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06-16-2021, 05:17 PM

Man, can I call it or what? Just contacted the roofers and they said they can be out here on Monday, 06-21 at 08:30am to start working on the roof, weather permitting. Well I don't think the weather is going to "permit". That tropical storm, or whatever it turns out developing into, will likely be making landfall in Louisiana sometime in the afternoon on Saturday. Which means we will likely be getting heavy rains from it through at least mid week following. Which, of course, is the week of 06-21.

I sure as heck don't want them ripping off sections of the roof with the possibility of rain looming. I know I should trust professionals to know what they are doing, but I have had my fill of "professionals" screwing up one thing or another.

For instance, when we had some trees removed recently, I was watching the whole thing taking video of it all, and when they got to the point where they were cutting what was left of the live oak next to the house, I noticed they had left a rather large limb that had been overhanging the house. That had a piece of machinery roped to the truck to pull it away from the house when it was cut through, but that branch was going to cause a problem. I just knew it. I was actually shaking my head when they were cutting, and sure enough, when that trunk hit the ground, the branch had enough mass and weight that it made the trunk roll when it hit the ground. That branch hit the corner of our screen pool enclosure. Fortunately there was no damage that I could see, but that was just pure luck. I would have felt like a fool yelling out to these guys about what I could see was going to happen, but heck, these were people who do this sort of thing day in and day out, so who am I?

I am generating the video I took of my inspecting the roof with a drone, but it is taking FOREVER for YouTube to process that HD version. It's in 4K/60fps and is 12 minutes long. File size is 3.3 GB. I checked to see what the max is for uploads to YouTube, and apparently it is 256 GB or 12 hours long, whichever is less. I'm thinking it would take more than a month for YouTube to process something like that. Not to mention the length of time to render such a video and then upload it. Heck, who would have TIME and PATIENCE enough to watch a 12 hour video anyway?

I might generate a video of the tree removal clips I did, but heck, I dunno. For the effort and time, is it really worthwhile doing that for a video that might be of interest and get viewed by only 10 people? Not that I make any money off of YouTube anyway, but at least I can have them host my videos for free instead of taking up space on my own server.

06-16-2021, 05:17 PM	#8
WebSlave	Man, can I call it or what? Just contacted the roofers and they said they can be out here on Monday, 06-21 at 08:30am to start working on the roof, weather permitting. Well I don't think the weather is going to "permit". That tropical storm, or whatever it turns out developing into, will likely be making landfall in Louisiana sometime in the afternoon on Saturday. Which means we will likely be getting heavy rains from it through at least mid week following. Which, of course, is the week of 06-21. I sure as heck don't want them ripping off sections of the roof with the possibility of rain looming. I know I should trust professionals to know what they are doing, but I have had my fill of "professionals" screwing up one thing or another. For instance, when we had some trees removed recently, I was watching the whole thing taking video of it all, and when they got to the point where they were cutting what was left of the live oak next to the house, I noticed they had left a rather large limb that had been overhanging the house. That had a piece of machinery roped to the truck to pull it away from the house when it was cut through, but that branch was going to cause a problem. I just knew it. I was actually shaking my head when they were cutting, and sure enough, when that trunk hit the ground, the branch had enough mass and weight that it made the trunk roll when it hit the ground. That branch hit the corner of our screen pool enclosure. Fortunately there was no damage that I could see, but that was just pure luck. I would have felt like a fool yelling out to these guys about what I could see was going to happen, but heck, these were people who do this sort of thing day in and day out, so who am I? I am generating the video I took of my inspecting the roof with a drone, but it is taking FOREVER for YouTube to process that HD version. It's in 4K/60fps and is 12 minutes long. File size is 3.3 GB. I checked to see what the max is for uploads to YouTube, and apparently it is 256 GB or 12 hours long, whichever is less. I'm thinking it would take more than a month for YouTube to process something like that. Not to mention the length of time to render such a video and then upload it. Heck, who would have TIME and PATIENCE enough to watch a 12 hour video anyway? I might generate a video of the tree removal clips I did, but heck, I dunno. For the effort and time, is it really worthwhile doing that for a video that might be of interest and get viewed by only 10 people? Not that I make any money off of YouTube anyway, but at least I can have them host my videos for free instead of taking up space on my own server.