I put together a rough timelapse of the full 24 hours yesterday from my security camera, including the heavy rain on a lazy Tuesday afternoon
The smart detection system really struggled once the rain started running down the window, and ended up thinking lots of vehicles were people, or not recording people at all, and I cut out a lot.
Couple of things stood out to me...
- Fewer people than I would've guessed walk in the middle of the street. It's normal downtown (I suspect it's a habit from winter, when the snow is stored on the sidewalks), but it seems most people use the sidewalks.
- The brown house across the street is still a drug den but much less of an issue now. It's not nearly as active with foot traffic, so I guess it makes sense there's probably a disturbance (shouting, fighting, whatever) only once or twice a week now. It used to be multiple times daily.
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It's looking as though the "will it be rain or snow?" system for this afternoon is indeed going to be snow, especially in St. John's. Should be 10-20cm. Schools on the Northeast Avalon have already announced they will be dismissing students an hour early.
This is my first winter relying on the bus to get to and from work and I'm curious what happens. Most white collar businesses in the city close when Metrobus pulls its buses off the road; it's the most common gauge they use. But I've never had to catch the bus following that announcement and I've no idea how St. John's handles it. Do they make the announcement long enough before the buses actually stop running so people can get home? Or, as I suspect is more likely here, do they pull over, kick everyone off, and head back to the garage?
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