[Chaos-l] Chapel Hill town hall meeting tonight re: lights

[Mickey Jo Sorrell]

Thanks for this alert.
Here's the article from today's Daily Tar Heel.

http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2008/04/08/City/Town-Lighting.Up.For.Debate-3309440.shtml

I'm inclined to do my part for dark skies and skip our CHAOS meeting 
tonight. The usual idea, of course, is that more light is better light.
Last year on a campus lighting tour the students objected loudly 
whenever we traveled from an over lit area to an area with lower 
lighting levels.

On-campus lighting is beginning to make the change toward putting 
correct wattage in the right places. I would hope that the town consider 
the same course.

And if you want more info about light pollution, consider attending "Our 
Vanishing Night" on April 20.  CHAOS and the Chapel Hill Town Council 
are listed as co-sponsors.
http://moreheadplanetarium.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&filename=vanish.html

Mickey



Vaughn Jett wrote:
> I'm not sure if my previous message went through or
> not.
>
> There's a meeting tonight at 7 (terrible timing, I
> know) regarding an idea to put up yet more lights in
> Chapel Hill near campus.
>
> I want to go and argue that lights don't make us any
> safer from crime overall.  Does anybody else want to
> go?  It will probably go on after the chaos meeting is
> over.
>
> Does anybody have any facts to arm me with?
>
> Was the Eve Carson site lit or not?  I suspect that it
> was, but I want to be sure before I make assertions
> before a crowd of people.
>
> My main point will be that lights only make us less
> afraid rather than safer.  And in some cases (like
> when the assailant has a gun) lights can actually make
> the situation more dangerous.
>
>
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Mickey Jo Sorrell
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Morehead Planetarium & Science Center
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University of North Carolina
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