's like a quarterback when it's a quarterback Who knows that his time with a team is coming to an end? But he goes out there still puts on a good performance anyway But the since the quarterback knows that his time when the team is coming to an end He shows out he performs well with his current team Even though he knows they're gonna cut him But he does that so he can put on for the next team and showed him like hey I still got plenty left in the tank. I mean, that's what I expect Flacco to do this year But anyway with John Gruden, he would be criticizing Analyzing these coaches and their decisions and be like oh man if I was a head coach I wouldn't make that move. Oh man, if I was coaching if I was still coaching, I wouldn't do that I would do things this way. I'll do things that way, but um People see that people listen to that people respect John Gruden too because he wasn't NFL coach before So they know he has experience and they know he has some knowledge of it So I feel like with the with him being on NFL With him being on Monday night football or whatever that was a platform to him for him to elevate itself So he could pick what job he wanted and when he wanted it They will talk last year about John Gruden coming out of retirement coming out of the culture retirement To be back on the sidelines again. They was talking about it the year before last too But he just kept staying at ESPN But I guess there wasn't an opportunity that presented himself to him that he really felt like was for him So what do you think about Jimmy Smith being traded? Oh, what's up Damian from Spain? Appreciate you, man I think I think it's a possibility more so next year than this year But I wouldn't like I've said before I wouldn't be mad if they did that at all I wouldn't be against it at all I wouldn't be upset if they did it at all because Jimmy Smith again Best cornerback that the Ravens may have ever had is it's competition between him and Chris McAllister If Jimmy Smith was healthy, then it wouldn't be no competition straight up It would not be no kind of competition Jimmy Smith would be the best cornerback the Ravens ever had But the fact that he can never stay healthy, especially when we need him What good are you if you can't stay healthy? Love Jimmy Smith Don't love his health And it's just sad because part of the NFL is a physical game and Jimmy Smith's body just seems it seems to not be able to hold up So that's that How your chiefs gonna do this year? Patrick my home's a new starter No more Alex Smith. I don't know. I don't know too much about my homes, man I don't know too much about my home. So that's a that's a tough question to ask But they still got Kareem Hunter still got Kelsey the Travis Kels Their defense, I feel like they took a step back in cornerback For our oof and who's in their division they got the Chargers Broncos and Raiders. That's a little tough to vision right there, man. That's a tough division. That's a tough division I don't know. It's just it's a lot of unknowns I feel like a lot of unknowns about the chiefs mainly Patrick Mahon's are gonna get answered this year Because I heard a lot of good stuff about him coming out of college But now we get to actually see what he does coming out of college because this will be his first year start So we'll see how that goes. Well, somebody right in front of me got a Patriots Patriots license plate gross Daddy Chris at Texas 10 and 6 I got a look at their schedule But I almost feel like they could do better if that defense could hold people if their defense actually stays healthy Holds people man. Texans might be looking at even better than 10 and 6 They might they might be in the final four, man I could see Texans in the final four the Sean. I was about to say the Sean Jackson But the Sean shootout Watson that dude will put up some points, man That dude is in he was insane last year. I loved watching him loved him. He was so fun to watch And he killed it man. He was killing it that dude was killing it. He was killing it Love watching him. He was so much fun And he put up some great numbers and he competed with the best of him He almost beat the the Patriots in New England a rookie quarterback he But it was the deep the defense was the problem with the Texans last year and health was a problem with the Texans last year You saw they obviously lost there the best player on the team last year, which was the Sean Watson They lost JJ White they lost other guys too, but Texas just couldn't stay healthy. What was literally? I mean not what the Sean? Watson He was keeping him in so many games and I remember the game with the Chiefs That one was just I think that was my favorite one the game that he played the Chiefs and Make y'all make sure I'll leave a like on the video. You got how we got 30 people in here, but it's only 13 likes Well, yeah, but y'all be doing me so nasty like that, man, but um The game that he was in with the Chiefs Where it came down to the very end and he was putting up some crazy passes and making some crazy completions and whatnot He's gonna be great man. I am rooting for that guy I am rooting for that guy Ravens don't make the Super Bowl One of the teams that I will want to make it from the AFC will be either the Jaguars or Texans Jaguars and Texans too bad. They both play in the same we both play in the same conference And they both play in the same division too, but if nobody from AFC, I mean if Ravens didn't make it Then I will want Texans or Jaguars to make it man Because those are teams I just I like watching them teams man. I like their attitude I like more so the Jaguars attitude Texans I just I just like watching that often. I like watching the Sean Watson man. He was so fun. What's up, you boy? Did the player of Watson Did the player Watson probably be the reason why we took Jackson? Oh in the first? Oh, that's a real good question right there It's a really good question And that's a strong possibility because the Ravens might have looked at the Texans and be like man, these dudes typically took pocket quarterbacks But the team just had not been doing anything all that pocket quarterbacks. They got sucked And the offense was just not the Texan strong point got Brock Oswiler had Brian Hoyer had Brandon Whedon had on I Mean you car David car not Derek Derek's older brother I mean you go down a list nobody got it done with the Texans So they say, you know what let's change things up this dude the Sean Watson looks kind of fire So let's bring him on and he came on strong man and that's a good That's a real good question. Oh, I didn't I never even thought about that before Ravens could have saw that and Ravens could have been like Oh, wow This dude the Sean Watson went in there and just he brought that off as a whole new life And they know our offense been dead for years. So they might have been like, you know what Lamar Jackson Can you be the next to Sean Watson? Can you do what the Sean Watson there for the Texans? Can you do that for the Ravens? So strong possibility man? That's a real good question. Great question Great question. I love that one. What do you think about them Titans? deep playoff run With the Titans and the playoffs one reason why he said a deep playoff run Not if if the offense is just amazing then maybe But if the offense safe instance the offense has a low scoring game Defense ain't gonna hold you out man.  We know all about Dean peas. Dean peas solid coordinator. Definitely not a Closer hi, how you doing? I had to get somebody a plastic wave But anyway, he Dean peas is not a closer man. He don't close out games. He He can't he's not a finisher. That's not his that's not a staying man And again, it ain't no hate toward Dean peas. Can we've been saying this since he was on the Ravens?  Damien said he hates Dean peas Well, here you go But it's been that way since he was on the Raven So this ain't one of them things that some of them fans be doing where they like oh what a Automatically dislike a player or coach just because they go to a different team, but this is old news. I'm home by the way So yeah, Dean peas. He ain't no closer man. That dude ain't no closer So which player on the Ravens team? Do you see having a breakout year this year? I say flacco man flacco. He got it. He got everything against him He got we're not against them But the world is watching flacco right now flacco in pressure situations flacco don't he don't fold man He don't fold. He don't fold. He does not fold Flacco when his backs against the wall when Ravens need him the most Flacco delivers man. He delivers. He delivers Because it and it had like we were talking about it last night in the stream and it sucks that it is this way but it is this way when Ravens in the beginning of this season They will start off decent might start off three and oh two and one something like that Then it start going up and down then it's still then they start going downhill. They start going downhill and then While they're going downhill Right at the last second when they just have to win to be able to qualify for the playoffs Like like for instance if it's seven games left and Ravens got to go 61 over those seven games Oh flacco will be on point. Trust me. He will He'll be on point but That's what I say when the Ravens need him the most he'll show up But I just wish he would be like that all the time and I wish we could get just great play out of him all the time What do you think of LaGuerre Blunt with the Lions? LaGuerre Blunt I wanted him to come on the Ravens a couple years ago LaGuerre Blunt I like LaGuerre Blunt because he he's solid. He's a hard runner. He ain't afraid of truck. Nobody He is he's a monster man.  