Kevin, The Tower Guy

So yesterday while Sammy and I were driving around taking pics of prime real estate in my neighborhood, we came across a guy named Kevin who says he worked for a telecommunications subcontractor putting up towers.  I asked him if he could check the wattage on the massive cell tower across the street from me and he said, "Sure".  The problem is all of his four RF checkers were dead.  Batteries - all dead.  But he said he was certain they all met FCC spec.  He said it was the Government's jurisdiction to ensure their safety between the FCC and the EPA.  We have at least 5 easily identifiable ones within a square mile of my home that I can see.

The areas between these five towers are nearly barren - tire blowouts everywhere, retreads blowing off tractor trailers.  Tree lines barren on top between these towers with only dead branches.  Dead disoriented birds everywhere many of which can barely fly and can no longer migrate.  Few insects and those that are left struggle with odd behavior or are incapacitated.  Ground surface dry, cracked and settling even with adequate rainfall.  Asphalt cracked, uneven and settled.  Concrete flaking, cracking and disintegrating.  Astronomical traffic accidents and fatalities.  Many residents feel like zombies walking glassy eyed.  Very little movement, no one outside on a beautiful sunny day. Liquor and drug sales soaring. Electronics failing, fuses blowing continually.  Complacency, illness and inefficiency abounds simply because we can no longer think and function. Any stagnant water left is teeming with bacteria.  Residents and animals with any type of metal or silicone in them (piercings, implants, joint replacements, bands) suffer with autoimmune disorders becoming more and more debilitated and are degenerating rapidly.  Animals, domestic and feral alike developing leukemia, brain tumors & digestive disorders.  That is life here now.

Kevin said just because this and other towers were heating up the area and human bodies  (VP shunt, remember) it didn't mean it was amped up.  The way I took that to mean was that the specifications themselves were corrupted and not in line or taking into account the health, safety and well being of living beings and the environment around them.  Apparently all those contributions, donations and lobbying I'd seen on Opensecrets.org by the telecommunications, electronics and IT companies were paying off big time now, and America is now in the process of cannibalizing itself.  He says the specifications were drawn up by the IEEE.

We are not seeing accurate, correct statistics or figures on cancers, leukemias, neurological disorders, etc... in our area, nor are we seeing correct statistics on unemployment, foreclosures, suicide rates or traffic fatalities.  I see it here - I can tell you it is beyond belief.

Kevin, being only 21, accepts this as the way of life today and understands this is the life he has been born into - that "it has always been done this way".  He feels powerless over a few telecommunications companies run by a handful of psychopaths, not really understanding that all he has to do is shut that thang down.  It really is that simple, Kevin. Unplug.

Kevin has yet to understand he does not *have to* use his cell phone.  He does not *have to* watch TV.  He does not *have to* do a lot of things.  He does not *have to* kill the people around him, his children, his parents, his environment, his family, his friends or his neighbors.  Neither does ATT or Verizon.  But this is what the general public demands, so this is what they are pressuring Washington to do, and Washington has buckled under their demands.  All of the below massive towers are within one square mile of each other and our homes.

According to antennasearch.com there are 147 towers and 923 antenna in a four mile radius of Louisville - that is 61 towers less than all of New York City.

In front of the KFC off LaGrange Road, Louisville 40245



Another failed retail building off LaGrange Road, Factory Lane, 40245 - this was a Blockbuster, owned by Thieneman Realty - they cannot even complete a sidewalk leading to the shopping center to encourage pedestrian traffic yet have permitted four stores to sell liquor - this corner is a death trap.  Directly in front of Lake Forest subdevelopment / Forest Springs.



Thorntons at the corner of Factory Lane and LaGrange Road - another death trap, gas gouging establishment - sells tons of liquor though.  Not a safe place for kids or families but ok if you're a risk-taker.



Kids gymnastics facility.  I would steer clear - many traffic accidents/fatalities in this area although I do not see they are being reported.

Lake Forest subdevelopment - surrounded by barren, failed subdevelopments, retail buildings - mostly  vacant. Roadways in front are being undermined, cracked with potholes galore. Behind the Rogers Sandstone Quarry - poor air quality (particulate), expect to develop cancer in 5-10 years, or leukemia, autoimmune illnesses.  Across the street and scattered around here debris, tree stumps & garbage buried everywhere.  Not a good place for proposed development.  Off Old Henry Road, Louisville, 40245.



Another poorly planned failed subdevelopment with inadequate drainage.  Pretty, though.  Lots of debris, trash, tree stumps buried here as well.  Surrounded by 4G LTE cell towers - tree tops burned off too.



More failed development off Old Henry Road.



Clairborne Crossing Apartments - they appear to be more of a prison than apartments, dug into a hole in the ground.  Lots of debris, garbage, tree stumps buried in this area - not a good place for kids, families, surrounded by 5 4G LTE cell towers. Unsafe water, too close to the Rogers Sandstone Quarry - poor air quality, especially particulate - you will have difficulty breathing here.  Not recommended if you've got allergies or autoimmune issues.  Off Old Henry Road, Louisville, KY 40245, Exit 30 of the Gene Snyder (I-265).



