Thanks. Signed. ***
--- 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. >
