Thursday, March 30, 2006
Protecting the Alaskan wilderness
Our tax dollars at work,
DILLINGHAM, Alaska - From Anchorage it takes 90 minutes on a propeller plane to reach this fishing villa Alaskan bush at its most remote. Here, tundra meets sea, and sea turns to ice for half the year. Scattered, almost hidden, in the terrain are some of the most isolated communities on American soil. People choose to live in outposts like Dillingham (pop. 2,400) for that reason: to be left alone.
So eyebrows were raised in January when the first surveillance cameras went up on Main Street. Each camera is a shiny white metallic box with two lenses like eyes. The camera's shape and design resemble a robot's head.
... By mid-February, more than 60 cameras watched over the town, and the Dillingham Police Department plans to install 20 more - all purchased through a $202,000 Homeland Security grant meant primarily to defend against a terrorist attack.
Via Digby.
// posted by Erik @ 3/30/2006 07:27:00 PM
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