Posted on 06/29/2023 8:39:27 AM PDT by Phoenix8
A suburban family is hoping to clear the air after their Fourth of July firework video accidentally sparked a viral reaction. Markie Martin reports.
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That’s was quite a fireworks display for sure. 🙀
That video clip is America in a nutshell.
LOL!!!
Fireworks are like firearms. They can be very fun but they are not toys.
If you use them correctly they are basically 100% safe.
Use them wrong and they can maim or kill you.
In addition to the bad idea of setting off fireworks in a neighborhood of nearby homes, children and vehicles, there is the concern of how a video from what appears to be a home security camera ends up on YouTube and in the media, when the family claims it didn’t release it or give permission for the release.
Time to check the fine print of their security provider’s agreement.
Lol, it’s a post-modern impressionist work.
In town?
How did they get away with this?
Lots of horse farms around here, and also lots of signs claiming fireworks scare horses and can cause death. Not sure how exactly, but they seem to be in agreement on it. Nonetheless, there will be barrage after barrage of light and heavy artillery headed my way on Independence Day. I will be forced to return fire. Phantom Fireworks, here I come!
The popular ‘Ring’ doorbell camera shares it’s captured footage with police.
A July 8, 2022, Today article noted that the video was captured on a SimpliSafe security camera.
The Today article also quoted from SimpliSafe:
"Customer video and audio cannot be accessed without permission by anyone besides the owner, so we were just as shocked to see the video online after the customer shared it," Scott Braun, chief growth officer for SimpliSafe, told TODAY Parents in a written statement. "As a company that’s in the business of protection, we do not make light of events that would put our customers’ safety at risk, whether those incidents are within our control or not."
As to how the video ended up on the internet, the Today article reported:
After some digging, the family figured out how the video got online. Worried that any nearby vehicles may have been damaged, the homeowners sent video of the incident to the vehicles' owners, in case they had to file an insurance report. One of those owners sent the video to their brother, who they say then posted it on Reddit.
"The original poster of the video did actually reach out to us and sincerely apologized," the homeowner explained. "He never imagined that things would go this far. He actually took the video off of his page on Reddit, but by that time another gentleman on Twitter had posted it, and it just really blew up."
Please see above link supporting my prior statement.
I did not say ‘Ring did it’, however it seems a likely escape vector for such videos as the one in question.
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