03-31-2011, 09:32 AM
Wino - why assume the negative? Don't you and others realize the FIre Department chopper is red and yellow? If I am ever lost or stranded I hope they dispatch a chopper and if you don't like the noise (royall) - too bad. Someone's life is worth more than a little inconvenience to you. Carol - your comment as to having man power on the ground be more effective - not really. A chopper can cover a lot more ground. Plus there is not enough available manpower to go door to door and street by street in HPP. When people criticize stuff like this it is often because they are only looking at a small part of the picture and not the overall larger picture that authorities have to consider.
I saw the chopper flying low and close to shore as I walked my dogs. I, for one, instantly knew that it was Air i (with the Fire Dept.). The Fire Department does not dispatch choppers willy nilly and always has probable cause.
It's mind boggling to me that people would complain about the chopper noise. It is supposed to fly low to look for people! Duh! Does no one remember when the young man (twin of a visiting college basketball player) and his girlfriend got swept out to sea at the end of Makuu? It took the chopper a couple days to find his body. They had a Coast Guard C130 too.
Good grief people. Yet if you were the one lost and/or stranded you would be hollering if a chopper WEREN"T dispatched. No pleasing some people!
I saw the chopper flying low and close to shore as I walked my dogs. I, for one, instantly knew that it was Air i (with the Fire Dept.). The Fire Department does not dispatch choppers willy nilly and always has probable cause.
It's mind boggling to me that people would complain about the chopper noise. It is supposed to fly low to look for people! Duh! Does no one remember when the young man (twin of a visiting college basketball player) and his girlfriend got swept out to sea at the end of Makuu? It took the chopper a couple days to find his body. They had a Coast Guard C130 too.
Good grief people. Yet if you were the one lost and/or stranded you would be hollering if a chopper WEREN"T dispatched. No pleasing some people!