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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 11:58 AM Apr 2013

The helicopter that was circling the scene in Watertown is now stopped in a dead hover (UPDATE)

over one spot. I can see it from my porch.

Don't know what, if anything, it means, but it had been doing a racetrack flight over the affected area all morning, and now it's just pinned in the sky over one spot.

UPDATE: Helicopter on the move again. Also saw two large green military transport helicopters fly by. As I look at the TV, they're landing in the parking lot of the Target my wife was shopping in just yesterday. My brain just exploded.

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The helicopter that was circling the scene in Watertown is now stopped in a dead hover (UPDATE) (Original Post) WilliamPitt Apr 2013 OP
Thank you for your updates! nt City Lights Apr 2013 #1
They've got some guy in the ground somewhere in the area. justiceischeap Apr 2013 #2
I thought the scanners were all shut down WilliamPitt Apr 2013 #3
Someone here just posted the scanner feed details flamingdem Apr 2013 #4
separate location Marrah_G Apr 2013 #7
That was me, I think.. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #13
that was an awesome catch- I thank you Marrah_G Apr 2013 #18
Here...if you want to listen. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #19
I've been on it since you posted Marrah_G Apr 2013 #20
ohhh....lol! dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #21
Self-delete justiceischeap Apr 2013 #5
Pm it... don't post it Marrah_G Apr 2013 #6
You got a camera with a long lens? nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #8
UPDATE WilliamPitt Apr 2013 #9
Oooofaaaahh alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #10
WOW WilliamPitt Apr 2013 #11
I hate when that happens... AsahinaKimi Apr 2013 #12
The Police are asking people to not report on their current movements JPZenger Apr 2013 #14
Um...OK. WilliamPitt Apr 2013 #16
Well saying a helicopter is "over my house" is not actually giving anything away. grantcart Apr 2013 #17
Helicopters always mean bad thing- I'm close to firehouse where they land to take people to hospital KittyWampus Apr 2013 #15
Be safe, Will suffragette Apr 2013 #22

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
2. They've got some guy in the ground somewhere in the area.
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 11:59 AM
Apr 2013

according to the police scanner, they have 4 bomb robots on him (60-70 yr old male).

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)
18. that was an awesome catch- I thank you
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:46 PM
Apr 2013

The news is impossible to listen to.

My family and friends live in town, I am just outside so it's great to be able to hear what's happening.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
19. Here...if you want to listen.
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:54 PM
Apr 2013

I've been up since 4 am, because we had a thunderstorm which means the dog goes nutz in the house.
So need to take a siesta...

if you don't hear anything, check to make sure the volume is turned up high.

Police are asking to not tweet anything we hear.
I figure DU is a safe enough place to share importrant stuff, tho.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ma-rt-9-window-cam

 

WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)
9. UPDATE
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:15 PM
Apr 2013

Helicopter on the move again. Also saw two large green military transport helicopters fly by. As I look at the TV, they're landing in the parking lot of the Target my wife was shopping in just yesterday. My brain just exploded.

 

WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)
11. WOW
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:19 PM
Apr 2013

Jesus, it's a friggin' helicopter farm in the sky all of a sudden. Blackhawks, etc., the house is shaking.

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
12. I hate when that happens...
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:20 PM
Apr 2013

I mean helicopters.. it happens in SF a lot. lying peacefully in bed and suddenly there is this huge machine hovering two houses down in the neighborhood.. and all you can think of.. is.."Is today Bay to Breakers?"...well at least here. Last time it was a broken water main. Oh and we get those giant military helicopters too from time to time.. have no idea what they are doing (Coast Guard maybe.).


During Football season its always a blimp!

 

WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)
16. Um...OK.
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:34 PM
Apr 2013

But the helicopters are on every TV station, and they're flying low enough to rattle the windows in the panes. Not exactly stealth mode in the skies of Boston.

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
15. Helicopters always mean bad thing- I'm close to firehouse where they land to take people to hospital
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:33 PM
Apr 2013

In the summer they land pretty much every day and sometimes multiple times throughout the day due to traffic accidents.

My reaction to helicopters over head now is to send the thought "hang in there" to whomever is getting lifted.

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