A Dallas drone hobbyist was flying his rig around one bright Texan afternoon, scouting the skies, when he hovered across something perturbing: an enormous, oozing river of blood behind a meatpacking plant. That’s gross and illegal! Here come the cops.
The pilot tells sUAS News his reaction, which sounds remarkably calm given he discovered a huge stream of blood emptying into the Trinity River:
I was looking at images after the flight that showed a blood red creek and was thinking, could this really be what I think it is? Can you really do that, surely not?
Unfortunately, you can do it! But not legally. US Federal and state authorities are now on that meat plant’s arse — fetid pig blood should not be in waterways — all thanks to aerial diligence. As sUAS News points out, this is the kind of environmental bust that would’ve likely never happened before the present day. It’s also refreshing to see an aerial drone used to discover (and potentially choke) a river of blood, rather than creating one. [sUAS News]
Jubbing
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 9:57 PMThe river run’s red with the blood of my enemies! Or not…
Ozoneocean
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 10:36 PMAnd yet you’ll have morons there arguing that it’s “government red tape” like that which holds the country back and means others like China and Mexico will beat them…
Yeah, but who really wants a sick population and ruined waterways?
Labrys
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 9:48 AMToo late. That’s what America already has. They are vast swathes of ocean and lakes that are dead in America because of run-off from CAFOs and farms.
And the processed food that is eaten in abundance is killing them.
But, you know, it’s all ok because pizza is a vegetable and we know how much we need to make sure kids are eating their vegetables.
Patrick
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 1:25 AMCan you see it on google maps?
WTF?
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 8:19 AMColumbia Packing Co Inc.
2807 East 11th Street
Dallas, TX 75203-2099
It does actually look like you can see it on Google maps, but that might just be because you are looking for it. It does seem that the creek behind the factory is a reddish shade.
Max
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 3:29 AMJust a heads up — your first link (“gross”) is broken.
Andrew
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 4:46 AM32 45’02.61″ N 96 47’17.65″ W
Dang
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 4:26 PMAccording to Google Maps, that points to somewhere in the Pacific Ocean…
mr_herkt
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 8:33 AMif you go along to where the stream enters the river, it looks pretty cut and dried (not the meat. that’d be biltong).
chugs
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 10:07 AMDrone Wars. environmental NGAs will start maintaining 24 hour AI maintained drones outside of factories and plants.
the owners will then start flying CAP drones around their sites, destroying any snooping drones.
Andy
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 10:45 AMI foresee anti-drone missiles becoming big business in the first world soon…
Ash
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 11:16 AMYep I see a reddish shade in that creek/river on Google Maps: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=2807+East+11th+Street+Dallas,+TX&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x864e984d72feaf45:0x189a6ba4f32e22c0,2807+E+11th+St,+Dallas,+TX+75203,+USA&gl=au&ei=p0kfT_qAJ4qyiQfQueT8DQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCIQ8gEwAA
jeremy
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 12:19 PMthe polution in the outfall between the creek and the river is pretty clear – surprising no river users noticed and complained (the smell alone must be interesting!). Hope authorities will cotton onto this is a great way to do audits quickly (both drones and google)
Gomisan
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 2:02 PMmmm Biltong. yumm.
Ren
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 8:04 PMany filipino’s in the house? wanna head over there with me and see if we can make some Dinuguan? ohhh yea. free feed for all.
Dan
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 9:44 PM“Meat blood” – the best type of blood. Who let the work experience kid into the sub’s office?
nubain45
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 1:11 AMI would love to be catfishing where it pours into the river……
anna
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 10:47 AMEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!