Unwanted proposed Radio Towers

Whatcom county has accepted an application for a conditional use approval to install a 50,000 watt 150 foot tall five-tower AM radio array.

Being a property owner within a thousand feet of the development, this affects me deeply.  I read a story about someone living near an AM radio station and I didn't like what he had to say:

http://www.newtonma.gov/civicax/filebank/documents/30079

Chronic insomnia, headaches, dizziness, nausea, failing memory…  irregular heartbeats.  I read more and it got worse.  I decided to look at a book on the topic of zoning for radio stations and after reviewing the data and the actual application with local zoning laws, I came up with several pages of objections listed below.

This affects ALL of Point Roberts and ALL of Tsawwassen - negatively impacting both communities in numerous ways described in these comments regarding the radio tower proposal.  

The short version:

These towers are UGLY w/ blinking red lights high above treeline – They’d be the first thing seen crossing the border – they’ll make quite the impression on the 7000+ people that vacation in our resort community.  Perhaps if we could take pride in a station representing Point Roberts, but 99% of locals can’t understand the language of KRPI broadcasts. The 50,000 watts of transmitting power is INSANE.  Point Roberts would only need 10-100 watts to service our community.  There will be radio interference issues for locals and homeland security: problems with telephones, slower DSL, inability to use radios.  Then consider environmental issues:  dead migrating birds, radiation doubling the Leukemia rates for all of Point Roberts and Tsawwassen, BC – IT’S TERRIBLE!!!  This radio tower does not serve the community and should not qualify as a ‘public utility’.

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