I asked Eric Guero, Eric Guero knows personally how How he can be ran over by LaGuerre Blunt No, we what we did meet you, but we didn't it's a little bit of both because this This is just Confirming that it was blown up by the media We just confirmed that it was blown up by the media and it was the same thing Well, we talked we talked about yesterday when we streamed about the flak on the Marthang about where it could have possibly come from But yeah, it's been confirmed that it came from that and it's just the media blowing it up like usual either way Do you think the Bucks will have a good season after the draft? I Don't really know what the Bucks drafted. I know they got um No, that wasn't the Bucks the Chargers got there when James. What was I thinking the Bucks got him? I'm not sure, but they they are in the NFC south Um That's such a tough division Bucks Falcon Saints and Panthers Offense for days man offense for days offense for days Oh, yeah, they did give me the bear when we were watching the string because yeah My wife sister and her husband getting ready to actually move to Tampa So I say y'all got it y'all got a cheer for for the Ravens now, man Y'all got a cheer for the I mean not for the Ravens for the Bucks now Gotta cheer for the Bucks Shout out to Berlin BS y'all make sure y'all while y'all are in here right now everybody that's in here You see Berlin BS make sure you subscribe to that YouTube channel subscribe to them We got a podcast that we're gonna be doing this coming Tuesday This coming Tuesday once I get more information everything and more links and all that I'll take care y'all send y'all the links for It so y'all can have it y'all can listen to it y'all can watch it all that good stuff But make sure you subscribe to Berlin Berlin BS and the BS stands for Baltimore sports Not the BS y'all are thinking of team keep it clean But anyway, y'all make sure y'all subscribe to them for real if you subscribe to me subscribe to them to Berlin BS Man, so appreciate y'all man. I know I know y'all gonna subscribe to them so subscribe to them follow them on Twitter, too Andre say Lamar Jackson is really calling Joe. No No, no, no, I ain't say that Jai. I said that with Lamar Jackson It came from that interview he did like last week at when he first I think his first practice the first rookie minicamp or whatever And no problem and no problem early But um, it came from that where Lamar said he hadn't heard from Flacco He said he hadn't talked to him or heard from whatever, but the media took that they say, you know what this is nothing But you know what let's plant this seed Let's let's just put all these artists GMO in it artist MSG in it and blow it up out of proportion And that's exactly what they did and everybody took it and ran with it live Raven nation It took it and ran with it blew it up put it all on Twitter and all that stuff And that was it people just ran with it. That was it Yeah, the Lamar even had Flacco's number. Who knows man? I mean he could have got it from culture something like that But here's what it is man. Do you think there's a sign that would anybody there's will definitely sign with somebody? It's just a matter of when when will he sign with somebody? That's the real question Because he just sitting there waiting right now. He's sitting there waiting He's an already drafted the draft was like what two weeks ago two and a half weeks ago whenever So that's done the draft is done. So now there's what you're gonna do when I thought you was talking about something Oh, no, you're you good Jai. You're good. That's why we live streaming right now See could I ask these questions, man? That's why we live stream I gotta make sure that I don't forget about live streaming because I know for a while I hadn't been live streaming that much and I'm not saying I'm gonna be live streaming so much going forward But can't forget where we came from man. We came from the live streamer. So can't forget about it on the channel So that's that So, yeah But appreciate y'all Raven still interested in theirs Right now I wouldn't think so. I think there may be a little tiny bit of interest But they still got a way through the I mean they got to see that draft guys see how everything goes with them But oh, yeah, there's Brian got a he got a regret turning down that contract offer. Definitely, man he got to because You could have been signed right now. You would have been set. You've been set and What three years over 21 million dollars? They were they were trying to pay this dude over seven million dollars a year For three year deal you turn it down. He said no Jokes on you now, buddy Jokes on you There's Brian could have had some more money added to his bank account could have had a little fatter deal could have had a You could have had a lot man. He could have been set You could have had some nice guarantee money could have had all that but he said no, I'm good Okay, whatever Do you think Flacker will end up being like Alex Smith this season with a rookie QB under the helm and Have his best season Yeah Yeah, cuz he got he got some pressure on him and don't forget. I know people like oh no He's never gonna start or whatever and I know that but don't forget RG3 And RG3 the fact that he's on the team the fact that they signed him That's a little more pressure on Flacco to now. What's up, Paul? Not saying that RG3 was start But the fact that they signed RG3 who's a completely different kind of quarterback than Flacco And then they on top of that they drafted Lamar Jackson who's a similar quarterback to RG3 RG3 and Lamar Jackson got a lot more in common than RG3 and Flacco So what I'm saying is that He could be looking at it and be like hold up. Wait a minute What are they doing with all these dudes on the team these mobile quarterbacks? Hold up. What like what's going on Ravens? What's up? So think about that think about that Flacco goes down with RG3 starter Jackson. Oh, it depends on which one is on the team even though I think we're gonna keep all three I think they was do RG3 first right now I think they would do RG3 first right now if it was right now. I think they will go with RG3 first They me and said I think brown will have a really good season which brown you talking about John Brown What's my yes? I heard teams didn't even want to offer a veteran minimum. Hmm. Who knows man? Who knows only him and his agent know the truth to that and whatever teams were trying to get him now He's gonna get far less.  There's is like he's gonna get way less, man He's getting way less. That's that's tough, man Drake said there's brown away in the OBJ to get a nice contractor sign. You think that wow wow Why you say that just curious? Flacco gonna be the ah man out if he don't produce. Yeah, man It's a possibility even if he does produce that he's going to high possibilities running in Baltimore right now, man It could be a lot of change a lot of change. What do Christians say? I missed it. Oh He said he'll rather have RG3 playing quarterback Now when you say rather RG3 playing quarterback, you would rather him over Flacco or you'll rather him over Jackson if Flacco went down The whole office is about the change we need to stop checking the ball down and spread the ball around that's true You're right. Oh John Brown. You're talking about what's up Camilla all the way from Brazil? That's what's up, man We had Spain in here with my boy Damian. We got Brazil with Camilla appreciate y'all coming through from literally across the world Derek said you agree with you Flacco back is to the wall can't wait to see him. Yeah, man That's what Flacco does man When Flacco when everything is against him when everything is against him, man And when Ravens need him to cut show out the most he'll come through man So I'm not I ain't worried about Flacco having a bad or sub-part season. They ain't worried about that, man Ain't worried. Oh, you from Germany unique, but I never I thought you was in Baltimore man this whole time I never man. Okay. We got we all around the world right now. We appreciate y'all, man But yeah, there's there's he there's his tripping man But yeah, Flacco, I think he'll his season will be just fine man. Maybe he even gets Some of the best numbers that he got in his life Maybe cuz I mean it's not gonna be really hard to beat it cuz again his best season 27 touchdowns 12 interceptions There wasn't 14 interceptions. I know JB smoother remember, but yeah, man Flacco has all the tools brown deep through a crack tree physical high points need that guys can do both in the tight ends One hers who can produce now and we got a run game. No excuse. Yeah, we are international right now. That's true What's up, Thomas? No, JB's won't put all the people all the year on the flag Flacco need to make the Pro Bowl I don't want you. I don't even want the only one flack on the Pro Bowl, man I want us in the Super Bowl. I want Flack getting in second ring and I want Flacco to be able to say now What Ravens now what I want him to be able to say that because that will mean we won the Super Bowl And I miss that feeling I miss the playoffs. I miss success. I miss winning. I miss winning a lot It's a It's a great feeling that we used to have all the time, but things have obviously changed. I missed that. Yeah He's healthy too. No back issues. Hopefully he don't lift too much weight So whatever he was doing the media never liked Flacco. You're right Jamel. You're right. You're right Shouldn't be hard the best receiver quarter that Baltimore's had in a while Yeah, I mean, yeah, the best one they had in a while So, yeah, I mean, that's not he ain't really got much to compare it to though, but Mike Wallace and Jerry Macklin and Perryman Well injured Steve Smith senior because he couldn't even stay healthy that year Yeah, we don't have to make the Super Bowl Flacco can have a great year and lead us to the playoffs That alone is enough for him to say now what I think that yeah Depending depending on how he leads us to the playoffs. I