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KRKO - I don't get the NIMBY/ELF perspective

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After several months, I finally got around to cruising up to Snohomish to LOOK at the KRKO site to see what all the fuss is about. It's MUCH different than I imagined...there are a couple of places in close proximity ... but otherwise the tower site is not that big a deal. I imagined there were farms surrounding the thing, and not the case. Craven (commercial farm) is a neighbor. otherwise, closest view would be up on the hills surrounding the valley ... and it's hard to claim EVERYTHING that changes in your view is subject to your scrutiny and approval.

I had heard the "towers are bad for birds" argument...but the birds have to be doing a pattern weirder than US Air over the Hudson, and probably need a "death wish" too to hit those towers!!

I think I would consider the towers next to I-90 for KIXI, KKNW to be more of an "urban intrusion" than the ones for KRKO; as they are part of a large natural & preserved wetland (though towers & wetlands co-exist just fine). Even the 1540 tower is in the same wetland but tucked far enough out of the way that you have to LOOK to find it.

Meanwhile...sampling the station it sounds good. I'm still not a fan of sports format (and think it's a dang shame they aren't going full bore SnoCo programming with the thing), but otherwise it sounds like a well-programmed station. My vote would STILL be to put the sports content on their new stick, and make 138-0 much like KGY serves Thurston county with mix of full service, local news/traffic, sports.
 
I think these ELF people need to get their heads out of their butts and look at the mess to nature THEY'RE making - REAL environmentalists would NEVER use CFC filled spray paint or greenhouse gas causing internal combustible engines to tell anyone else what THEY are doing to the earth is wrong. Nobody - not even Andy Skotdal wants any more pollution than we already have, but in the broader picture, a 50,000 watt radio station tower is FAR less of an environmental threat than self-righteous, poser environmentalists like the ELF.

Birds can collide into anything. Including trees - that's been PROVEN by scientists. Does this mean we have to get rid of the trees too? NOW who's side are the ELF on?

I've been around a lot of radio station towers and I sure as hell see a lot more dead birds while hiking in thick forests than I do around radio station towers.

These people are just punks looking to destroy something big to call attention to themselves and using the good name of "environmentalism" as their scapegoat.

REAL environmentalists are every bit as sickened at their actions as the rest of us - even more so because it makes THEM look bad. It doesn't do anybody any good. Even the fiercest NIMBYs won't argue with that.
 
Bongwater said:
Birds can collide into anything. Including trees - that's been PROVEN by scientists. Does this mean we have to get rid of the trees too? NOW who's side are the ELF on?
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no doubt..

..perhaps it's actually a 'GNOME' perspective, eh?
 
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