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Helicopters to Survey West River for Impending Foreign Invasion

By caheidelberger on 2013.04.12

I don't know if they're black, but helicopters controlled by a hostile foreign entity will be flying over South Dakota within a few days surveying an invasion route. These helicopters will be surveying land that the foreign entity intends to seize from Americans and permanently occupy.

Seriously.

Doreen Creed reports on Meade County Town Hall that helicopters from TransCanada will be patrolling the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline route starting today in Steele City, Nebraska. The choppers will spend a couple days in Nebraska, then sweep northward. TransCanada spokesman Bud Anderson promises the survey helicopters "will seek to fly high or wide around livestock and residences to avoid any possible disturbance." Creed advises residents with concerns to call Western Energy Planning at 406-287-9952.

Pipeline trivia: Creed also notes that TransCanada will seize more miles of land for Keystone XL in Meade County than in any other South Dakota county.

Published in South Dakota

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12 Comments

  1. Bob Mercer 2013.04.12

    Is Meade County the largest county in square miles? Honest question!

  2. Bob Mercer 2013.04.12

    Nobody better read that as a slam on Doreen either. She's a buddy.

  3. Bill Dithmer 2013.04.12

    The largest South Dakota county by size:
    Meade County - 3,471 square miles.

    The Blindman

  4. Ed Randazzo 2013.04.12

    I wouldn't worry about TransCanada's helos or how much land TransCanada will "seize." I'd be more inclined to worry about Obama's helos peeping at us to see if we are making a profit he can tax or surveying the landscape for a suitable site for a prison camp for dissidents opposed to his regime.

  6. Rorschach 2013.04.12

    Your biggest concern, Ed, should be drones. You're on the list.

  7. Stan Gibilisco 2013.04.12

    From the link:

    "Keystone XL will be conducting surveys by helicopter in the vicinity of the proposed pipeline route to identify areas containing raptors and sage grouse areas and leks as part of its effort to plan to mitigate construction impacts on these and other protected species."

    Sounds responsible to me.

    I mean, if you're going to invade a country, the least you can do is make sure you don't hurt any wild animals.

  8. caheidelberger Post author | 2013.04.12

    Darned polite, those Canadians... to sage grouse that don't protest their invasion.

  9. caheidelberger Post author | 2013.04.12

    We should have known Ed's comment was coming.

  11. Bruce C. Boatwright 2013.04.13

    The sad thing is, if you think your going to stop this pipeline or any other pipeline, your mistaken. If you think most of your elected officials are there to represent 'you', and not big oil, big ag, or big anything, your mistaken. Just my pessimistic side.

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