tied off to something solid and up through the rotor...
Posted on 08/19/2014 1:07:46 PM PDT by DManA
With no warning for residents, military helicopters flew low Monday evening over St. Paul and Minneapolis in a federal training exercise, about which officials released almost no information.
The exercise -- reportedly involving U.S. Navy Seals with Army pilots, engaging in rappelling exercises in an urban setting -- began just before 8 p.m. and was scheduled to last until midnight.
The St. Paul police watch commander initially had no information on the exercise. He was later informed that it was a training exercise involving Homeland Security and local law enforcement.
. . . Many downtown residents said they were shocked and afraid at the sudden sight of military helicopters flying so near to their buildings.
Lynda Hanner, who lives on the 27th floor of City Walk Condominiums at 66 E. Ninth St., was surpised to see a helicopter flying just outside her window.
"At first I thought he was in distress -- in the process of crashing," Hanner said. "It was very frightening. They were playing dangerous games in my back yard, and I didn't appreciate it."
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Nice Steve Earle reference.
As long as the guys in the helicopters are on our side ... which I’m not so sure of.
“It was very frightening. They were playing dangerous games in my back yard, and I didn’t appreciate it.”
Get used to it.
“He was later informed that it was a training exercise involving Homeland Security”
Why does that set off my Bovine Excrement detector?
Very typical in the military.
We had this a week or so ago in north San Diego County. About 30 minutes of nonstop helicopters flying by, low and invisible. They seemed to be circling around. I thought it must be something big, but there was never anything on the news about it.
Did you see Soucheray’s rant at the PP website?
FYI
I found out about it listening to him today.
Sounds like there will more of this through Thursday in other parts of town.
tied off to something solid and up through the rotor...
No need to tie off just get it in the rotor and let it coil up into the tail rotor as well...
Amen my brutha, just ask Michael Rivero..........
...”With no warning for residents, military helicopters flew low Monday evening over St. Paul and Minneapolis in a federal training exercise, about which officials released almost no information”.....
So what!...it’s not like they don’t know what’s happening in their communities.
The better citizens didn’t have any warning about the looting and robbery and rioting either.....you get on the streets with violence and destruction what the heck do you expect...a stroke on the back!
That’s why they practice.
Everybody was in the dark the day they took the bridge down.
>> “Michael Rivero” <<
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Never understood the hatred piled on him here.
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What’s wrong with a little training. The Feds need to train against their new opponent: the American people.
I’m waiting for the scenario where they turn off the EBT cards, and blame it on Tea Party terrorists that supposedly cut power lines and hacked into banking systems. A two for one!
>> “you get on the streets with violence and destruction what the heck do you expect...a stroke on the back!” <<
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Unfortunately that often seems to be what they do get.
It wasn't hatred, it was just crackpot derision.......kinda like Quix who certainly was more benign
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