Re: same cel phone towers, different question

[Susan Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>]

In fact, towers are far more dangerous than hi-rises to migrating birds
due to their placement on ridgetops and the intense lighting in many
otherwise dark areas. Many birds tend to migrate along the ridges
(witness the enormous flights of raptors at Pennsylvania's Hawk
Mountain) and are confused by the lights, causing them to collide with
towers and guy wires.

The impact on bird populations is a far better reason to oppose
uncontrolled placement of these towers than any perceived human health
effects from radiation.

My own opinion,
Susan Gawarecki

> The birds are killed by running into the towers.. birds migrate at night and routinely
> collide with our tall structures.  Hi-rise  office and apartment buildings kill a lot of
> birds as well.

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