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Monday, November 27, 2006
Hitchcock Would Be Proud
The LAT fronts word from environmentalists that as more cell phone towers pop up, more birds are dying as a result. Apparently birds can confuse the lights on top of the towers for stars, and they circle the towers until they end up crashing into them or something around them. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says anywhere from 4 million to 50 million birds die a year as a result of these towers. It seems using white strobe lights, instead of the continuous red ones that are currenty in most towers, could solve the problem.
Seems like a pretty big range of estimates. On the other hand, a simple light change doesn't seem like too much to ask.
Written at 9:19 AM by Greyhair.
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