Comments on: Mayor Hotline April 17 to 23

By: Zippo

Zippo — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:30:18 +0000

erico49: Nope! Much much louder… that’s what all the fuss is about. Heck I voted for Reagan and loved how he crushed the USSR with those F-4’s, but you need to read past posts and links about this, they have ear opening facts. This will effect those many miles from the airport. 73 aircraft, training flights, the USAF works mostly at night these past 20 years because the enemy can’t. So that all this noise at night!

The F-35 will have more total thrust than the old F-4’s and is slightly larger. It has a directional trust nozzle which causes it to have a very nasty shrill screeching noise in addition to the typical load burner roar.

Some variants, which will be here for training pilots from all over the world, have a vertical lift fan making even more racket near the ground. Ever been near an AV8B doing a vertical thing? Nasty! This is 3x bigger aircraft.

By: Brianthedog

Brianthedog — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:20:41 +0000

RE: Medical Marijuana.
Congrats Darren Rowan of Boise. Mr. Darren Rowan of Boise, just remember one thing. The police should wait 15 seconds after pounding on the door with a search warrant. Mr. Darren Rowan of Boise, please have your toilets clean and ready to go.

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:53:36 +0000

RE: Medical marijuana. Technically it’s a FEDERAL issue. As long as the feds say it’s illegal, any state or local law wouldn’t trump federal law. (As Paul says, enforcement is another issue altogether.)

RE: LED lighting.
Huge strides are being made in the field. I’ve got a little LED flashlight that runs on 1 AA battery that’s SCARY bright. But even with the energy savings, it’s still so expensive it would take years and years to recoup the cost of retrofitting. The LED guy should check back in 10 years.

By: erico49

erico49 — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:00:58 +0000

The F35 is likely quieter than the RF4-Cs that used to fly out of Gowen. I used to live near Overland and 5 Mile and they made a huge noise coming over the house. Move by the airport.. take your chances.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:24:51 +0000

Medical Marijuana is a Legislative fix. The Mayor can instruct his police force to give enforcement a low priority.

Benign neglect on the part of law enforcement is the first step to legalization. Seizing property like what happened in eastern Idaho is the opposite message.