im suspecting people with rifles is whats causing the wind turbine blades
around here to break off. rural customers are a different type

On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 9:53 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:

> Maybe it’s an FAA recommendation not a regulation.
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> I can also say we’re a tenant on a commercial tower that must have had a
> problem with the photocell because for several months it was stuck in white
> strobe mode.  We had several neighbors call us to complain about it as a
> nuisance, and we had to tell them we’d pass the information along to the
> tower owner but we did not control the lighting system.  If it was my
> tower, I wouldn’t want people with rifles to take things into their own
> hands.
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> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Cameron Crum
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 3, 2020 9:26 AM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Emergency Vehicle LEDs
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> I had to refile about 200 towers with the FAA and FCC for Sprint back in
> the 90's. As far as I know, there is no requirement for towers with white
> strobes to change to red at night. They can if they want to, but there is
> no regulation requiring it. That being said, I agree it is difficult to see
> much other than the emergency lights when approaching them at night.
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> On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 6:50 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Maybe tell them how tower lights are white strobes during the day but are
> required to change to lower intensity red at night.
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> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Matt Hoppes
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 1, 2020 6:35 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Emergency Vehicle LEDs
>
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> Yup. Often approaching an accident all I can see are the cop car lights.
> Can’t see the cop directing traffic or literally anything going on.
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> Extremely unsafe.
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> The problem is they have no intensity setting. It’s day mode all the
> time!!!!
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> On Dec 1, 2020, at 7:24 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
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> crazy dangerous. The worst are the snowplows. it used to be in bad
> snowstorms was a godsend to get behind a plow where you could follow their
> lights. now you will die because youre blinded if youre within a mile of
> it. There is no additional "safety" for emergency services ove the prior
> existing lights that actually had science behind the color, cadence and
> brightness,
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> On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 6:13 PM Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi] <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> I agree.
> I brought this up at a fire department meeting and they acted as if I had
> proposed removing all lights.
>
> I was just pointing out that at some point, it becomes dangerous to
> bystanders.
>
> Jim Bouse
> Owner - Brazos WiFi
> 979-985-5912
> http://www.brazoswifi.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Nate Burke
> Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 6:06 PM
> To: Animal Farm <[email protected]>
> Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Emergency Vehicle LEDs
>
> Am I the only one who thinks that the new LED's that all the emergency
> vehicles have now are dangerous?  I was about 1/2 mile behind an ambulance
> and the flashing LED's were so bright in front of me that I could barely
> make out the traffic light I was stopped at.  And why does the ambulance
> need to have approximately 200,000 LED Fixtures on it?  I get it, I see
> you, I can't not see you, now I can't see anything else.
> They saw an open piece of sheet metal and were like, 'We could put another
> strobe there'  It's even worse when there are multiple vehicles together at
> an accident scene.  I understand having them bright during the day, but
> they are just blinding at night.  It's like they need to have a day/night
> mode. Who do I write a strongly worded letter to expressing my displeasure?
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