Comments on: Noise Flags http://blog.lagniappemobile.com/2008/03/12/noise-flags/ Something Extra For Mobile Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:46:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Preston Brady http://blog.lagniappemobile.com/2008/03/12/noise-flags/#comment-143 Preston Brady Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:46:05 +0000 http://blog.lagniappemobile.com/2008/03/12/noise-flags/#comment-143 "Noise pollution’s not a laughing matter — it can literally make people ill!!" Sorry about that . .you're right,noise pollution is no laughing matter. I think we started all the "laughing" about Mr. Richardson's idea for noise flags. For me that's worth a chuckle, or two, or even three. You also brought up a great point because a lot of people do not take noise pollution seriously. Often they don't realize it's around them until they take a vacation to the countryside and hear a ringing sound in their ears. Even in a medium-sized city like Mobile we are inundated with noise - airplanes, garbage trucks, 18-wheelers, helicopters, motorcycles, mufflers, trains, leaf blowers, overblown music, sirens ( I feel sorry for all the dogs - but who's looking after their ears?) - and so on. At least we don't live in Bangkok or Mexico City - residents there suffer noise pollution on a level Americans can only imagine ( I spent three weeks in Bangkok and the noise pollution was almost as bad as the air pollution.) The big worry here seems to be loud music or booming from cars - and I think that issue should be addressed by the police, not the city council or citizens. Not only is it noise pollution but it puts that driver and all other drivers around him in danger when emergency vehicles come into play. “Noise pollution’s not a laughing matter — it can literally make
people ill!!”

Sorry about that . .you’re right,noise pollution is no laughing
matter. I think we started all the “laughing” about Mr. Richardson’s
idea for noise flags. For me that’s worth a chuckle, or two,
or even three. You also brought up a great point because a lot of
people do not take noise pollution seriously. Often they don’t
realize it’s around them until they take a vacation to the countryside
and hear a ringing sound in their ears. Even in a medium-sized city
like Mobile we are inundated with noise - airplanes, garbage trucks,
18-wheelers, helicopters, motorcycles, mufflers, trains, leaf blowers,
overblown music, sirens ( I feel sorry for all the dogs - but who’s
looking after their ears?) - and so on. At least we don’t live in
Bangkok or Mexico City - residents there suffer noise pollution on
a level Americans can only imagine ( I spent three weeks in Bangkok and
the noise pollution was almost as bad as the air pollution.)

The big worry here seems to be loud music or booming from cars -
and I think that issue should be addressed by the police, not
the city council or citizens. Not only is it noise pollution but
it puts that driver and all other drivers around him in danger when
emergency vehicles come into play.

]]> By: sicandtired http://blog.lagniappemobile.com/2008/03/12/noise-flags/#comment-137 sicandtired Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:45:13 +0000 http://blog.lagniappemobile.com/2008/03/12/noise-flags/#comment-137 Noise pollution's not a laughing matter -- it can literally make people ill!! Noise pollution’s not a laughing matter — it can literally make people ill!!

]]> By: JennyMac http://blog.lagniappemobile.com/2008/03/12/noise-flags/#comment-128 JennyMac Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:04:15 +0000 http://blog.lagniappemobile.com/2008/03/12/noise-flags/#comment-128 Most likely, you only thought you were waving your Noise Flag, but you were actually waving your Murder Flag. Thank God you mixed up the colors! Be careful. It’s a crazy world out there. Next time someone points a sawed-off shotgun in your general direction, don’t just stand there and laugh. Run! Most likely, you only thought you were waving your Noise Flag, but you were actually waving your Murder Flag. Thank God you mixed up the colors!

Be careful. It’s a crazy world out there. Next time someone points a sawed-off shotgun in your general direction, don’t just stand there and laugh. Run!

]]> By: Preston Brady http://blog.lagniappemobile.com/2008/03/12/noise-flags/#comment-103 Preston Brady Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:29:25 +0000 http://blog.lagniappemobile.com/2008/03/12/noise-flags/#comment-103 "You city folk are strange. Out here in the sticks, just beyond the city limits, we just wave shotguns when the noise gets too loud. Seems to work nicely." Is that what you call those metal things with a long tube? I was testing the noise flag thing on guys with tinted windows and boom boxes the other night and some of them kept pointing one of those long metal things at me. Strange too, but it looked like the ends were sawed off or something. I thought it was their own noise flagpole without the flag so I just laughed and laughed. “You city folk are strange. Out here in the sticks, just beyond the city limits, we just wave shotguns when the noise gets too loud. Seems to work nicely.”

Is that what you call those metal things with a long tube? I was testing
the noise flag thing on guys with tinted windows and boom boxes the
other night and some of them kept pointing one of those long metal things
at me. Strange too, but it looked like the ends were sawed off
or something. I thought it was their own noise flagpole without the
flag so I just laughed and laughed.

]]> By: JennyMac http://blog.lagniappemobile.com/2008/03/12/noise-flags/#comment-99 JennyMac Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:18:22 +0000 http://blog.lagniappemobile.com/2008/03/12/noise-flags/#comment-99 Noise flags???!!! You city folk are strange. Out here in the sticks, just beyond the city limits, we just wave shotguns when the noise gets too loud. Seems to work nicely. We also have special red and blue flags that we wave that operate as an unspoken request to turn up the Toby Keith so the rest of the street can hear it. I guess you could call that a noise flag. Noise flags???!!! You city folk are strange. Out here in the sticks, just beyond the city limits, we just wave shotguns when the noise gets too loud. Seems to work nicely.

We also have special red and blue flags that we wave that operate as an unspoken request to turn up the Toby Keith so the rest of the street can hear it. I guess you could call that a noise flag.

]]> By: Preston Brady http://blog.lagniappemobile.com/2008/03/12/noise-flags/#comment-87 Preston Brady Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:50:37 +0000 http://blog.lagniappemobile.com/2008/03/12/noise-flags/#comment-87 My favorite noise is those handy leaf-blowers, for people who never learned how to rake. Hopefully the aliens studying us aren't catching that comedic dance. Someone in my neighborhood was using one this morning - two hours on a front yard without a stich of grass. I guess he was blowing dirt off the dirt. I read your post Ashley and of course ran outside with a white shirt wrapped around the end of a broomstick, and it worked! He looked up at me and three blinks later he was no where to be seen - or heard. My favorite noise is those handy leaf-blowers, for people who never
learned how to rake. Hopefully the aliens studying us aren’t catching
that comedic dance. Someone in my neighborhood was using one this
morning - two hours on a front yard without a stich of grass. I guess
he was blowing dirt off the dirt. I read your post Ashley and of
course ran outside with a white shirt wrapped around the end of a
broomstick, and it worked! He looked up at me and three blinks later
he was no where to be seen - or heard.

]]> By: Stephen Centanni http://blog.lagniappemobile.com/2008/03/12/noise-flags/#comment-86 Stephen Centanni Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:32:20 +0000 http://blog.lagniappemobile.com/2008/03/12/noise-flags/#comment-86 And is this idea being taken seriously? And is this idea being taken seriously?

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