Amazon Drones

• Me?

  

  SportsAndLady;1547169 wrote:I live in a neighborhood of 200,000 people..how would the police know who shot the drone?

  I'm sure the drones will have 360 degree cameras that send a live feed back to a central location. How do police do a lot of things? Investigation. People thinking they're smarter than law enforcement is part of the reason we have the largest prison population in the world.
  
  I'm not saying it'll never happen, but it'll rarely happen. And it'll be done by people who are already criminals. If your friends legally own guns, then they aren't criminals--you really think they're going to start by trying to shoot down an Amazon drone for no real reason, or are they just blowing smoke? It's funny to say. It's entirely different thing to actually do.
• said_aouita

  

  Amazon is the reason all the malls are slow this Xmas shopping season. UPS is getting bombarded right now. They don't have enough trucks.
  
  If UPS doesn't have enough trucks I wonder how many drones it'll take...
• said_aouita

  

  http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2013/12/02/bad-thanksgiving-weekend-for-stores-but-a-great-one-for-ups/
  
  
  
  
  Another thought on the drones- How well do they handle ice/snow storms or even heavy wind/rain?
• TedSheckler

  

  said_aouita;1547480 wrote: Another thought on the drones- How well do they handle ice/snow storms or even heavy wind/rain?

  If storks can deliver 10lb. babies in rain and heavy wind, I would think drones can deliver 5lb. packages.
• justincredible

  

  TedSheckler;1547601 wrote:If storks can deliver 10lb. babies in rain and heavy wind, I would think drones can deliver 5lb. packages.

  
• said_aouita

  

  TedSheckler;1547601 wrote:If storks can deliver 10lb. babies in rain and heavy wind, I would think drones can deliver 5lb. packages.

  That's stupid. Anyone with half a brain knows babies come from cabbage patches.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  said_aouita;1547811 wrote:That's stupid. Anyone with half a brain knows babies come from cabbage patches.

  Considering you have half a brain, this sounds correct.
• Curly J

  

  said_aouita;1547811 wrote:That's stupid. Anyone with half a brian knows babies come from cabbage patches.

  Fify
• Classyposter58

  

  said_aouita;1547476 wrote:Amazon is the reason all the malls are slow this Xmas shopping season. UPS is getting bombarded right now. They don't have enough trucks.
  
  If UPS doesn't have enough trucks I wonder how many drones it'll take...

  Haha yes the hub is full of U-Haul and Penske trucks. It is crazy honestly, probably the busiest peak season I have ever seen, but they are working so many people so many hours it isn't even that bad in Toledo anyways
• Commander of Awesome

  

  
• said_aouita

  

  Classyposter58;1547850 wrote:Haha yes the hub is full of U-Haul and Penske trucks. It is crazy honestly, probably the busiest peak season I have ever seen, but they are working so many people so many hours it isn't even that bad in Toledo anyways

  We set our hubs record on Cyber-Monday and then broke it again Tuesday. This morning we broke it again with another 25% gain.
  Pretty much double the pieces than a normal (non-peak) day.
  
  All the old-timers who are also seasonal drivers are loving it.....making $40+ a hour OT, 12+ hours a day.
• Classyposter58

  

  said_aouita;1547898 wrote:We set our hubs record on Cyber-Monday and then broke it again Tuesday. This morning we broke it again with another 25% gain.
  Pretty much double the pieces than a normal (non-peak) day.
  
  All the old-timers who are also seasonal drivers are loving it.....making $40+ a hour OT, 12+ hours a day.

  Safe to say the recession is over lol. It amazes me how much busier it is now compared to 2009