think in depending on how he would do it Because it's not all about numbers We can't just look at numbers because numbers don't tell the whole story a lot of times But it's it's just gonna depend on a lot of stuff man, but I think that the real way to say now what is if Two two ways one if they win a Super Bowl But two if they get to the playoffs and Throughout the season and throughout the playoffs Flacco is doing his part What's up done Flacco is doing his thing, but safe instance to defense collapse like they usually do at the end of the season But the defense collapsed and and it wasn't Flacco's fault at all while we end up losing in the playoffs That's all you're sounds very okay. Appreciate that so if I'm from Florida Thomas, but if I'm I'm in Florida living Florida from Maryland, but in Florida, but anyway If if Flacco leads us to the playoffs and he just absolutely kills it numbers are great offense is killing it and It's the defense that falls off then I Think at that point Flacco can still say now what? So we think about Calvin pride having a second chance. Oh, I forgot all about Calvin pride man The safety from the Jets, right? What's he doing there? What he went to the Browns and then what? What happened? Hope to play calling for the defense on point because as you know our friendship on franchise our safety that been slow on place Yeah, I mean, I just hope like we talked about before like throughout this offseason. I just hope that Martindale I hope that he I Hope he goes out there and has some to prove reason I say something to prove is because he wasn't not the first choice at defensive coordinator He wasn't he wasn't the first choice Ravens wanted Chuck Pagano as defensive coordinator But Chuck Pagano say no, I'm good For them then after that, I think it might have been somebody else they wanted to but Chuck Pagano was somebody they wanted Oh, you from Germany to appreciate that. Oh, oh, oh is it Olé? I don't want to mess up nobody's name, man But they wanted Chuck Pagano and then what's up young Lord then with Chuck Pagano and Chuck Pagano say no I'm good on that. I ain't coming back Then they were after a little while. They were like, okay Martindale's a new defensive coordinator. So you weren't even in the first choice wink. He wasn't even the first choice Ravens winked on him a couple times before they announced him so, um, I hope he goes out there with something to prove and I hope he's like, okay Ravens They want to choose me straight up. Well, let me show them why they should have chose me And I hope he goes out there and had that defense just killing it man so Even say Lamar Jackson will win the Super Bowl. Well, what that's what Lamar Jackson said and we hope that he's a man of his word So, let's see. Let's see No, appreciate it. Well, hey, you learn about football. I don't know if I'd be the best teacher for that But hey, we can learn about it learn a lot about the Ravens here. Oh, yeah, y'all are into soccer, Brazilians That's true That's true. Oh, who's making all that noise outside? Anyway, Smith senior is irreplaceable. Yes, he man, that dude was real deal man Miss him. Miss him. Miss him. Miss him. Could be some exciting news for us Ravens fans, man Yeah, yeah, could be. What's up, Benjamin? The schedule is really hard this year. Flacco has to play well or he is out. He could even play well and still be out Or you can't wait to hear from Suggs. Yeah, yeah Yeah, hopefully he's in shape. Hopefully he's healthy. Hopefully he gets help Because he can't do it alone, man Is there a chance Chris Moore can become the number one receiver? It will take a lot of bad things to happen for that to happen. So I don't think it's gonna happen, but You never know Never know It'll take a lot of bad things to happen for that to happen though a lot Any games this year? I don't know man. I want to I Do want to I Don't know man I don't know. I really do want to man. I Do want to go to some games this year, but I don't know you would take 2015 all over again when everybody was hurt You want that? No, man. You think Judo can replace Suggs when Suggs retire? Judo are not dominant like Suggs can be so you know Unless he lets his game evolves somehow. No, I Don't I don't see it happening Crabtree stats projection. I say about um 67 maybe like 60 70 catches About eight or nine hundred yards and 800. I'm about to say 800 touchdowns. I'm in eight touchdowns Oh, oh years. Okay for Crabtree to be number. I mean for more to be a number one rock wide receiver. Yeah, man No, I do get tickets on game day. They usually achieve a culture. Oh, yeah, that's true That's what we did for a lot of the games that we went to for the Ravens game for the jail Or for any games that we went to for events. Yeah, I will usually get them on the same day I mean, we'll see though, but a plane ticket Well, the plane ticket might not even be as much as a game. So usually flying a Baltimore would be pretty cheap But we'll see man. I would like to I would like to but we'll see how money is we'll see how see how funds are We just we'll see how all that stuff is So we'll see we're gonna see What do you compare Lamar Jackson to or somebody I like how somebody mentioned to Sean Watson That could be that could be it. I haven't seen this game though I haven't seen his game my first time seeing him play will be the preseason. So we'll see. Yeah, they are they are in Atlanta this year So that's a little closer Go up to ATL man. Oh Man me try. Oh, you had to say that man You say you got to see flacko play one more time in person because it could be his last year. Wow, man That's deep. That is deep for real, man That's deep. What's up, William Smith? Wanted to go to the London game last year. Good thing. They were out of tickets. Oh, yeah, that would have been bad Man, I mean you would have got to go. It's an experience man. It's an experience You never want to see your team lose But going to if you ever been to a game, it's it's it's fun man. It's so much fun I love it. Love it. Love it. Love it. The only thing I don't like about it is that you got to sit down During the game because oh if you from Italy, what's up Luke from Italy? Hope y'all not lying about where y'all from man. I feel like some people just saying it to say it now But what's up Luke from Italy? Appreciate you The only thing that's the only thing I don't like about going to the games because you have to All right Camilla next time appreciate it You have to sit down at the games. I learned that the hard way When I went to a Ravens game in Baltimore Because I'm standing up. I'm standing up. I'm hype. I'm over here. I'm over here jumping up and down What's up Chris? I'm over here hype watching the game go on and stuff, but somebody to tap me on the shoulder. Can you sit down? I'm like, oh man. Come on now. Don't kill the vibe like that But here's what it is man. See Raven got off a refund from that Monday game Are you from Sebastian from Jersey? Appreciate it man. You ain't so cool anymore, huh? That's funny man I like that one. I've only been in one game and it was the best I've ever Oh best of the live event you ever been to. It's fun, man. It's fun. It's fun. What's up Shukul? What's up, why not bring Courtney up sharp back? That wouldn't be bad. I mean it'll be a nice little rotation nice rotation Why are they at a football game? What do you mean Chris? What do you think about the Jags franchise going to London? Please don't just leave them in Florida, man I want to go to their stadium with the swimming pool stuff a first game last year We killed the Lions bad part when they get all the bad part when it gets cold in the wind Yeah, that is bad. So you went to that last game last year. That was a good game to go to man That was a scary game scary game. That's when everything was on the line on Flacco showed up, man I feel like Mark Andrews might be better than Hayden Hurst. Who knows I would like that I wouldn't be mad at that at all. But anyway something that I am mad at and some of y'all might get mad at too We're gonna go ahead and in the stream right now Say that's when Jimmy died. We're gonna go ahead and in the stream right now Appreciate y'all coming through. Would you all talk to someone if you felt your job is in danger? Oh, yeah, we talked about Caldrian, I don't think you were there last night for the stream But met you watch that stream from last night where we talked about the same exact issue Watch the watch the stream from last night. You spot on. That's exactly what we were talking about last night So appreciate y'all coming through. Thank y'all for coming through Love y'all appreciate y'all make sure you subscribe to the channel if you haven't already And turn your notifications on and follow on Twitter. 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Today we've met in queue to have a socialization day with our guide dog puppies. It's their first time riding on a tram, so come and see how scary that is for them, see who's anxious, see who can jump on happily and get a feel for the actual movement of the tram. Actually really good getting on the tram, he didn't hesitate, he, yeah, full of confidence on. When the tram started to move, had his ears back and mouth open a little bit just showing signs of anxiety, but then he got on a bit of a surfboard, he was swinging and moving and grooving and eventually he laid down and was completely relaxed, so it was awesome. For Scotty's training, being confident with trams, it's just another step in his progress with hopefully becoming a guide dog. The person he works for could go on a train to work or a tram to work and as long as he can do that confidently then that gives them that avenue to life to get out and be free themselves. I've just got in eight plus three's efforts today, I was very very proud of him and yeah, it's very very impressive.


