Subject: (Beal) (Pestle) FCC-Towers-Environmental Laws (fwd)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 085856 -0600 (CST)
From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To: emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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.......Does anyone know the 'final disposition' of the "lost
homing pigeons" caper?????......guru......
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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 23:17:27 EST
From: EMFEFFECTS@aol.com
To: rbeavers@llion.org
Cc: jwpestle@vrsh.com
Subject: Re: (Pestle) FCC-Towers-Environmental Laws (fwd)
In a message dated 98-11-09 13:22:13 EST, you write:
<< From: John W Pestle
To: rbeavers@llion.org
Subject: FCC-Towers-Environmental Laws
In general on towers (broadcast and PCS) the FCC has not complied with the
requirements of such environmental laws as the Endangered Species Act, Bald
Eagle Protection Act, or Migratory Bird Treaty, among other items. >>
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Roy and John,
Don't forget the lost homing pigeon problem recently in Pennsylvania....while
not exactly an endangered species, the disorientation problem from
communication systems may fit in here. Here's the article:
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In the Austin American Statesman, Austin TX paper today, October 8, 1998,
appeared the following article,
(which may be the start of some useful proof about cellphone/towers effect on
birds besides pigeons)
2,000 HOMING PIGEONS LOSE THEIR BEARINGS, DISAPPEAR
The Washington Post
Homing pigeons, as the name suggests, are supposed to find their way home.
But more than 2,000 of the
creatures have disappeared this week and no one can explain it.
The birds lost their way during two separate homing pigeon races held Monday.
Out of 1,800 birds
competing in a 200-mile race from New Market, VA to Allentown, PA, about 1,500
have vanished. And in
a 159-mile race from western Pennsylvania to suburban Philadelphia, 700 out of
900 pigeons are missing.
Most of the pigeons would have been back in their lofts within a few hours.
Although it's not unusual to
lose a few birds during a race -- a hungry hawk, for example, might snag a few
racers -- this week's loss is
extraordinary, organizers of the two events say.
"There is something in the air," said Gary Moore, who was the "liberator" for
the 150-mile race. , deciding
when and where the birds were released. "To lose this many is just
unbelieveable."
Was it sun spots? A UFO? The currents of El Nino?
It's hard to come up with an answer pigeon enthusiasts say, because no one
knows how homing pigeons do
what they do.
Moore's theory is that the disappearance may have something to do with
CELLULAR PHONE ACTIVITY
(my emphasis...jb). It's widely accepted that the pigeons use electromagnetic
fields to help the navigate and
cellular phone calls might interfere with that process, he speculated.
Most long-distance races are held on weekends when cellular phone activity is
lower. But the two races in
question were postponed from Sunday to Monday because of rain.
Sun spots also can send the pigeons off course, but the sun activity that day
was low, organizers say.
Jim Effting, who lost 34 of the 37 birds he entered in the race to Allentown,
also thinks that something very
peculiar must have messed up the birds' innate tracking systems. He says the
birds took a wrong turn and
could be in North Carolina by now.
The three racers of his that finally made it home arrived Tuesday afternoon.
They were exhausted, and it
was obvious they had been flying lost for hours, said Effting, who lives in
Emmaus, PA.
What's certain is that with each passing day, the chances that the birds will
survive are decreasing. Unlike
their wild pigeon bretheren, these speed machines don't know how to feed
themselves in the wild and are
easy prey.
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Roy: Interesting phenomenon nearby, regarding communication tower along rural
road about 10 miles from Wimberley....microwave dishes on it, but don't know
if cellphone connections.....anyway this tower, each afternoon, is a prime
roosting spot for literally dozens of vultures!!....waiting for something to
die, I suppose! Seems quite symbolic, in several ways, of this whole
microwave cellphone long term bioeffects situation.
Must get a shot of whole tower covered with at least 30-40 vultures, then a
telephoto closeup of a bunch on one of the crossbeams.....
Regards,
Jim Beal
EMF Interface Consulting
Archive provided courtesy of WaveGuide, http://www.wave-guide.org
Reprinted with permission of Roy Beavers, http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMF-L.html