I think white strobe lights on top of radio antennae, phone towers and skyscrapers are ugly visual air pollution
And I want to know if the further spread of white strobe lights in Minneapolis can be stopped. I remember growing up near a set of tall radio towers protected with traditional red dimmer lighting. To me the gentle fading on and off of red lights was peaceful, tranquil, even beautiful But I find these white strobe lights to be terrible visual gashes on the nighttime sky. And they are gradually encroaching here in Minneapolis. An obnoxious strobe light on the garbage burner ruins an otherwise beautiful view of the downtown from north Minneapolis. A few have sprung up on the downtown skyscrapers. And KSTP has a nasty string of strobe lights stabbing the sky. Mercifully, they usually switch to red dimmer lights at night. Believe me, it can get a lot worse. Lubbock, Texas has so many white strobe lights that I thought I was trapped in a giant carnivorous disco ball. Des Moines has dozens of transmittor antennae packed together at one site, all blasting their strobe lighting into the night sky. It seemed like a monstrous and macabre Christmas display. And in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a religious radio station has such powerful strobe lights on its antenna that I think it is lighting up a landing pad for the Second Coming. Bryant resident Paul Robinson used to work for the Medina town government. He tells me that Medina law prohibits white strobe lighting on towers, and the one tower in the town has red lighting. Can a law like this be passed in Minneapolis, that prohibits white strobe lighting and requires red dimmer lighting on towers and buildings? Do others also find this white strobe lighting ghastly? Or am I the only one who is bothered by it? Why has the trend switched from red dimmer lights to white strobe lights? Are we really having a rash of color-blind pilots hitting (at least accidentally) towers with red dimmer lighting? or is it simply cost? Is white strobe lighting required by law? HELP! Jay Clark Cooper _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
