Topic: What config for Gorge?

[ChrisV]

Probably most likely for open puffing...although I assume they wouldn't mind nabbing you for open containers as well if they saw any.   I myself don't do any of that stuff but it still gave me the creeps having them peering in at us from both sides as I drove by slowly.
First time I'd seen anything like that before.   Normally do see a cop car or 2 patrolling the road from I-5 to the Gorge but never anything this organized and in this many numbers before....guess they figured sold out DMB shows in town, let's surprise and get 'em!

[LeftoverSammy]

Probably most likely for open puffing...although I assume they wouldn't mind nabbing you for open containers as well if they saw any.   I myself don't do any of that stuff but it still gave me the creeps having them peering in at us from both sides as I drove by slowly.
First time I'd seen anything like that before.   Normally do see a cop car or 2 patrolling the road from I-5 to the Gorge but never anything this organized and in this many numbers before....guess they figured sold out DMB shows in town, let's surprise and get 'em!

 

[Rob D.]

Ahh, who cares....thread hijacking rules...I seem to be doing a lot of that lately ;p

Yeah, they've been pretty lame it seems with regards to that lately even miles outside of the venue!   Last year for DMB they had traffic an absolute mess backed onto I-5 because they had like 10 cop cars right at the exit offramp basically visually 'checking' each car going through.   There were a lot of people busted sitting there in handcuffs.

I-5? That's about a 170 mile long traffic jam!

[ChrisV]

Whoops, I meant I-90! 

[Steve J]

No,  the real shit hit the fan with security when that guy got killed a couple years ago. Since then, they try to patrol as much a possible. Didn't help that some of the local news channels did the 'undercover' thing and showed what was being passed around in the campground. Made the Kittatas County Sheriff and the State Patrol look real bad. Nothing worse than a cop with a grudge and a long memory.

As for the venue attitude towards tapers, I have one 'word' that  explains it: HOB.

[jkoch]

As for the venue attitude towards tapers, I have one 'word' that  explains it: HOB.

this is true..about the security getting in though, it was non existent for DMB in 2002. they asked me "do you have anything you're not supposed to like a gun or camera?" no "ok, go on in"

[CaptMax]

see you guys there on saturday

and the stuff said about cops on the off ramp from I-90 was there for phish and dmb last summer, so be weary, i assume they will be out in force for the dead as well, especially on the exits eastbound (from seattle).

good luck pulling tape, but i would just enjoy it, there will be tons of tapers out there.