The telecom world brings together the government leaders, the ministers, it brings together the multinationals, it brings together the industry and inside Intel our focus is on reaching more people with broadband, our focus is on education and all of the leaders that can contribute to that are here. Close to a hundred ministers usually come to a telecom world, there's industry leaders, everyone gets together and the kind of meetings you can do in a week here will take you a years of a flying to go out there and meet these kind of decision leaders if they was in their country they're all here, they want to know about best practices, they share them openly and this is an amazing forum for doing that. Well Intel focuses on devices for education, they're rugged, they're child-proof, we do a tremendous amount working with telecoms and ministers to connect the schools, we have a program that's trained well over 12 million teachers in a hundred countries around the world so they can use computers in the classrooms. This tablet has education software, you have a stylus on here, it's networked, it's theft deterrents so if it leaves the school has to come back to re-energize itself on the premises and it's rugged I can drop this from 70 centimetres on the floor and it's going to survive a knock, it's liquid proof I can pour water on it and it's going to survive that and so it's meant more to be a child-proof tablet but in a way that the teachers can work with these so you have all the education capabilities there's a camera but you attach your microscope to this it's just going to become a filled microscope for the children when they're going out or it can become the physics lab or the chemistry lab because all that software is included.


Aloha. Welcome to Talk Story with John Whitehead. Today we have a very, very interesting show for you. It's actually a matter that's been in the courts for some time, and it relates to the Hawaiian Homes program. Now, when my very, very first show, I had the honor actually the opportunity to actually interview Moses Hire. Moses Hire was the director, or is the director, of the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation. And what the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation had done was through the state of Hawaii were not fulfilling its constitutional mandate. What is that all about? Well, we're going to find out this coming Thursday when the Supreme Court takes up the case. Here's a little history of the case. It actually began as a lawsuit to enforce the mandate in our Hawaii state constitution that requires that the state fund the administrative and operational costs of the Hawaiian Homes program. It went before the courts, including the Supreme Court on that issue. And the Supreme Court, the lower court, and the Supreme Court both upheld the mandate and said that the state of Hawaii was in, was breaching its duty because it had failed to provide funding for the Hawaiian Homes program. The issue then became how much funding? What was that? What does that mean? And it went back to the lower court to decide that issue. The result of the lower court's trial was that it held, the judge held, that a minimum of $28 million a year was necessary to meet that federal, that constitutional mandate. This Thursday, that matter is up in appeal. What happened was that the Hawaii state legislature appealed that decision on the basis, was one of the appeal parents of that decision, on the basis that it violated the state separation of doctrine rule. And what that means is that usually a legislature is there for appropriating money, the executive implements program, and then you have the situation where the court decides whether all of that is, I guess, the kosher, unquote. The legislature is challenging whether the trial court's decision violated that separation of powers. The people, the Hawaiian Homes plaintiffs, or I should say, yeah, plaintiffs, are challenging that position by saying this is a constitutional mandate and a constitutional mandate trumps any kind, to use a phrase, trumps any kind of separation of powers. This is the background to today's this program. I apologize for its length, but this important issue will be before the Hawaii Supreme Court in just a few days. Now, my guest today is the Deputy Director of the Hawaiian Homes program, Mr. William Isla. And I thought it would be very interesting to discuss with him how we got to where we are. So, Bill, are you joining us? I'm here, Governor. Okay. So, Bill, unfortunately, there you are. At least I get to see you smiling. Great late. But anyway, Bill is actually out in Waianae working. So, this is an example of modern technological magic. Bill, thank you. Thank you for agreeing to do this show. You know, let's start from the beginning. The Hawaiian Homes program was established through the efforts of Prince Kohio approximately, oh, I don't know, over 100 years ago in 1920. Yeah, no, not quite 100 years ago. I believe Prince Kohio and the folks who assisted him actually began prior to the 1920 laying the groundwork for what would become the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. Fantastic. What is the act and what was it supposed to do? Well, the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, as passed by Congress, has four purposes. One is for the creation of lots for residential agricultural and pastoral leases. The second is to make monies available for loans for those lots that were awarded. The third, I guess, the third purpose of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act is the rehabilitation of native Hawaiians. And then, of course, the fourth purpose is what we're going to discuss today is the administrative and operating costs to run the program. Okay, let me, you know, 1920 was just about 20 years after the United States took over Hawaii. And if I remember correctly, Prince Kohio was very concerned that his people may be dying out in their own land and may not even have the means to keep up with the changes that were happening here. Is that pretty much what the program was established to do? It was. It was to get people back on the land because the Prince Kohio was observing the native Hawaiians that were removed from access to ancestral lands were heading to the urban centers of each island, becoming part of the tenements that were evolving and succumbing to, you know, early... What you're talking about is like little slump, right? They were moving in. Alienated from their land. Off of the Aina, which, you know, they're closely related to, into basically the ghettos of the time and suffering from diseases. So the idea was to put native Hawaiians back on the land that they have a bond with. Well, you know, so that was the laudable purpose. Now, how successful was Kohio in getting lands for these fellow people? I think he was very successful. He got Congress to set aside about 203,000 acres. Some of it is very, very good land. Others, not so good land, but at least it forms the corpus of the Department of Hawaiian Homelands trust that we have. Well, so they're good lands and they are not so good land, right? So let's take the time period between 1920 to 1958 when we became a state. Essentially, the program was administered by the Den territorial government, which really was an extension of the federal government in Washington. Was it not? That is correct. And unfortunately, the territorial government did not receive a lot of financial aid from the federal government. And the department at that time or the precursor of the department at that time had to rely upon the revenues from land that the department leads to other folks. So there wasn't a lot of money available to do lot preparation loans and for rehabilitative projects. So we just discussed a little earlier that they were good lands and some not so good land to put it like. So it would seem to me that in order to generate income, you start leasing the good land. Is that pretty much? I mean, this is a little simplistic, but would you say overall I was correct with that? I would say you're correct, Governor, with a little caveat. So the Hawaiian Homelands Commission Act also required that any lands that were still being leased could continue to be leased until the end of the term of the lease. So much of the good man, which was leased to Parker Ranch and Sugar Plantations at that time, continued to be held in the less seized hands and were not available for homesteading until those leases expired. So these lands that the best lands in a sense that were already being used by somebody else had their leases protected. So not only did you have to lease good lands to raise revenues, you also inherited probably leases that didn't pay all that well of the best lands. Would that be a correct analysis of what you just told me? That would be an accurate statement, Governor. Well, I tell you, and that brings us to statehood. And so there is in Hawaii now, with the passage of statehood, an opportunity for the local government to run the program. Let's see if they did any better than the Fed, which brings us to today's conversation. I think at this point, we're going to take a short break, and