--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote:
>
RC, did you see any dolphins when you were in Florida? Share
Answer: No, but I did see a mermaid doing the flying sidhi, and she was really
enjoying it. :-)
>
> ________________________________
> From: Robin Carlsen <maskedzebra@...>
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, July 6, 2012 7:03 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Lethal Sounds-Destroying life with sound
>
>
> Â
> 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.
> >
> > â"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.
> >
>
