For the second day in a row, our quiet skies are being BUZZED by small planes and copters, searching the area for marijuana crops.
The guy and gal who came out to install the HughesNet satellite internet system yesterday (HOORAY! It’s definitely faster than dialup! We like that!) said that they’d read something about it in the local paper.
This is the end of the harvest season and the Gub’mint wants to confiscate every last bit of “crop” before it ends.
Regardless of what your opinion might be on marijuana, this seems like a HUGE waste of our taxpayer’s money!
Yesterday I was amazed at the non-stop drone of small aircraft above our usually peaceful neck of the woods; it went from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. I just heard the first plane of this new day at 10 this morning.
Please go away. Soon.
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(UPDATE) Several hours later: We just found out that in addition to the drug survelliance, there is a small forest fire two miles from town — which explains the copters. Strange….because we don’t see any smoke, whatsoever.
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November 3, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Lemuel
I hope you are safe from the fire… and the feds.
I do not use drugs, but I often wonder when will we understand that the only effect of this “war on drugs” is to make criminals rich.
November 4, 2007 at 4:04 am
tornwordo
I bet the pilots had a nice soothing cocktail after work.
November 4, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Roxanne
Please say that was a Fantasy Island Tattoo reference…love it!!
Glad to hear your internet world has speeded up!
November 7, 2007 at 11:16 am
Cameron
Roxanne: It IS, It IS!! I’m glad you caught that reference.
Yes, having satellite internet is much better than dialup. It’s not perfect, but a whole lot better.
The only down-side is that the satellite company has limits on downloads. After I exceed the daily limit (which has already happened in the first week; I downloaded an album from the iTunes store) the connection speed diminishes quite a bit for a few hours.