Port Angeles to Become Washington's First All-WiFi City
Beginning October 8th, everyone within the Port Angeles city limits will have access to mobile Internet service. On that date, the $3.7 million Metro-Net wireless project will be launched; all of Port Angeles will be a WiFi hot spot.
Mayor Cherie Kidd and other local leaders will be celebrating this event on October 8th, 10 a.m. at the Gateway pavilion.
Mayor Cherie Kidd and other local leaders will be celebrating this event on October 8th, 10 a.m. at the Gateway pavilion.
posted by Tom Harper at 1:09 AM
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This is cool except it makes my dog howl and my fillings hurt. Sort of like the whole cell phone/brain cancer deal. Probably in my head. Speaking of PA, I've been looking for the address for the dog park. That is such a confusing area. "West of the Airport". Gee thanks, for naming the airport. If it's on West Lauridsen, like the paper says, did they take out the bike track? It did say there are only 8 parking spaces, so COME EARLY for the grand opening! Can't find the address in any article on the PDN nor the city website. However, I found this: Go to the main page of the city website. Look for the Lincoln Park Master Dev. download button, the first one of 3- about four "articles" down. It's a survey deal. Hard to figure out - Survey Monkey?? How much did we pay for this?? So, my point... at the end, it asks for your email if you would like kindly updates, and says it will be confidential, but ALL TWELVE people who opted for email updates - their email addresses are there, on the internet!!! Great job City of PA! Woof woof!!!
Not that I wish to sound like a nay-sayer, but...So what?
Yeah, we'll be "wired," but essentially all our elected leaders are still living and acting as though it's 1950. They have no respect for environmental protection. They have no understanding of sustainability. They continue to throw good money after bad in supporting shrinking/dying industries like PenPly. Hell, Cherie Kidd apparently isn't even familiar with the First Amendment. And THESE are the people who are going to "leverage" our wired status into something good? I don't think so.
And, really, the only reason this even came about in the first place is because Glenn Cutler just loves, loves, loves building his infrastructure empire. So don't think this was right-thinking leaders doing the right thing for the right reason. Perversely enough, this project only represents just how messed up and backwards Port Angeles really is.
And is likely to stay for a long, long time.
this is a boondoggle funnel business to CPI
I'm sure people and businesses will leave the I-5 corridor in droves, to relocate to Port Angeles now. Who cares if there are no decent jobs, as long as I can post on my Facebook account anywhere in the city.
If anything this is a funnel business to Olypen. It's built with our tax money but Olypen gets to charge us to use it.
If they really wanted to encourage economic development and tourism then they would make the network free to all.
I'm still pissed that I can't rob and shoot tourists.
Some politician is gonna have some good resume filler with this one!
What happens five years from now when the technology being installed today is obsolete? Maybe there are good reasons why other cities have opted not to undertake a similar wi-fi project?
Hey, someone tell Max to check out the prez's talk. I think it's on youtube(tm). I think that can be accessed on that new fangled why-fi. I didn't see nor hear it, but I heard he (the destroyer of America) mentioned toxic chemicals being spewed and childrens' health. Panderer! Why is he pandering to our lil' ol' city councilperson!? Doesn't he know that Max is just an uninformed meanie?
"Maybe there are good reasons why other cities have opted not to undertake a similar wi-fi project?"
Oh, no. Our leadership here in Port Angeles is top notch. Just look at all the great decisions they have made over the last number of years.
The other cities just don't have the great leaders we do. Their loss.
Dat ther why fi is cool shit man, makes dhos geeks richer.
Actually, I use dat why fi when I'm staying out at Granny's.
Terry (out at Granny's) loves all the officials around here. Actually, he's going to sell it so he hasn't got to put up with their crap anymore.
Just watched President Obama's stump speech at the Strawbery Banke Museum in NH. Guess the not supposed to spew toxic chemicals and poison children in the name of progress line is going to be part of the message. Wi-Fi YES! Free mulch for those gardens YES! Particulates that kill our children NO!
If we get the promised big shaker will da Why Fi still work so we can order pizza?
Or ice for my beer?
"Free mulch for those gardens YES!"
Port Angeles does that with the same wisdom it does most things. The mulch from the City, called "Garden Glory", is made using sewage sludge.
This sewage sludge has all the chemicals, prescription drugs, detergents and everything else that gets flushed down our drains, all concentrated! Think of all those aisles in Walmart, Safeway, Wallgreens, Rite-Aid that have medicines and others things we all buy that end up going down the drains.
