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Chopper over Maho yesterday
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:00 pm
by Bill in Va
Hi there. My bride and I were at Maho and a chopper from St Thomas was buzzing the beach area slow and taking pic's and video. I have field glasses and could see them. They did the slow fly bye and then went over towards Water Lemon and then came back....I was going to put that in my TR but after reading the Maho article I was wondering if this will be part of it...More to come....God bless..Bill
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:57 pm
by Carolyn
Bill...the chopper came over here to Coral Bay area also. Did quite a few rounds from Bordeaux Mt toward Skinny Legs and then up above Aqua Bistro along Costanzo's Rd ( AKA Lower Bordeaux Rd)...we had a villa gravity day, in which we also had the pleasure of watching 6 cement trucks run up that road to a new (BIG!) villa toward the top. WHO knew watching cement truck could be so ENTERTAINING...I will save that for my TR !!!
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:59 pm
by Pia
It was the DEA doing it's marijuana eradication fly overs - they were all over Coral Bay as well and have been over STX and STT also - it happens every so often
Pia
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 6:01 pm
by Captain John
That was the DEA with the National Guard looking for weed (marijuana) farms. I understand they found quite a few.
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 6:05 pm
by Carolyn
I WONDERED ABOUT THAT?
It was a dark, no ID, no ad kind of helicopter ... I DID think government at one point as they seemed to concentrate on specific areas, that they checked out. I could see a person looking out the open door but not specific enuf to see a camera...good point Pia...hmmm?
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 6:12 pm
by Terry
I'm sure that the farms they found were growing for medical purposes only, right?
It can be quite a great tax base for states here.
http://www.coloradomedicalmarijuana.com
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:26 pm
by bnsilly
Well who the heck knew? I am so naive....
Never would have thought they would be growing mary-ja-wanna farms over there...
My idea of paradise is getting a little clouded..
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:15 pm
by laurie
Same on Nantucket island during the summer. Seems as though our tax $$$ could be better utilized. Laurie
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:21 am
by cptnkirk
There's Ganja fields on St John
That explains the smell somtimes when hiking
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:07 pm
by Gromit
Ganja? Growing on STJ?
Really?
(Can you see the sarcasm dripping from my text?)
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:39 pm
by bubblybrenda
Ganja. Really? Imagine that!
skunks
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:55 am
by dctac
I love smellin those carribean island skunks. They seem to be on every island I visit......
The fly overs fro Ganji,,
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:49 pm
by LiamH
They do the same thing in Pennsylvania up near our lake house in Upstate NY. Except they use small planes.
Sometimes they drop pesticides and the locals get really pissed off when the Ganja gets ruined!
It makes for great entertainment..
- Liam