Slog tipper Josh Little reports:

A drone has been buzzing me and everyone else in the Eastlake neighborhood. Now it is stuck hanging in the high tension power lines above the boat houses at the end of E. Edgar St. It has been there for many days, emitting a constant buzzing sound, and a spark at night. City Light workers finally arrived [Friday] and couldn't reach it with the four trucks they brought.

Workers are scheduled to remove it sometime today which might involve power outages. I'm not sure whose it is, but I suspect they will find out.

As I wrote about this week, Seattle does not have any rules against flying drones within city limits (except in city and county parks), as long as it is not being used to commit a crime. However, the FAA prohibits drones from: flying above 400 feet, flying outside of the operator's visual line of sight, interfering with manned aircraft operations (including flying within five miles of an airport), flying near people or stadiums, flying a drone that weighs more than 55 pounds, and flying carelessly or recklessly (which could incur fines if the drone endangers people or other aircraft).

However, as Kimberly Mills, spokesperson for the city attorney's office, put it, "This is an area where technology has outpaced the law." Just yesterday in New York, a passenger jet near collided with a drone over Prospect Park, forcing it to pull up 200 feet to avoid hitting it. The plane was apparently one of many that had been the target of green lasers, reports NBC News. The FAA is investigating.