Yeah, great stuff! Way to go, Port Angeles.
So-called Garden Glory is rather deceptive, turning an expensive waste disposal problem into a new revenue stream. Unfortunately they only do the most minimal required testing and spin it as a good thing: "meets the standards for class "A" pathogen reduction, vector attraction reduction and pollution concentration limits as set in these rules."
Compost test results are available on request. What is there to hide that they can't just publicly post them on the website?
The EPA did a study on compost containing biosoilds/sewage sludge and found quite a few things in their samples:
"Briefly, the survey found:
The four anions were found in every sample.
27 metals were found in virtually every sample, with one metal (antimony) found in no less than 72 samples.
Of the six semivolatile organics and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, four were found in at least 72 samples, one was found in 63 samples, and one was found in 39 samples.
Of the 72 pharmaceuticals, three (i.e., cyprofloxacin, diphenhydramine, and triclocarban) were found in all 84 samples and nine were found in at least 80 of the samples. However, 15 pharmaceuticals were not found in any sample and 29 were found in fewer than three samples.
Of the 25 steroids and hormones, three steroids (i.e., campesterol, cholestanol, and coprostanol) were found in all 84 samples and six steroids were found in at least 80 of the samples. One hormone (i.e., 17a-ethynyl estradiol) was not found in any sample and five hormones were found in fewer than six samples.
All of the flame retardants except one (BDE-138) were essentially found in every sample; BDE-138 was found in 54 out of 84 samples.
It is not appropriate to speculate on the significance of the results until a proper evaluation has been completed and reviewed."
http://water.epa.gov/scitech/wastetech/biosolids/tnsss-overview.cfm
I don't know how much it would cost to do more in-depth testing like the EPA did, but even yearly or quarterly testing would give people a lot more peace of mind in using it.
I would recommend using it only in ornamental beds or on fruit trees and berry bushes where it won't come into direct contact with the edible part of the plant.
"I would recommend using it only in ornamental beds or on fruit trees and berry bushes where it won't come into direct contact with the edible part of the plant."
So, what happens when it rains? How many tons of sewage sludge, containing these chemicals concentrated by the treatment processes, have been spread around on the land?
We spend millions and billions to get these nasty chemicals out of circulation, out of the public waterways, only to have our public servants figure out ways to spread the stuff out into our environment again. Hunh?
Ya wonder why the fish, Orcas and other sea creatures have such high chemical levels in their tissues, and why we are advised to limit our consumption of fish? Ya wonder why "mothers' milk" would be illegal to sell, because our bodies contain so many of these chemicals?
But, Glenn Cutler is smiling.
Yeah, it's not ideal but what else is the city supposed to do with it? Pay to truck it off to some other landfill like the rest of our waste?
The real problem is that stuff getting into the waste stream in the first place and it's not an easy problem to tackle.
I don't think spending millions to filter the stuff out of the waste stream, and then spreading it out onto the land makes any sense! Look at the efforts being put into creating a sewage system for Carlsborg. What are they going to do with the sludge they generate?
"The real problem is that stuff getting into the waste stream in the first place and it's not an easy problem to tackle." Ya think?
Do you think Americans are going to stop brushing their teeth, taking medicines, cleaning their clothes and houses, etc? Look at the warning labels on any of those products.
Ok, what do YOU think the ideal solution to dealing with sewage is?
"Ok, what do YOU think the ideal solution to dealing with sewage is?"
Well, why is sewage sludge too good to go to landfill, if nothing else is done with it? Why is spreading it around in the environment a better option than landfilling it?
Other communities burn the stuff and generate electricity. I'm not advocating that, but, it is an option.
I love how the subject went from Metro-Net to waste disposal...as someone who works in the tech industry I'm curious as to where you get your bunk from that wireless signals cause your teeth to vibrate or get headaches or cancer...will substations and transformers cause birth defects?! Absolutely! Why is wireless the exception?! Because even the most strongest of wireless routers (without an FCC license) broadcast at 1 watt...a sixth of your most basic CFL or half of your LED bulb. Are you going to unscrew all of the lightbulbs in your house for fear of getting cancer?! Enjoy the dark! Even a kid with an electronics kit can tell you it depends on the phase or wavelength of a signal that depends on what happens to DNA. Look at a microwave or radar station. The reason the radar no longer spins when a tech is in the "no fly zone" is because if the radar was not turned off, the tech would literally cook from the inside out. And you were worried about little, old wifi...
I agree, I imagine they think it's magic from satin that will give you cancer.
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