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Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 07/14/2008 - 07:37
Morning ritual
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Rate on NewsTrustLightning hits Transformer in Harwinton
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 06/29/2008 - 19:51
Sunday afternoon, I drove up to a graduation party for Avery Doninger, the young blogger who was disciplined for her criticism of the school administration at Lewis Mills High School in Burlington, CT. On the drive up, my daughter and I saw lightning hit a transformer, and we captured various parts of this trip with pictures, videos and audio messages from my cellphone.
Leaving from Woodbridge, it was a sunny, pleasant day. We drove up Route 8. After passing Waterbury, we saw large storm clouds gathering in the west. I was struck by how picturesque they were, so I took two photographs.
I also recorded this message on Utterz:
I noted the ominous feeling of the coming storm, without knowing what I was really about to encounter.
As we approached the Harwinton exit, the rain started coming down, hard. After I left the highway, I found an opportunity to put the cellphone on the dashboard and get a brief video of driving through the rain. By then, the rain had slowed down a little, but it was still substantial.
We were driving along Route 4, almost in Burlington when I started seeing lightning. I wondered if I could find a good way to set up the cellphone to capture some of the lightning. All of a sudden, in my rear view mirror, I saw lightning strike a telephone pole. I pulled into the next parking lot and prepared to take another video with my cellphone. Just as I started taking my video, the transformer exploded and the power lines came crashing down, almost hitting the car we were in.
I called 911 to report the explosion and the small fire the downed power lines had started. Then I drove down the road across the street from the downed power lines. I hopped out of the car and took this picture of the smoldering grass and the downed lines.
Soon the emergency crews showed up.
I recorded a quick commentary:
I also posted a quick update via Twitterfone. Twitterfone transcribed the voice and sent it on to Twitter which in turn sent it to Facebook and FriendFeed. At this point, I continued on to the party.
It was a good party, but we had to leave early for Fiona’s Blog Talk Radio show. Needless to say, we talked a bit about the party and the transformer explosion on the show.
On the way home, I posted one final comment via Utterz:
Mobile post sent by ahynes1 using Utterz. Replies. mp3
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Inch by Inch - Fiona End of School Concert
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 06/16/2008 - 17:56
I recorded the concert in small segments on the digital camera so I could upload them quickly. I had thought of combining them into one longer segment, but they are good the way they are. So, you can look whichever segments you are most interested in.
The kids walked in and took their places to 'Greatest Love Of All' by Whitney Houston.
I believe that children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be
Their first song was Zip De Do Dah followed by Inch by Inch(an old favorite of mine, which is why I show it as the first clip).
This was followed by Take me out to the ball game and Arabella Miller which was interrupted by applause. (This is the second part.)
They then sang Supercalafragalisticexpialadotious,
Skidder Mirink, Grand Ole Flag, I'm a little teapot, Memories, Time Together.
They departed to Pomp And Circumstance.
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Fiona Pumping Water at Horse Camp
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 10:44
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Fiona pumping water for the horses at horse camp
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The Swimming Hole
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 17:08
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Testing Yahoo Video from Cellphones
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 05/23/2008 - 16:46
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Fiona's First Horse Show
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 05/18/2008 - 13:58
Fiona went to her first gymkhana horse show. She participated in three classes, Dash, Straight Barrels and Keyhole.
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The swamp
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 17:48
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Pauly introduces Fiona at Manchester Edwards Rally
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 15:19
Kim and I got up early. I mean real early. It was 2 AM when the alarm went off and we started our last minute scramble to get out the door. Destination: Manchester, NH, to welcome Sen. Edwards after his strong showing in Iowa and to prepare for the final days of campaigning before the New Hampshire primary. Fiona woke up and came down stairs, all ready to go.
It was cold and dark as we drove up. At times, the dashboard read as low as three degrees. Fiona fell asleep in the back seat, and I rested as much as I could in the passengers seat. In our rush to get out the door, we accidently left the directions back in Connecticut. We used Google Mobile to get us close, but then drove around in circles for a while in Manchester trying to find the rally.
Kim was wearing a Healthcare Voter T-Shirt she had gotten from some SEIU members at a rally the last time she was up here canvasing in New Hampshire. One of the organizers saw it and asked Kim and Fiona to get up on the stage to stand behind Sen. Edwards.
As we waited, various staffers lead the crowd in various cheers. Fiona spoke with one of them and got to lead a cheer for the whole crowd. The staffer helping her with this was wonderful, and everyone seemed to have a great time. Afterwards, Fiona spoke with various members of the press talking about how she was six years old, had gotten up at 2:30 to come up from Connecticut and about how much she likes Sen. Edwards.
Afterwards, we headed out to breakfast and Kim explained how lucky she was to get to be on the stage with Sen. Edwards and to lead people in cheers for him.
Check the video below to see the lead up to the cheer and Blip.TV for more videos from the event. I'll put them up on YouTube when I get a chance as well. Also, check out some of the pictures I took and posted on Flickr.
There are a lot of people up here pumped up for four exciting days of campaigning. If you can make it to New Hampshire, please come!
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Dealing with the difficult questions
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 11:36
My daughter Fiona asks the hard questions every six year old asks. John Edwards is the only candidate addressing these hard questions.
(Hat tip To CarolinaGirl for the clip of Sen. Edwards at the end.)
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