Drone shows ice storm damage

[mavic3usa]

Personally I do NOT have any issues with launching the drone but I wanted to know what fellow drone pilots think about someone who brings out their drone to a scene or fly around the neighborhood surveying potential damage during an event (not a disaster area) or later during the cleanup or recovery process:

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[Rchawks]

OMG! May I ask if this was your video, and if it was what was the Police’s reaction to you flying there at the time.
Personally I don’t think it would be an issue under these circumstances, but then I think I’d be a little nervous to do it myself so I’m not sure. There’s no impeding or interfering with responders and if they felt there was I’m sure the Police would say something about it to the pilot if they felt there was an issue.

 

[jaja6009]

I didn't watch the whole video. But from what I saw I do not see anything majorly wrong. It did not fly over people or moving vehicles, it did not interfere with public safety personnel.

But I could see some police officers maybe getting over zealous and asking you to land.

 

[MA2 317]

Thanks for sharing mavic3usa.

Ice storms suck.

You can shovel snow, but not a darn thing you can do with ice.

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