Is Humboldt County like this?

[Smokinscientist]

I just came across this pretty crazy article about Humboldt County. Here's some of it. Click the link for the whole thing.




"Humboldt County, California, is known for two things: the Redwood Forest and marijuana. Just as Redwoods dwarf almost every other species of tree in both size and beauty, so does Humboldt's herb make virtually every other strain grown in North America seem like second-rate Mexican schwag weed. Most especially that BC bud that the Canadians are reportedly dumping over the border. The county's population of approximately 125,000 folks could fit in a small city. Or a dozen densely populated blocks in LA or NYC. Arcata and Eureka are the two largest cities in the county and their combined population is circa 40,000 people. That leaves a lot of people in tiny towns. Even more up in the hills.
Thousands of people in Humboldt live in the hills. Literally. Very steep hills; many so steep that they are completely useless for any sort of construction or legitimate form of agriculture. For growing herb, though, such terrain is ideal. First, it's hard to access. Usually there is only one way in and one way out -- by four wheel drive. This makes it very easy for the residents to note unwelcome visitors as well as the occasional guest. If, for some reason, you decide to randomly explore back roads between August and October -- harvest season -- you take your life in your hands.
People shoot at cars they don't know. At people they don't know. Deep graves in the backwoods nobody's gonna find. And it does happen, unfortunately, because people are stupid. The greatest risk posed to growers is the theft of their crop by other growers or groups of armed local thugs, both in and out of uniform.
Second, cops don't like climbing hills. Policing the county and all its people is impossible given the population's dispersion over such massive square mileage quilted and cut up by Indian reservations, state and federal forest lands, and thousands of miles of almost-parallel ruts that are called roads. In the city of Arcata there are roughly four officers on duty for a population of 12,000 people. And it's the second largest city in the county. Aside from the burgs which can afford their own police department there are only the County Sheriffs and CHP (as in Ponch and Jon from "CHiPs," remember?). That doesn't mean squat if you run off the road near Ferndale or are assaulted outside of Garberville. Nope. The only person covering your buns, making sure you are safe, in Humboldt County is yourself.
So when the growers live 40 miles away from Highway 101 and Interstate 5, at least 20 miles from the nearest gas station or pay phone, it's easy to understand why they have guns. Note the plural. It is unlikely they'll even see a police officer for weeks, possibly months. The only exception to this is during harvest season when CAMP (the federally funded Campaign Against Marijuana Planting) is in progress. Small planes and helicopters literally buzz the entire county with low-level flyovers looking for the crop. When located choppers with armed Feds arrive, whack it down, seize it and anything else they can find, and then pull out quickly. Big busts, of course, are prime photo ops for the press."




http://www.3ammagazine.com/politica/...ot_county.html


Has anyone seen this?

[GimmieMore]

I hadn't seen it but my that is interesting..........

[Duckhead]

Rural Humboldt certainly has its share of firearms .... especially during harvest season.

I had a trim gig at a large farm where I had to walk through 2 gates with with armed guards to get to the work area. Evidently the scene had been robbed a few years ago and they were very focused on making sure it wasn't repeated.

I think Arcata has more than 4 officers though .... not that it matters much because most of the farms are miles away in the mountains.

[Cali Ounces]

im putting in work hopefully in arcata this summer!

nothing big just helping a friend out.
he loves it over there and i cant wait to see why

[B|unted]

oh snap, I wanna live there

[punraba]

humboldt sounds pretty badass!

[dankster707]

its pretty nice!

[Infurion]

Lol, has anyone seen The Tripper?

[calicheese23]

I just moved to Eureka a few months ago. Great buds up here. Still trying to find some acid and shrooms though.