This is where most of the tree stumps, trash and debris are being buried behind Jewish Hospital Northeast off Old Henry Road off Exit 30 of the Gene Snyder (I-2650 in Louisville, KY.  I would not invest in property here unless you're into Superfund or Brownfields cleanup gigs.  Update as of March 2016 - land being cleared and construction underway for a Thornton's Contact Center.  What a waste of what could have been a magnificent piece of property - I hope Thornton's cleans it up, digs up all the trash that's buried and landscapes it to it's fullest potential - the view from the top there is astounding. I wish them luck with it.



Ground undermining behind Jewish Hospital Northeast off Old Henry Road, off Exit 30 of the Gene Snyder (I-265) Louisville, KY, between cell towers (5 4G LTE towers within one square mile area).  Infrastructures which are nearly new are crumbling.



Behind the Abandoned Jewish Hospital Northeast between Cell Towers - Treetops Burned, ground undermining, debris, trash, concrete and tree stumps buried everywhere.  You can see the burned treetops.  Off Old Henry Road, Louisville near Exit 30 of the Gene Snyder (I-265).



The Abandoned Jewish Hospital Northeast (now KentuckyOne) - only a few years old - nearly abandoned



They removed hundreds of trees for this construction - it lays barren and abandoned - again, between cell towers - cracked, barren & broken, buried concrete and debris everywhere.  Off Old Henry Road, Louisville



Vacant, for sale, abandoned properties off Old Henry Road, Louisville, between cell towers - buried concrete, debris, tree stumps everywhere - they're hoping to make subdevelopments or industrial there.  Barren area.

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Getting Grounded

From a 2008 article:

Verizon Foes Ground & Pound in New York

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8/27/2008

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How badly does Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) want its New York grounding controversy to go underground?

So much so the company is now offering to shell out what could amount to millions of dollars to FiOS customers across several counties where the carrier has repeatedly returned to homes to fix electrical problems identified by state officials, Light Reading has learned from a study of documents filed with the New York Department of Public Service (NYDPS).

"Verizon will issue the corresponding product credit to each customer account…", that was improperly installed or cited as being problematic, the carrier wrote in a document filed with the NYDPS on Aug. 15. The point of the account credits is to "compensate such customers for the inconvenience of the inspection (and, where applicable, remediation) process," the document stated. "The total amount of credits required... may be in the millions of dollars, depending upon the level of compliance that is achieved."

What's going on?
Over the past two years, New York State officials have conducted several field audits of Verizon FiOS installations and most weren't bonded or grounded properly, as mandated by the National Electrical Code. The carrier is now in the process of auditing its own work and correcting the issues identified by the NYDPS, and those fixes won't have any bearing on Verizon's New York State video franchise, which has already been approved.

Since the spring of 2006, the NYDPS has documented numerous examples of Verizon installations in Nassau, Orange, Rockland, and Westchester counties that it says weren't properly grounded. The following photos, extracted from the state's April 2008 installation audit, show the extent of some of the ugliness that Verizon now says it is committed to cleaning up:



NYDPS officials say the grounding issue poses a "potential safety risk to the premises and its occupants" in the case of FiOS homes, according to one report sent to Verizon two years ago. "We tentatively conclude that FiOS may form an electrically conductive path both to the outside world as well as other electrically powered devices inside the building," that report stated.

Verizon, in July, laid out a Network Review Plan, where it discussed an extensive effort to check its installers' work and fix and document any problems it discovered. After Light Reading posed questions about this quandary, Verizon commented that it has been working on the issue for a while and that it puts safety first.

Industry analysts say this issue is probably more political than it is an issue of public safety. And the point of being political is to chip away at a competitor's reputation. "As an old Bell System Installation and Repair foreman, I'd say that Verizon-New York has some serious quality problems," says Kermit Ross, principal at Millennium Marketing. "If the problems are Verizon-wide, FiOS' momentum is bound to be affected."

Meanwhile, cable companies must be snickering at the fits they're giving the big telco. One document filed with New York State even acknowledges that the impetus to inspect the FiOS installations came "in response to concerns expressed by consumers, municipalities, and competitors."

"The only thing that strikes me as out of the ordinary here is that it's usually the other way around," says Heavy Reading senior analyst Alan Breznick. "The phone guys have used public services commissions for years to keep cableguys snarled up, and now Verizon's getting a taste of its own medicine."

And now, we wait… 
Two days ago, the NYPSC issued a notice that it will consider "whether to approve, modify, or reject, in whole or in part" Verizon's Network Review Plan. That will happen on Sept. 22.

— Phil Harvey, Editor, Light Reading 

http://www.lightreading.com/broadband/fttx/verizon-foes-ground-and-pound-in-new-york/d/d-id/660646