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Nobs object to copter sounds

It's a story only the Herald could love: Blue bloods boil over noise of medical helicopters, complete with a classic Herald front page that makes the case that Beacon Hill residents would rather see poor people in medical helicopters headed to Mass. General die than disturb their peace.

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So you can't just link to the Herald? Are you afraid you'll catch something?

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It was a stupid mistake. The first link now goes to the actual Herald story. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

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I wonder if the helicopter noise was affecting Ta-Ray-Za's beauty sleep like the fire hydrant was disturbing her "pictorial environment"? Frauds!
http://articles.latimes.com/1997-05-18/news/mn-601...

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How is it fraudulent (or even a bad thing) for a private citizen to pay out of his or her own pocket to relocate a fire hydrant?

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What the hell do they expect?! This is a large city, they live right near a world class hospital, people have accidents and need to be transported.

The med flights land at Tufts Medical right near my apartment every weekend. They don't sit there and hover, then land and take-off. What a bunch of jackasses.

I hope there's a public hearing, I'll go voice my opinion.

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So now John Carroll is stealing material from the Herald? If that's not copyright infringement, I don't know what is. Don't worry, it's only the Herald - it doesn't matter.

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please, don't make me pick a side between Ernie Boch's mouthpiece/flyer and the busybodies in Beacon Hill.

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See subject.

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See subject.

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We could meet them halfway and clamp down on inane flights for news choppers. They get less noise over their 'hood, we get less of the stupid on our TV's, everyone but the news channels wins.

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where the first 17 years of my life was spent watching jumbo jets fly as low as about 120 feet over the roof of our three decker. Add to that the sounds of Beachmont T station and it got pretty loud. People calling my house were often told to hold on until a plane went over, as we were right in the landing path.

Unfortunately we weren't well heeled enough for people to actually care if a plane crashed into Beachmont.

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It's more fun in the Fenway when half a dozen news helicopters decide they need to hover for 3 hours before and 5 hours after games for no reason.

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Must be the Yuppies, who complained about the cannon fire in Charlestown, that moved to Beacon Hill.

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I lived in an apartment on Beacon Hill and I never heard helicopters. It was too freakin' loud (from traffic and drunk pedestrians) to hear helicopters.

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Hey, Anon,

#1, I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary or outside the boundaries of fair use.

#2, At least I'm willing to attach my name to what I say.

Cheers,
John Carroll

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If you can afford to live in beacon hill, you can afford to buy better windows. Saves on heating too.

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I'll be sure to pass along to my neighbors in the senior citizen's housing, the Section 8 subsidized housing, and the AIDS housing that they're rich enough to afford better windows. They'll be happy to her that.

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that's a pretty ridiculous comment!

and for the record -- i've lived in beacon hill for a few years and i've never heard a helicopter -- until a few weeks ago when the "poor guy who fell down the shaft at the Charles/MGH T station" -- i live about 8 blocks from the station and it woke me up. lasted for a few hours too.

if it was loud enough to wake me up - i can only imagine how loud/intrusive it must have been for the firefighters trying to save the guy.

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You can spot the legendary Herald objectivity as early as the first sentence, ("their priceless airspace.")

Nobody's objecting to the medical helicopters taking sick people to the hospital. People are, on the other hand, asking that helicopter crews simply obey the law, by, for example, waiting for the helipad by hovering 500 feet to the northwest of the helipad, over the Charles River, rather than 500 feet to the southeast of the helipad, over houses, a school, and hospital buildings.

Of course, "residents ask that helicopter crews obey the law" doesn't make exciting copy, nor does it allow the Herald to continue its imaginary class warfare. (Earth to Herald editors and readers: the part of Beacon Hill that bears the brunt of the helicopter noise has a lot of Section 8 housing and institutional housing for people who need a hand one way or another)

The news helicopters are another matter. When a major vote is being taken in the legislature, how is it that any viewer's understanding of the story is enhanced, in any way, by having live aerial footage of the State House? Wouldn't stock footage do? Do we really need 3 networks, each with its own chopper, shooting the golden dome?

And that poor guy who fell down the shaft at the Charles/MGH T station last week. I'd be interested to see how much time, money, and technology we used on the rescue compared to how much we spent keeping 3 helicopters in the air for 2 hours to add some aerial footage of the T station. Maybe our priorities are a little bit off?

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