JonTheBaptist
Active Member
Hi all,
First and foremost I have four ladies under 600 watts, and this upcoming Monday will begin my 6th week of flowering. But I'm not here to even talk about my girls, rather what I noticed today... I heard a low flying helicopter and looked out my window... what do I see? A NYPD chopper flying back and forth extremely low, about a hundred feet above my building, strafing back and forth slowly with its left and right sides facing my window where the situation is. It would make elliptical loops around the area outside my window. Now it is my understanding that DEA mainly uses FLIR. But it would be foolish to think local law enforcement didn't have the same capabilities.
Should I be concerned? I can't imagine what else this chopper was doing. I didn't notice any highway accidents, and there were no assisting foot police as if they were canvassing the neighborhood. I immediately unplugged my equipment and they just lingered about, making wide loops around my place for an hour.
1.) This would seem to be extremely costly in terms of manpower and actual costs. I have four girls.
2.) Can thermal imaging penetrate my mylar tent? It is 5'3 (63 inches tall) and I have the port exhaust ducts pushed outwards to allow for passive exhaust since I have no fans right now to keep my temps in check. I do not have an entire room, but a tent within a room.
3.) Is 600 watts enough output to be concerned about? Is thermal imaging scans solely enough for a search warrant?
I don't know if I should chalk this up to my instinctive grower paranoia or if there is genuine cause for concern. I do not do anything illegal i.e. selling, or anything like that.
I will now be scouring the net to become more familiar with punishments for cultivation... I've come to far to just give up or throw these things out, but I almost did just that today. PLEASE give me your opinions, and realize that they will influence my decision as to what I do. Try to be objective as possible.
Pics: I took the pics since my phone can't record video... if it did you would see that IF they were surveilling me, they were being extremely reckless since it was loud, close, and in broad day light. This is another thing that makes me think maybe they were out here for something else, but then again NY cops are not exactly the brightest or at least covert in what they do. Thanks so much in advance
First and foremost I have four ladies under 600 watts, and this upcoming Monday will begin my 6th week of flowering. But I'm not here to even talk about my girls, rather what I noticed today... I heard a low flying helicopter and looked out my window... what do I see? A NYPD chopper flying back and forth extremely low, about a hundred feet above my building, strafing back and forth slowly with its left and right sides facing my window where the situation is. It would make elliptical loops around the area outside my window. Now it is my understanding that DEA mainly uses FLIR. But it would be foolish to think local law enforcement didn't have the same capabilities.
Should I be concerned? I can't imagine what else this chopper was doing. I didn't notice any highway accidents, and there were no assisting foot police as if they were canvassing the neighborhood. I immediately unplugged my equipment and they just lingered about, making wide loops around my place for an hour.
1.) This would seem to be extremely costly in terms of manpower and actual costs. I have four girls.
2.) Can thermal imaging penetrate my mylar tent? It is 5'3 (63 inches tall) and I have the port exhaust ducts pushed outwards to allow for passive exhaust since I have no fans right now to keep my temps in check. I do not have an entire room, but a tent within a room.
3.) Is 600 watts enough output to be concerned about? Is thermal imaging scans solely enough for a search warrant?
I don't know if I should chalk this up to my instinctive grower paranoia or if there is genuine cause for concern. I do not do anything illegal i.e. selling, or anything like that.
I will now be scouring the net to become more familiar with punishments for cultivation... I've come to far to just give up or throw these things out, but I almost did just that today. PLEASE give me your opinions, and realize that they will influence my decision as to what I do. Try to be objective as possible.
Pics: I took the pics since my phone can't record video... if it did you would see that IF they were surveilling me, they were being extremely reckless since it was loud, close, and in broad day light. This is another thing that makes me think maybe they were out here for something else, but then again NY cops are not exactly the brightest or at least covert in what they do. Thanks so much in advance