Subject: (Benson) (Beal) (Pestle) FCC-Towers-Environmental Laws (fwd)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 215343 -0600 (CST)
From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To: emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 14:32:17 +1100
From: "Benson, Sarah (Sen L. Allison)"
To: "'Roy L. Beavers'"
Subject: RE: (Beal) (Pestle) FCC-Towers-Environmental Laws (fwd)
Roy -
I am very interested in this aspect of the EMR debate - as I believe that
whales are affected in the same way. We have had multiple 'beachings' in
Australia recently, mostly in Tasmania; also in New Zealand. This is when
hundreds of whales are washed up onto remote beaches and cannot get back
into the sea without help. It is an impossible task to move so many huge
creatures - so most of them die. There has been much speculation in the
past as to what causes them to do this, including suicide. Recently however
'The Australian' magazine did an in-depth investigation on the issue and it
transpires that whales navigate by means of sonar. Here is an excerpt from
the article entitled 'The Fatal Shore':
"The answer is complex, but there is an emerging body of opinion,
particularly in the research institutes of Australia and New Zealand, that
it is the whales' system of navigation, called echo-location, that is at
fault; that it cannot detect the gradual shallowing of the sea as the whales
approach coastlines........
.....Toothed whales - sperm whales, pilot whales and dolphins - are known to
use echo-location or sonar to give them a mental picture of their
surroundings. The animals produce very high frequency pulses that strike
objects and return as echoes. The animal's brain uses that information to
define nearby objects in terms of size, shape, proximity and even texture."
The article speculates that this could be caused by storms in the area...no
mention of microwaves though.
Two years ago there was an article in a paper here in Melbourne about New
Zealand owners of racing pigeons in New Zealand who were also loosing large
numbers of birds. They were blaming this on mobile phone infrastructure. I
have this somewhere. More recently, there was a small article on lost birds
in Ireland - also blaming mobiles.
I think Arthur Firstenberg is writing an article for the 'Earth Island
Journal' on this topic.
I think this area is definitely worth monitoring. People often seem to find
animals more believable than humans!
Saarh Benson
What's a 'final disposition' ?!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy L. Beavers [SMTP:rbeavers@llion.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 November 1998 1:59 AM
> To: emfguru
> Subject: (Beal) (Pestle) FCC-Towers-Environmental Laws (fwd)
>
>
> .......Does anyone know the 'final disposition' of the "lost
> homing pigeons" caper?????......guru......
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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. >>
>
> ######
>
> 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:
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 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.
>
> ######
>
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> 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
>
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