we'll be right back. For those of you that want to call in, the number is<PHONE_NUMBER>. I'm Tim Apochella, host for Moving Hawaii Forward, a show dedicated to transportation issues and traffic. We identify those areas where we do have problems in the state, but also the show is dedicated to trying to find solutions, not just detail our problems. So join me every other Tuesday on Moving Hawaii Forward. I'm Tim Apochella. Welcome back to Talk Story with John Wahey. Our guest today is Mr. William Isla, who is the deputy director of the Hawaiian Homes program. We are discussing a little bit of the background that lead us to a Supreme Court case, which will be decided in this coming Thursday. Bill, this is today, and I don't normally do this, you know, identify dates when we have these programs, but today is the day before the Fourth of July. And I thought it might be beneficial for people to know that our statehood in 1959 was in a sense conditioned on the local government, the state government, agreeing to undertake the fiduciary responsibility for the Hawaiian Homes program. Is that correct? That is, that is, that is correct. It is a condition of statehood and and laid out in the admissions act. That is pretty much, you know, if we, it was pretty much, you know, you want to be a state which many, many people in Hawaii obviously wanted to be, you needed to take on this special obligation. I don't think, does anyone dispute that? I have not heard one person say that that's not in dispute. So that's pretty much settled. Now, we now come to the state government taking over the program. And the specific issue in mind is the funding of administrative and operational costs to run the program, much less, you know, everything else that needed to be done. So let's begin with the obvious question. Did the state pick up the responsibility that they, that they agree to as a condition of their statehood? Did the government of Hawaii do that? I think the short answer is the department certainly does not agree. And then you have the plaintiffs with Dickey Nelson leading this current court case referred to as the Nelson case. Right, which is the case that's before the Supreme Court. I guess it's called Nelson too. Where? Yes, yes. We're here today because the state, because the state of Hawaii when it became a state and assumed responsibilities for the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act has not fulfilled its duties. So again, you were paying, how was the department surviving? The department continued until very recently. I think when Governor Abercrombie and later Governor E. Gay started to put in the budget some general funds to pay for part of the administrative and operating costs, but not up to the amount that was decided upon by Judge Caspinetti. Okay, I want to take the $28 million that you referred to. Right. So now we have 1959, state takes over the administration of the program, doesn't really support it. And let's go from 1959 to 1978. There's another milestone with the Constitutional Convention in 1978. But what happens is that the state takes over the program and doesn't really fund it. Would you say that's a fair statement? That is a fair statement. Okay. Now, did they do that with any other department? Was there any other department in the state government where the government didn't fund it and told it and told them you go out there and raise your own money? No. And in fact, no other state agency is mandated or highlighted in the Constitution or in the Admissions Act. So the condition of our state? We're the only one with that relationship and not being funded appropriately. And so they don't fund the program, essentially. And as a result, was the department able to put a lot of people in house lots? What happened for those years, leading up to 1979? If you have any idea, I think we'd appreciate hearing. Well, I think that the people in the department at the time did the best that they could, given the limited resources that they had. But as a result, there was not a lot of lots or a lot of homes being issued to people on the wait list. And as such, many folks are still waiting for their opportunities. You know, we are now getting, I hate to confess, because it makes me a little more senior. But I will. The 70s were sort of my era, leading up to when I was, you know, getting active and participating in things. And I distinctly remember in 1974, a group called the Hawaiian went up to Waimea on the big island and staged a protest against all the lands that Parker Ranch had. And these were essentially people who were on the waiting list. One of the most famous leaders of it was Mr. Uncle Sonny Kaniho, Joe Pastel. Well, you know, these are people, all of that format in the 1970s was based on the fact that this not enough lots were getting out. Were you at all aware of all of these things that were happening back then? Unfortunately, it was a combination of not having resources to put the lots in the hands of our beneficiaries and at the same time, you know, relying on the revenue from those leases to run the department. So it was a very, very tough catch 22 situation to be in. You know, I was, I was a member of the 1978 Constitutional Convention. And I remember prior to the convention, the home Hawaiian Homes director was this wonderful woman, Georgina Paddock. And Georgina seemed to spend all her time trying to do something to increase the economic viability of the Hawaiian Homes program. And and but all of the money she raised was actually going to pay it just for the staff. It wasn't being raised, which was her dream was to raise enough to, you know, sponsor programs, things like that. How much of that has actually changed? Not much. We have received some administrative general funding to pay for existing staff. And the legislature has actually appropriated additional positions, but we're we're in a process of filling those positions so that we can respond to the many questions that come from our beneficiaries. In terms of, you know, what's required for a lease? How do you pass it down? The Department of Hawaiian Homelands does more than just issue leases. It basically runs a probate system when a lease is passed from one person to another. Right. It runs a recordation system. So there are many other functions that the Department is in need of these additional administrative and operating costs so that all of the revenue from the land leases and rents can then go into lot preparation. So you have to prepare lots. You have to do economic development. And you it's not simply a question of handing out leases. I mean, you've got to do genealogy check. I mean, there's a ton of things that the Department is required to do. And it remains for a long time. I was going to say, Governor, in addition, one that, you know, most people don't realize is we run four water systems. So just look at the Moloka'i Hualahua water system. Right. One on Moloka'i. And so, you know, we basically run the equivalent of a county system. And that comes from the receipts and the trust funds because the current administration has decided that those costs do not count as administrative and operating costs. Wow. Okay. Well, I'll tell you in what we had in 1978 was that as one of the delegates there, we went to the convention and we knew, and we talked to the Georgianopatikin and others, and we came out with this mandate that sufficient funds had to be appropriated to the Department of Hawaiian Hualahua. That created the basis for this Nelson case. The idea was after messing up for, at that time, 78 years, surely there was a need to mandate that these things be done. So it's a constitutional requirement in Hawaii for us to fund the Hawaiian Homes program. Isn't that correct? Yes, correct. And the committee and eventually the convention delegates and then ratified through a vote by all of the voters in Hawaii agreed to change the May, the word May, fund to Shao. And that was a conscious effort to get the legislature and the administration to pay the administrative and operating costs of the department. So that the other funds would be available. So that funds would be available to actually put people on the land. So what we had is then, it seemed to me the one department that never got support, all of a sudden was mandated. It was required to be funded. Now the Hawaiian Homes program, so let's review this. Hawaiian Homes program is the basis was the necessary from Coheel's idea of rehabilitating people. It was never funded. And when we became a state, it was actually a requirement of our state. And in 1978, we are our constitution passed by the people required them to do that. So here we are today. And on Thursday, Bill, we are going to find out whether the constitution of Hawaii, Hawaii's constitution and its obligation is actually very effective. You know, we're just out of time. I thank you. And I want to thank you so much for helping me put the issues into perspective. Bill, I know that this is the important day you are working in Waianae. And I truly want to thank you for being here today. Thank you. Thank you, Governor, for helping us get out the word. Thank you. And aloha, everyone, for this. Thank you.


