Bob Moore's Chopper 4 Damage during the Hail Storm on Tuesday Night

[Tydude]

The Lost Ogle reported during the storm Channel 4 Employee park the cars inside the hanger and when Chopper 4 landed it didn't have time to put in the hanger so it got hammered hard windows broken and and the blade is damage badly http://www.thelostogle.com/2012/05/3...e+Lost+Ogle%29

[BradR]

Seems like the helicopter would be worth a lot more than employees' cars so maybe they should be the ones held responsible.

[Roadhawg]

Should be some job openings at Channel 4 soon

[Tydude]

Both Channel 5 and 9 let the employee car outside during the hailstorm and it got damage and 4 is worried about but if there is a tornado they won't have no helicopter view

[CuatrodeMayo]

Someone care to translate?

[ljbab728]

Evidently it wasn't damaged too badly. They were showing shots of downtown from the helicopter during the weather tonight.

[jn1780]

Are we sure that was live footage?

[ljbab728]

Are we sure that was live footage?

Yes.

[ou48A]

On COX 16 last night Mike Morgan indicated that the move to restrict sugary drinks to 16 OZ in New York was communist.

LOL….. then he said that he probably shouldn’t have said that…… LOL

[Maynard]

On COX 16 last night Mike Morgan indicated that the move to restrict sugary drinks to 16 OZ in New York was communist.

LOL….. then he said that he probably shouldn’t have said that…… LOL

The Right to Drink a Supersized Coke -- The Independent Institute

Mayor Bloomberg wants to ban sugary drinks that exceed 16oz in New York. Large colas, root beers, sweet teas, sports drinks—none would be safe. Restaurants, delis, sports arenas, street hot dog carts—all would be captured territory in the Mayor’s war on obesity. No longer could you wash down a monster pastrami on rye with an equally gigantic Dr. Pepper.

There would be exemptions to Bloomberg’s crackdown. An extra-large diet soda would be legit. Fruit juices, despite having large quantities of fructose, sucrose and glucose, all capable of contributing to fatness and diabetes, would be untouched. Milkshakes—teeming with sugar and fat—would for some reason escape this crusade unscathed. And large alcoholic beverages would continue to have the city council’s approval. This is America, after all.

Convenience stores would be unmolested. Big Gulps and Slurpees shall be spared.

The arguments over this appear to be terms of costs vs. benefits. Some say the obesity epidemic, fueled by soft drink consumption in particular*, is worth combating through these dramatic means. Others say the cost of the restriction is too high, and that the ban will backfire, as people buy two sodas instead of one, or find other options.

No one is talking about rights. What has become of this society? If this very proposal isn’t unAmerican, perhaps what it means to be American has lost all its connotations of independence and freedom.

I suppose the modern governing philosophy dominant in the United States, which says the state can tell you what medicinal and recreational drugs you can consume, how many hours you can work, what kind of firearms you can own, who you can hire or fire, what structures you can build on your property, what job you can take, what kind of school your family must patronize, which types of retirement and health care programs you must enroll in, and so much else, can also, predictably, tell you how much soda you can buy. But I never cease to be heartbroken about this country’s slide toward total state control, especially considering the piecemeal way in which we lose our freedoms. Every week I conceive of some crazed reductio ad absurdum: “Given that the government is controlling us in X manner, soon it will seek to regulate Y, and wouldn’t that be insane!” The very next week the government arrives with its plans to regulate Y with an eye toward W and Z, as well.

What frustrates me most is how rare a spectacle it is that anyone prominent in the media simply stands up for individual liberty on these issues. Just once I want someone with a few million viewers to shout: This is an immoral infringement on people’s liberty we’re talking about. People have a right to buy 60 ounces of soda, and anyone who proposes otherwise is clearly hostile to the very idea of individual liberty, an enemy of the dignity of mankind, and he should be booted out of office and laughed out of polite society merely for a suggestion so offensive to the foundational sensibilities toward freedom that our society pretends to possess with pride!

No one says such a thing because, for the most part, this society does not even feign such lofty ideals of freedom anymore, except in the most vacuous, transparently phony sense.

*Do Americans drink too much soda? Probably. But I blame the government for this. Ever since the feds propped up the corn industry and imposed tariffs on sugar, our soda supply, and so much else, has been adulterated by High Fructose Corn Syrup. Buy a Coca-Cola from Mexico and you’ll notice it tastes great. That’s the cane sugar. It is also more satisfying, ounce for ounce. A soda with cane sugar comes at a premium cost, but I am easily sated by ten or twelve ounces. American sodas, back when they featured cane sugar, used to come in smaller bottles. And it would take less to satisfy one’s sweet tooth. HFCS, which is just as bad for you, seems not to do the job in as small a dose. Someone can easily chug three or four fountain sodas and be thirsty for more. Give him the vintage stuff and he’ll most likely be pleased with one bottle. This is my own unscientific observation and I lack the evidence to prove it. But it rings true for me.

[Tydude]

Evidently it wasn't damaged too badly. They were showing shots of downtown from the helicopter during the weather tonight.

if it was badly damage they can do is charter a helicopter until it gets fixed and i think that what of happen

[venture]

if it was badly damage they can do is charter a helicopter until it gets fixed and i think that what of happen

CM before your head explodes, I'll take of this for you.

If the damage was that bad, they could have chartered a helicopter until it gets fixed. I believe that is what may be the case here.

The age of texting and ignoring basic grammatical skills and punctuation. LOL

[ou48A]

The Right to Drink a Supersized Coke -- The Independent Institute

I give Mike a big thumbs up on that one!

[bornhere]

Of course, there were probably people harping about individual liberties when they banned radium water, too.

[CuatrodeMayo]

CM before your head explodes, I'll take of this for you.

If the damage was that bad, they could have chartered a helicopter until it gets fixed. I believe that is what may be the case here.

The age of texting and ignoring basic grammatical skills and punctuation. LOL

Lol...thanks. I'm getting old. Does google translate have a Text English to Proper English option?

[Tydude]

i hear that about 1,000 dollars of damage has been done on the chopper from the storm

[jn1780]

i hear that about 1,000 dollars of damage has been done on the chopper from the storm

That doesn't sound too bad. Im sure you can't replace a helicopter cockpit window for 200 dollars at Glass Masters. Lol

[jn1780]

The lost ogle had photos of Chopper 4 with its blades off and being loaded by crane onto a flatbed trailer. Safe to say those aerial photos were not from Chopper 4. You would think it would fly itself in for repairs if the damage wasn't that bad.

[Roadhawg]

On COX 16 last night Mike Morgan indicated that the move to restrict sugary drinks to 16 OZ in New York was communist.

LOL….. then he said that he probably shouldn’t have said that…… LOL

I can see both sides... Everybody agrees there's an obesity problem in this country but when somebody suggests doing something about it they are a Communist *lol*