March 12, 2007
blimp
The word is as awkward as its looks – a fat bomb that refuses to fall. It hovers around downtown LA like a weird man made mini-raincloud advertising what made Los Angeles it is today – tires.
I’m fascinated. I briefly traveled around downtown trying to get a glimpse of the blimp from different angles. Next time it is out, I’m going to chase it to its home… and maybe, finally, I’ll be able to meet a blimp pilot! This would complete the circle for me.
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Filed under Amazing Finds, intss blog by Marc Horowitz.
Comments
March 20, 2007
Jonathan said:
I live in Trinidad and we have a government sponsored blimp here; it is used in surveillance (the crime here is very high). It’s freaky though- no one knows the capabilities of surveillance that the blimp has- so whenever it flies over you find yourself ending your cell phone conversations and generally pretending that you’re a tree.
“Stay calm, stay calm; if you don’t provoke it, it will go away.”
March 21, 2007
Marc Horowitz said:
thats awesome!
April 20, 2009
Jonathan said:
So I commented on this blog 2 years ago about how I lived in Trinidad and saw the government blimp all the time.
Well now I live back in America but keep in contact with some friends in Trinidad.
After Obama visited Trinidad to meet with Caribbean leaders a bunch of friends posted pictures on their facebook sites… and wouldn’t you know it, in one of the pictures of Obama boarding Air Force One, there, hiding in the upper left hand corner is THE BLIMP!
It spares no one! (please see the link below for said photo)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y183/myfurious_angel/3209_93346265445_504195445_2954739_.jpg
Just thought you would enjoy this flash back 2 years later.