We interrupt this program to bring you a special report. An aircraft carrying 216 passengers and crew has made an emergency landing due to smoke in the cockpit and passenger cabin. The aircraft is being evacuated and fire and rescue teams are on the scene. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available. The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of the incident was a leaking package containing nitric acid in the cargo compartment. Smoke prompted the crew to request permission to make an emergency landing. The smoke was generated by a spell from a package containing hazardous material that was not properly classed, described, packaged, marked, or labeled. The shipping papers did not include the correct shipping name, hazard class, or quantity of hazardous material, and the shipper certification was not signed. 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We will review procedures for preparing hazardous materials for shipment by air, and if you offer, accept, and or transport hazardous materials by air, this video is for you. Hazardous materials are regulated because if not properly packaged and handled, they may pose an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce. There are nine classes of hazardous materials which are defined in the hazardous materials regulation, and include class one explosives. Explosives include chemical devices, compounds, and mixtures that function by explosion or in a similar manner, even if not designed to do so. Explosives range from small arms ammunition and fireworks to dynamite. Class two, gases. Class two is broken down into division 2.1, flammable gases such as butane, division 2.2, non-flammable compressed gas such as nitrogen, and division 2.3, poisonous gas such as chlorine. Class three, flammable and combustible liquids. 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This shipment has been properly prepared. The packaging is appropriate and displays the correct markings and labels. The shipping papers are correct as well. Once the package and paperwork have been inspected and accepted, the air freight agent prepares the notice to pilot in command. The notice will tell the captain that hazardous materials are on board, what they are, how much was loaded, and their location on the aircraft. The shipping papers, emergency response information, and notice to pilot in command must accompany the shipment. The load planner must be notified that a hazardous material shipment is planned for a flight. The load planner must verify that the hazmat is within the quantity limitations for the aircraft. The load planner prepares the cargo load plan, including the locations for loading the hazardous material. If more than one type of hazardous material is planned for a flight, the compatibility of the materials and the separation distances required must be considered in planning. Ramp Service personnel transport the material to the flight line and load the aircraft according to the load plan. Ramp Service personnel enter the location of the hazmat on the aircraft on the notice to pilot in command and give it to the captain. The captain reviews and accepts the notice to pilot in command. Air carriers also use and ship hazardous materials. Hazmat required aboard an aircraft to make it airworthy, such as aircraft batteries, fuel and crew members' personal breathing apparatus, are not subject to the hazardous materials regulations. However, replacements for these items and other company material, COMAT, used in the day-to-day operation of the airline, such as paints, solvents, disinfectants and cleaning compounds, are regulated and subject to the hazardous materials regulations when transported as cargo. That means that these shipments require the same preparation and documentation as other hazardous material shipments. Most hazmat transported by air is shipped as air cargo. However, it is not uncommon for passengers to pack hazardous materials in their baggage. Although there are limited exceptions for passengers' personal use items, such as medicines and toilet articles, most hazmat is not acceptable in either carry-on or checked baggage. Personnel at ticket counters, baggage check-in positions and gates must be watchful to make sure that hazardous materials are not inadvertently accepted and checked or carry-on baggage. Look for clues that a passenger may be carrying hazmat. For example, passengers traveling to the Caribbean may be traveling with scuba equipment containing compressed gas. A passenger with hiking gear may be carrying a liquid propane camp stove and a backpack. Other passengers may be carrying self-protection sprays like mace and pepper spray, which are prohibited. Despite all precautions, accidents do happen. Boxes fall off baggage carts. They become damaged. They leak. All personnel should know what actions to take when something goes wrong. Follow your company's safety procedures. When accidents, incidents or discrepancies do occur, they must be reported. Discrepancies are situations where hazardous materials are improperly described, certified, marked, labeled and packaged. And this is not known at the time of acceptance by the air carrier. Discrepancies require the person who discovered the discrepancy to notify the nearest FAA Civil Aviation Security Office by telephone. Hazmat incidents and accidents that result either in any of the following require notification as soon as possible to the nearest FAA Civil Aviation Security Office or the Center for Disease Control, if applicable. Death or injury that requires hospitalization. Damage greater than $50,000. Change in the operational flight pattern or routine of an aircraft. Shutdown of a major facility or transportation artery for more than one hour or an evacuation of the general public that lasts for more than an hour. The telephone report must be followed by a written report within 30 days. A written report is also required for any incident involving the release of a hazardous material, regardless of the seriousness of the incident. Training is an integral part of hazardous materials safety. Training is required for all personnel who offer, accept and or handle hazardous materials in all modes of transportation. Initial training is required for new employees or employees who assume new hazmat-related responsibilities. This training must include general awareness, familiarization, function specific and safety training. A person may not perform a hazmat function unless they have been trained in that function or for a new employee or one who changes job functions, they work under the direct supervision of someone who is trained. If any regulatory requirements pertaining to a function the employee performs change, the employee must be retrained concerning that function immediately. DOT requires that hazmat employees be retrained and tested at least once every three years. However, the FAA under 14 CFR requires annual recurrent training for air carrier employees. Both DOT and FAA require the employer to maintain training records. Training is the best means of preventing hazmat incidents. The responsibilities for hazmat safety are shared by everyone who handles hazmat shipments, from the shipper to the air carrier. Along with training, compliance with the regulations, general awareness and diligence at baggage check-in positions, you can help ensure the safe transportation of hazardous materials by air.


The Mobile District Emergency Operations Office has been watching the weather for the past weeks with great interest. Now the interest turned to alarm. We're going to get hit by a hurricane. Hurricane, a dreaded word to the residents of the Gulf Coast. Hurricane, a swirling mass with embedded tornadoes, howling winds and thundering waves, a storm so powerful that the heat energy of its counterclockwise winds could produce enough electricity in one day to supply the United States with electrical power for almost six months. Just the week before, the eastern seaboard had been struck by Hurricane David after it had ravaged the Caribbean. Now the big concern was Hurricane Frederick. Like most tropical storms which have plagued the eastern and Gulf Coast of the United States, Frederick was born in the warm seas off the western coast of Africa. It drifted westward passing the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Its wind and rain further devastating an area, trying to recover from the onslaught of Hurricane David. By Friday, September the 7th, Frederick, downgraded to a tropical depression, was centered over Cuba and had winds of only 35 miles per hour. But all of this changed by Monday morning. As Frederick knew from western Cuba across the warm shallow gulf, its winds strengthened again as it fed on the energy of the heated waters. The fastest thing is going to hit us real good. We are about 300 miles offshore. Now as Wednesday entered the afternoon, Frederick was 150 miles offshore and had winds of 130 miles per hour. The people of the Gulf Coast made preparations to face a storm the National Weather Service described as one of the most intense hurricanes to threaten the Central Gulf Coast during this century. Ready to go. I guess we'll be talking to you by radio from there on. Right. See you later. Okay, we've done it all by the book. Now comes the hard part, the waiting. This is the National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama. A hurricane warning is in effect from Panama City, Florida, westward along the Alabama and Mississippi coast to Grand Isle, Louisiana. Frederick is extremely dangerous, 10 to 15 feet high expected at landfall. All interest in the hurricane warning area should complete all necessary precautions by early afternoon. As the winds of Frederick strengthened, people made their final preparations. Schools did not open and most businesses dismissed their employees by midday. State