Drones & SoCal Wildfires
Channel: Sean Anderson
Date: 2016-07-14

A great example of the type of situation where drone hobbyists increasingly try to fly their platforms and where authorities are pushing back: wildfire in the wildlands-urban interface.  This situation was the Lake Sherwood Fire in Thousand Oaks, California.  The fire broke out around 15:30 on Wednesday, Thursday July 13, 2016.  Thousand Oaks is a town with more than 127,000 residents and a very tech savvy community.  U.S. Congresswoman Julia Brownley is currently authoring legislation in the House to make such flights punishable by fines of up to $10,000 per incident.