07-16-2017, 05:01 AM
I heard what I thought was a low flying helicopter over EdenRoc a few days ago. It was so low that while it sounded close I couldn't see it over the trees. Either that or it was something on the ground but it sure sounded like a helicopter.
I am torn. As a pilot I am on the receiving end of a lot of BS anti-flying crap but when there is a helicopter truly hovering over your house it is really annoying. The ones that fly over my property at 1500' agl or so don't attract my attention any more and complaints about them set off my BS alarm but flying 500' agl is really intrusive. OTOH there is sometimes reason for it. A major grow operation with a lot of money involved is nothing to make light of. People willing to flout one set of rules on that scale usually are willing to flout all sorts of social contracts. Like a neighbor who raises a hundred fighting cocks he is not going to care about your concerns or quality of life and has a financial incentive to play hardball to get his way.
For the record I think that marijuana should be legalized and not like is being proposed. Anybody should be able to grow it in their back yard. They do anyway.
I am torn. As a pilot I am on the receiving end of a lot of BS anti-flying crap but when there is a helicopter truly hovering over your house it is really annoying. The ones that fly over my property at 1500' agl or so don't attract my attention any more and complaints about them set off my BS alarm but flying 500' agl is really intrusive. OTOH there is sometimes reason for it. A major grow operation with a lot of money involved is nothing to make light of. People willing to flout one set of rules on that scale usually are willing to flout all sorts of social contracts. Like a neighbor who raises a hundred fighting cocks he is not going to care about your concerns or quality of life and has a financial incentive to play hardball to get his way.
For the record I think that marijuana should be legalized and not like is being proposed. Anybody should be able to grow it in their back yard. They do anyway.