Yes, that is right – landing on a street in Boulder, CO., this National Guard Blackhawk had to land on the street. And the pic is starting to go around the ‘Net (I spotted the story at BlackFive).
Now, Boulder is where all the rain fell (multiple inches on a number of days) and the damage is immense and people have perished and are missing. Guard copters have been flying supplies and people around – but like in times like this, they must land in populated areas. Depending on the local vegetation / trees, landing in a street (wide, of course) makes sense to transfer people and that material.
Now, I have not yet found out if it is a a joke or for real, so I’m not sure what to think so I’ll just repeat what BlackFive had:
So ridiculous it’s funny…and sadly idiotic.
depending if the cop was merely trying to be amusing or needs to lay off the caffeine for a month or so. The above is from Business Insider – the actual ticket from BlackFive after the jump:
