I signed. Thank you, merudanda.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> thought you might forgive me for this if the following is not
> appropriate for this forum and private circumstances allow me not to
> inquire further:
> Below is an email from Lyndia Storey, a MoveOn member who created a
> petition on SignOn.org that's growing rapidly. If you have concerns or
> feedback about this petition
> http://civic.moveon.org/signon_feedback/?id=45292-10220574-6JHvYjx&t=1
>
> Dear MoveOn member,
>
> According to the U.S. Navy's own estimates, the use of high-frequency
> underwater sound for testing in Hawaii, off the California and Atlantic
> Coasts, and in the Gulf of Mexico will deafen 15,900 whales and dolphins
> and kill 1,800 more over the next five years.
>
> Whales and dolphins depend on sound to navigate and live. The Navy is
> required to include comments from the public on their Environmental
> Impact Statement (EIS), so your signature and comment on my SignOn.org
> petition could help stop this naval program and save the lives of these
> ocean creatures.
>
> My petition says:
>
> Stop the killing of 1,800 whales and dolphins and the deafening of
> 15,900 more by ceasing the operation of the Navy's underwater sound
> system in the Hawaiian Islands, the California and Atlantic Coasts, and
> the Gulf of Mexico.
>
> Will you sign the petition? Click here to add your name, and then pass
> it along to your friends:
>
> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=276609&id=45292-10220574-6JHvYjx&t=2
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> –Lyndia Storey
>
> PS: The comments must be in by July 10, 2012, so please sign my petition
> today.
>
> This petition was created on SignOn.org, the progressive, nonprofit
> petition site that will never sell your email address and will never
> promote a petition because someone paid us to. SignOn.org is sponsored
> by MoveOn Civic Action, which is not responsible for the contents of
> this or other petitions posted on the site.
> Lethal Sounds-Destroying life with sound
> Got that urgent sad message from a friend-has been evacuated from
> home and computer for awhile and saw that only now -sorry if the
> comments time frame (must be in by July 10, 2012) is a little short-
> doesn't had time to respond or confirm this but it accomplished making
> myself sad with this post. In principle I usually question the validity
> of most things that spread like wildfire via social media. I have not
> been able to find much from more reliable news outlets on the
> topic..just a small article in the Huffington Post (and the slow
> computer at the Chinese hotel I am in now for a while didn't give me
> enough time to check the date by -had to do with conservation groups
> building a court case) Sonar etc. and marine mammals have gotten
> attention since 2000 so this is not a new topic. I went to the Navy EIS
> site that appears to be linked to this. The draft EIS will not be
> released until Fall 2013. Sending to the petition contact a request for
> sources took me quite a time due the gov.restriction here without any
> possibilities to confirm an answer. I can't keep digging to verify if
> this is truth or fiction may be someone here at FFL knows better
> (apologize if there are unrecognizable character in this post probable
> Chinese one- can't get rid all of them-hope post are still readable)
>
> https://nwtteis.com/Home.aspx
>
> http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/marine/sonar.asp
> How Sonar Harms Whales
>
>
> If you've ever seen a submarine movie, you probably came away with a
> basic understanding of how sonar works. Active sonar systems produce
> intense sound waves that sweep the ocean like a floodlight, revealing
> objects in their path.
>
> Some systems operate at more than 235 decibels, producing sound waves
> that can travel across tens or even hundreds of miles of ocean. During
> testing off the California coast, noise from the Navy's main
> low-frequency sonar system was detected across the breadth of the
> northern Pacific Ocean.
>
> By the US Navy's own estimates, even 300 miles from the source, these
> sonic waves can retain an intensity of 140 decibels -- a hundred times
> more intense than the level known to alter the behavior of large whales.
> The damage is said to come from sonic bursts that are produced by deep
> water sonar signals sometimes used in the search for petroleum. The
> bursts can damage animals whose communication frequencies fall in the
> same range.
>
> US federal regulators are curbing an oil and natural gas exploration
> company from using seismic equipment that sends out underwater pulses
> along Louisiana's coast until the bottlenose dolphin calving season
> ends.
>
> ORCA calculates that the phenomenon represents the highest number of
> beached dolphins recorded anywhere in the world in the last decade.
>
