A lawyer used a combination of many pieces of photogrammatory and video evidence, alleging that the devastating Eaton Fire in Los Angeles last month caused a mistake EdisonLocal power company.
Eaton’s fire began on 7 January and was burnt in 14,021 acres including populated Altadena and Sierra Madre neighborhood large swaths in Los Angeles. In a video posted by La Fire Justice, the trial attorney Mikal Vats describes and shows how they used a group of digital 3D photogrammatory and witness videos, which to indicate the origin of Eaton Fire, which He alleged that it was Edison Power’s fault.
“We took a video from an Arco gas station provided by Jerry Singleton and used it to create a 3D model of Eaton Canian through a process called photogrammatory. This technique takes videos and images from different angles and stitches them together to make them an accurate digital model that rebuilds the size and details of the valley, in short, a 3D map, ” Are.
Photogramatry is defined In the form of science and technology to obtain reliable information about physical goods and environment, environment through the process of recording, measuring and interpretation of photographic images and patterns of electromagnetic radiant imagery and other events. Thanks to the estimates that can be drawn from photos or videos, scientists can accurately approximate the map with accurate areas and surprise accuracy.
According to Watts, one of Edison’s substations had a “mistake”, the arching at that time can be seen in the video footage captured with that Arco Gas Station Camera. He says that such defects can sometimes cause voltage surge in the line, miles away. A flash, what he says is an arc, can be seen in video footage.
“During arching, electricity jumps from one place to another, and the lines can dangerously flash and spark. When this happens, the metal temperature on steel towers can reach 1,500 degrees, literally melting the pieces of towers, ”watts explains.
A second flash appears in the footage, after which the light dropping is less visible, which tells the watts that the steel molten from the line caused by the arc has fallen to the ground, catchs the area around the towers on the fire. .
“This is a very clear picture of the introduction of Eaton Fire,” Watts says. “This is my 22nd forest fire. I have represented 21,000 fire survivors in six different states (and), it is clear evidence that I have ever seen the devices of utilities as the beginning of fire. ,
When the fire was still burnt in January, the cases were already filed on speculation against Edison that the faulty power lines may have spewed the fire, owner ReportsThe explanation of Vats shows that not only photogrammatory is an attractive and powerful technique, but also that those who filed the cases pointed to the finger on Edison.
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