# I pit Helicopters flying over my house in Baltimore right now **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 16, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643 "2015-12-16T22:53:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![l0k1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@l0k1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l0k1)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/1 "2015-12-16T22:53:05Z")
Like vultures, hoping that something dies. It’s gross. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/2 "2015-12-16T22:59:34Z")
What **kind** of helicopters? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/3 "2015-12-16T23:00:13Z")
Um, context? Or are you just a whinging fool? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/4 "2015-12-16T23:02:17Z")
I would assume news helicopters are looking for riots in the aftermath of the mistrial of the first to be tried in the death of Freddie Brown. ---
**Author:** ![l0k1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@l0k1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l0k1)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/5 "2015-12-16T23:09:01Z")
No, they’re looking for footage. It’s four or five news helicopters. It’s insulting and annoying. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/6 "2015-12-16T23:19:57Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I would assume news helicopters are looking for riots in the aftermath of the mistrial of the first to be tried in the death of _ **Freddie Brown** _. Wrong color. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/7 "2015-12-16T23:52:37Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I would assume news helicopters are looking for riots in the aftermath of the mistrial of the first to be tried in the death of Freddie Brown. > [@mhendo](#): > > Wrong color. Yah, what’s up with that? ---
**Author:** ![l0k1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@l0k1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l0k1)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/8 "2015-12-16T23:58:33Z")
I assume he was getting Mr Gray confused with Michael Brown, another unfortunate victim of police violence, and not just being racist. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/9 "2015-12-17T00:03:18Z")
> [@l0k1](#): > > No, they’re looking for footage. It’s four or five news helicopters. It’s insulting and annoying. So you mean they are flying over your house to insult you ??? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/10 "2015-12-17T00:03:33Z")
> [@l0k1](#): > > No, they’re looking for footage. It’s four or five news helicopters. It’s insulting and annoying. Do you have a drone? ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/11 "2015-12-17T00:11:33Z")
Yeah, put the vultures, not the riot culture that feeds them. ---
**Author:** ![l0k1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@l0k1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l0k1)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/12 "2015-12-17T00:15:22Z")
> [@purplehearingaid](#): > > So you mean they are flying over your house to insult you ??? No, I mean I find the fact that they are flying over my city to be insulting. ---
**Author:** ![l0k1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@l0k1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l0k1)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/13 "2015-12-17T00:16:38Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Yeah, put the vultures, not the riot culture that feeds them. Riot culture? Are you joking? Six hours of property damage 8 months ago is not a culture of rioting. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/14 "2015-12-17T00:21:11Z")
Yeah, the 1960’s-1970’s would be saying “Riots? I’ll show you riots…” ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/15 "2015-12-17T00:32:39Z")
Oh look, someone dropped this laser pointer over here… ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/16 "2015-12-17T02:32:39Z")
Where’s the UN when you really need them? ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/17 "2015-12-17T04:40:21Z")
Actually in the Baltimore - Washington region there are exactly 3 television news helicopters: WBAL’s Sky 11, WJZ’s Chopper 13 and the LNS (Local News Service) shared helicopter jointly operated by 4 stations in DC (WRC, WTTG, WJLA & WUSA). Because such a large area in DC is a no-fly zone after 9-11 the four major broadcasters banded together for their helicopter service as a reasonable cost saving measure years ago. In the skies above Baltimore I saw 2 Foxtrot helicopters (Baltimore city police); the Baltimore County police A-Star helicopter, and I think I heard an MSP helicopter overhead after dark, but it was hard to tell. If the helicopter was circling or was one of the lower ones it was police. The media helicopters usually stay around 1000’ or above, and stationary (or moving very slowly unless following a chase) to maintain a good microwave signal to the tower. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/18 "2015-12-17T11:18:03Z")
> [@l0k1](#): > > I assume he was getting Mr Gray confused with Michael Brown, another unfortunate victim of police violence, and not just being racist. Just a major brain-fart. And within minutes after I’d corrected someone else in a different thread for using a wrong name. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/19 "2015-12-17T16:07:49Z")
> [@l0k1](#): > > No, I mean I find the fact that they are flying over my city to be insulting. This must be a terrible life you are forced to live. Maybe you can move to a place that doesn’t let helicopters terrorize the citizens like [North Sentinel Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sentinel_Island) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643/20 "2015-12-20T16:36:40Z")
I used to live in DC and it was very common at night for copters to buzz around shining spotlight on the walls and into the windows of large apartment buildings. I imagine they were looking for naked hot chicks, probably because that’s what I would be doing.