and local civil defense units, law enforcement agencies and public officials worked together without rest to protect the citizens and properties in the target communities. Alabama Governor Bob James ordered the evacuation of the low-lying coastal areas and then came to the state command post at Spanish Sport to direct the emergency activities through the night and into the next day. More than 250,000 residents evacuated the area. Governor James has good reason to issue his orders. Just 10 years before, on August the 17th, 1969, 256 people were killed when Hurricane Camille slammed into the Mississippi coastline. On September the 8th, 1900, a hurricane killed 6,000 people in Galveston, Texas when high water cut the only evacuation route from the island to the mainland. It is indeed best to leave coastal areas when a hurricane threatens. Mid-afternoon, the gales at the outer freeges of Frederick, off at the coast, were ever greater intended. Funding waves pound the shore, only to be driven out to sea by the winds howling from the northeast. By late evening, the winds of Frederick had reached 60 miles per hour and all but essential personnel and emergency vehicles had vacated the streets. There was little to do now but wait. Wait and hope and pray. When it finally came, it came with a dreadful silence. The people of the Gulf Coast were in shock from their night of terror. It was like being in a dream, a very bad dream. Friends, neighbors and even strangers gathered to express joy over being alive and to look at the damage. And there was damage. Frederick drove more than 90,000 people from their homes and damaged more than 46,000 houses, trailers, apartments and businesses. In Alabama alone, 40,000 families suffered losses in the hurricane. In Mobile County, 75% of all structures and 90% of all commercial buildings suffered significant damage. While only 2% of the city's famous old oak trees were seriously damaged, the Mobile City Parks lost an estimated 15,000 trees and these parks would take 20 years or more to regain their pre-storm beauty. Southern Island, south of Mobile, lost its only bridge to the mainland and suffered severe damage in Frederick's 145 miles per hour winds and 12 foot tides. Beautiful Gulf shores, long a choice Alabama vacation spot because of its white sands and emerald green waters lay in ruins. This stretch of coast was hit hard by the dreaded northeast quadrant of the hurricane which carries the storm's greatest winds and the highest tides. In addition, this area and some of the Gulf islands received the full brunt of the hurricane storm surge, an enormous slow moving dome of water which combines with the high tide and waves to endate low lying coastal areas. Frederick left 167,000 people without electrical power. 100,000 people did not have telephone service. Major damage range from Pensacola, Florida to Pascagoula, Mississippi. At the Alabama State Docks in Mobile, the ruins of Frederick destroyed new loading cranes and did nearly $14 million worth of damage. Most businesses and Frederick's path suffered damages and lost time. Some would never reopen. Agriculture was hit hard. Mobile and Baldwin counties lost over 13,500 acres of pecan trees. Area nursery suffered $26 million in losses, more than $478 million worth of timber was destroyed. The seafood industry suffered greatly when Frederick sank boats and damaged processing facilities. The areas tourist and convention industry came to an abrupt halt as the hurricane destroyed hotels and motels and damaged places of great beauty. Not even churches were spared the storm's fury. Some would take years to rebuild. Schools were hard hit. Weeks would pass before classes would resume. Recreation, boating, fishing, swimming, bowling, golf, tennis. All these would be little more than fond memories until the damage was cleared away. Third hurricane is derived from Huracan, the Mayan god of nature. A peaceman of the angry Huracan required human sacrifice. In this respect, Hurricane Frederick was no different than the Mayan god. In the worst loss of the storm, the ruins of Frederick took the lives of five people. One was a four-year-old child. In the coming days, weeks and months, a handful of others would follow them losing their lives in fires and disaster cleanup accidents. Many more may have died if the eye of Frederick had not spread out when it hit the shoreline. The eye elongated until it was 50 miles long and 40 miles wide, one of the largest ever recorded in modern weather history. This resulted in the strongest winds blowing from the north, which in effect blew the water out of Mobile Bay and greatly reduced the destructive potential of the 12-foot storm surge. Another factor limiting the loss of life was the lack of heavy rainfall. In Huracan, rainfall exceeding 20 or more inches is typical, causing serious inland flooding. Little more than 8 inches of rain fell during Frederick. Early on the morning of September the 13th, as soon as Frederick's winds subsided, the Army Corps of Engineers went into action. Personnel from the Mobile District's Montgomery installation and the Panama City Area Office donned the red jackets and white heart hats of the Emergency Operations Team and joined with others from all over the district to begin recovery efforts. Many had left their families the night before and traveled to Mobile during the storm in order to begin work as soon as possible. Acting to prevent loss of life and property under the provision of Public Law 84-99, Corps personnel began clearing access routes so vehicles could move throughout the earth. Okay, Pat, we need to get those generators on out there as per introduction we gave. In addition, Mobile District's Emergency Operations Center began distribution of generators and pumps to cities and towns that needed them. Simultaneously, 12 free-position damaged survey teams assessed the damage and reported back to the Emergency Operations Center. As soon as they could get underway, the crew and survey teams of the Corps Survey vessel Gatlin began checking federal navigation channels for damage. Many harbors and channels, like the one at Mobile, were closed to shipping until the shelling and debris could be removed. Meanwhile, residents of the storm-stricken area joined in to help county and municipal cleanup crews. The stoneness of the aftermath was broken by the roaring work song of the chainsaws. Although many inexperienced operators did suffer injury, the chainsaw was such a valuable tool for disaster cleanup that one newspaper editorial seriously proposed that a monument be erected in its honor. Recovery had begun, and it looked like the worst was over. But was it? People were homeless. Most water supplies were contaminated. Without electricity, fresh food was spoiling and canned food was being used up quickly. Much help was needed. This was a job for the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, and they were there. They had been there since before the hurricane, providing food and shelter and loving care. Now, they intensified their efforts to ease pain and suffering along the Gulf Coast. Surviving broadcast facilities like WKRG Television in Mobile and neighboring stations like WWL Radio in New Orleans had broadcast throughout the terrifying night of Frederick because of their broadcasts. The people of America were told of Frederick's destruction and their response was overwhelmed. There was food from Detroit, ice from Jackson, and clothing from Houston. The Red Cross and Salvation Army were soon joined by volunteers, bringing supplies and aid from all over the United States. Disaster relief units from religious organizations moved in to feed and close storm victims. Recovery from Frederick would be a lot more bearable thanks to all these people. The National Guard on duty before the storm was busy now keeping law and order and forcing a 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew and preventing looting. Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force, and Coast Guard units, both active and reserved, sheltered a heavy load during Frederick and its aftermath. In addition to their official storm work, many gave their off-duty time to help people who could not help themselves. The damage area was now secure. On Friday, September the 14th, one day after the storm, President Jimmy Carter viewed the damage caused by Hurricane Frederick and declared 30 counties in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida disaster areas, making their one-and-one-half million residents eligible for various federal disaster recovery programs. The same day, Director of Civil Works, Major General E.R. Heiber, from the Office of the Chief of Engineers, Major General Joseph Bratton, South Atlantic Division Engineer, and other core officials toured the stricken area and were briefed by Mobile District Engineer Colonel Robert H. Ryan. Immediately after the Presidential Declaration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency assumed management of the hurricane recovery effort and assigned the Mobile District several emergency support missions. These included conducting damage survey reports, shipping in ice, inspecting schools for safety, supplying generators for emergency power, and removing barges and debris from navigation channels. By the end of the first week of recovery efforts, the people of the Gulf Coast had overcome their initial shock and were doing okay, but life was still hard. Dining in restaurants, going to movies, shopping in air-conditioned malls, television, water, phone calls, cooked food, fresh vegetables, a cold drink with crushed ice, a hot cup of coffee. All these things that had been taken for granted were blown away by Hurricane Frederick. Most people do not realize how fragile our society is until disaster strikes. Fortunately, America is blessed with people and organizations who care enough to help. The relief work went on. The Small Business Administration, in an all-out effort to get the economy of the area on its feet, made millions of dollars of low-interest loans available to businesses and individuals who needed financial help. In the first week after Frederick, the Alabama Department of Pensions and Securities issued $2.4 million in food stamps. The Salvation Army made 275,000 sandwiches to feed the hungry. The Red Cross continued to feed and shelter the homeless, and hundreds of relief workers representing churches, civic organizations and businesses strived to help the people of the Gulf Coast get back on their feet. As if matters weren't bad enough, law enforcement officers had to deal with the stormtroopers, the unscrupulous entrepreneurs, who invaded disaster area offering the victims everything from ice to gasoline generators at greatly inflated prices. Even so, the people kept their sense of humor as they struggled to recover. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA as it is called, assigned the Corps of Engineers the task of removing the storm debris in Baldwin and Mobile Counties in Alabama. This was the biggest job of all, because the winds of Frederick had left debris everywhere. Tree limbs, shingles, broken glass, odd bits of metal, all things that once were a part of life before the storm were now piles of useless debris. Millions of cubic yards of debris. It was unreal. And there was another problem. With each passing day without rain, the debris grew drier and drier, and soon it became the worst fire danger ever to threaten the area. In order to move quickly and efficiently in handling the debris cleanup mission, the Mobile District rented the second floor of an insurance building and opened a disaster area office. Here, the cleanup operation could be managed efficiently, with cleanup activities broken down by area and mission. Corps personnel quickly established a radio communications network in the disaster cleanup area. 24 regional offices were established to accept and process right-of-entry permits from property owners who wish to have the Corps remove their storm debris. Each applicant received a tag with a ribbon that he posted on property which the Corps would clean. The bulk of the debris to be removed fell into three areas, trees on houses, buildings, and other structures, debris on streets and rights-of-way, and dangerous trees in debris near homes and other structures. Corps personnel and contractor crews working under purchase orders began to remove trees from structures. For debris removal from rights-of-way and private property, the Corps divided Mobile and Baldwin counties into sections. Contractors were invited to bid for the job of removing the debris in each section. 19 dump sites were established and contractors were paid by the number of cubic yards of debris they delivered to the dumps. Unusually large tree stumps were paid for separately because they required special equipment and extra effort in order to be moved to the dump site. To ensure that the debris was removed properly, Corps of Engineering inspectors were assigned an area where contractors were working. Corps personnel from engineered districts across the nation volunteered to be inspectors even though it meant long hours of hard work in a devastated area. The Corps made every effort to inform the public and the news media about the Hurricane Cleanup program and its progress. As the days following Frederick turned into weeks, people began to recover from their shock and help each other clean up and rebuild. Even so, it was hard for many to fight off the acute depression that follows the trauma of senior-owned community ravaged by nature. As slow as things seemed to be going, progress towards recovery was being made. More delivery resumed as roads and sidewalks became passable. The water was safe to drink again. On September the 24th, the curfew was lifted in Mobile and the Alabama National Guard was withdrawn. Most schoolers were back in session within two weeks, even though some facilities were damaged beyond practical use. Garbage pickup in the storm area resumed by the end of September.  Telephones were returning too. In the Mobile area, south-central bell replaced 2,621 poles, 48,000 feet of drop wire, 605 miles of cable, 11,475 distribution terminals, and spent $23.1 million to restore service. Using a modified Miami plan, which gets the most power to the most people as soon as possible, crews from the Alabama Power Company joined by crews from the Georgia Gulf, Mississippi, and Florida power companies began what amounted to a complete rewire of the area. They brought more than 1,150 tons of supplies, replaced 20 of 21 transmission lines, installed 15,580 transformers, replaced 6,500 broken power poles, spent more than $2 million a day at times, and finished this almost impossible job in 20 days. Life was struggling to return to normal. As the debris cleanup was continuing, the Mobile District received additional hurricane recovery assignments. The Corps managed temporary housing for displaced farm victims in Mississippi, dredged a navigation channel to Dauphin Island so the island could have a ferry service, raised and removed barges blocking slips at the Alabama State Docks, surveyed beach erosion damage, and removed pecan trees for more than 14,000 acres of land so it could be farmed again. The Mobile District also managed the demolition of badly damaged houses, the clearing of drainage ditches, and refloated an Air Force target ship. In clearing the storm debris, all sorts of equipment was used by Corps contractors. But perhaps the most effective and unusual tool was the civilian version of the Army's old M1A1 mule. Mules could snake heavy logs from the lawns of residences without leaving ruts, breaking driveways, or crushing septic tanks. And they were definitely fuel efficient. The Office of the Chief Engineer in Washington closely monitored the Army's recovery efforts. Corps officials made many trips to the damaged Gulf Coast during the cleanup activities. Since timber, pulpwood and paper making are vital industries along this section of the Gulf Coast. And since the equipment was available, an all-out attempt was made to salvage the storm damaged timber. More than 82 million feet of saw timber and 840,000 cords of pulpwood were saved. This represented about 50% of the damaged timber. An unusual natural event happened after Frederick. Many species of flowers, shrubs, and trees bloomed a second time. This happened in Charleston, too, after the hurricane of 1807. With life along the Gulf returning to about normal, the year began to move faster. It was fair season, and people took the opportunity to have fun for the first time since the storm. Christmas came, and it was the best in years. Shortly after the birth of 1980 King Mardi Gras, a traditional celebration along the Gulf Coast. But still, the cleanup was not over, and core personnel doggedly kept pushing the effort. Though not without its mishaps, the debris removal program rolled along in an orderly manner. By springtime, the area was beginning to recover. The area's $50 million a year tourist industry found new life, and visitors again flocked to the coast. A $42 million bridge was approved for Dolphin Island. It would take more than two years to build. The cleanup continued, and so did the relief efforts. Dr. Jimmy Buffett came home to Mobile, and held a benefit concert to aid the victims of Hurricane Frederick. By late spring, statisticians estimated that actual damages done by Hurricane Frederick were $2.2 billion. With more than $2 billion in damages, plus the loss of life resulting from this storm seemed bad. Then consider this, Frederick rated only Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, and this is the lowest rating of a major storm. In comparison to other areas which could have been hit, the Pascagoula Pensacola Strip is not densely populated. What if a Category 5 storm which winds greater than 155 miles per hour, hit Miami, New Orleans, or Tampa? What if the only escape routes were blocked by rising water, and hundreds of thousands of people were trapped in the path of a merciless raging hurricane? It is a nightmare waiting to happen. 40 million people live in hurricane-prone areas, and the number grows with each passing year. The Mobile District's Disaster Debris Renewable Program for the Federal Emergency Management Agency ended on June 1, 1980. All in all, more than 10 million cubic yards of debris had been removed at a cost of more than $100 million. They filled up a train of fox cars, 548 miles long, and it would stretch from Mobile to Charlotte, North Carolina. The end of the Frederick cleanup was a happy occasion for the core people. They had done 101 different things to help the people of the Gulf Coast recover from hurricane Frederick. Now they could go back to their homes and families. June 1 was also the first day of the 1980 hurricane. I'm afraid so. But for many along the Gulf Coast, June 1 was the beginning of a nice summer. A summer that could be spent playing in the white sands of the beach and swimming in the warm ocean. And even as residents and tourists took time to relax and enjoy the beaches of the Gulf, hundreds of people in emergency operation centers and divisions and districts across the nation were analyzing data from Frederick in order to be even better prepared next time. And there will be a next time. It might be this year. It might be next. It might be years from now. But another hurricane will strike the United States. When that dreadful time comes, the emergency operations people in the red jackets and the white hard hats will be ready and once more will act quickly to protect life and property. And when it's over, the people of the United States Army Corps of Engineers will be there to help by picking up the pieces.