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On March 19, 2015 Sonoma County approved a 75 foot cell tower with 12 antennas for 6320 Forestville Street. This is right downtown, close to homes, businesses, and the elementary school. This is going to be a toxic eye sore for Forestville. I don't know if anyone has opposed this, but the appeal expires after ten days from approval.
https://www.forestvillefpa.org/CellTowerAppVerison.pdf
gypsey
03-24-2015, 06:26 PM
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I wonder how many out there are willing to give up their cell phones to avoid having these towers?
On March 19, Sonoma County approved a 75 foot cell tower with 12 antennas for 6320 Forestville Street. This is right downtown, close to homes, businesses, and the elementary school. This is going to be a toxic eye sore for Forestville. I don't know if anyone has opposed this, but the appeal expires after ten days from approval.
https://www.forestvillefpa.org/CellTowerAppVerison.pdf
Do people in Forestville not have cell phone reception? I don't think that's the issue here. People can have reception without over saturating small towns with harmful frequencies. I don't know the selling point of this 12 antenna tower, but I don't think it's about a need for cell reception.
LA Firefighters just took a stand against 86 cell towers on fire stations for health reasons and they won.
Updated: Los Angeles firefighters stop cell towers (https:// https://emfsafetynetwork.org/help-los-angeles-firefighters-stop-cell-towers/)
...I wonder how many out there are willing to give up their cell phones to avoid having these towers?
rekarp
03-27-2015, 12:09 PM
That actually is the issue. Cell reception in Forestville is at best spotty, and for the most part non-existent.
Do people in Forestville not have cell phone reception? I don't think that's the issue here. People can have reception without over saturating small towns with harmful frequencies. I don't know the selling point of this 12 antenna tower, but I don't think it's about a need for cell reception. ...
hanford
02-07-2017, 10:22 AM
big money and the phone CO. finance these assaults on property owners who have the delight to live next to a microwave antenna /oven cooking their property values. Other sites could be purchased, but cost and time permit development often take precedence ,corporate greed/profit.$ dollar per gigabyte bandwidth.
Phone co would like to get rid of not profitable land lines, so these towers are going to sprout up like rommels asperagus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rommel's_asparagus)..
solution ... cable based digital phone service.and city council oversight. if possible
On March 19, Sonoma County approved a 75 foot cell tower with 12 antennas for 6320 Forestville Street. This is right downtown, close to homes, businesses, and the elementary school. This is going to be a toxic eye sore for Forestville. I don't know if anyone has opposed this, but the appeal expires after ten days from approval.
https://www.forestvillefpa.org/CellTowerAppVerison.pdf
SonomaPatientsCoop
02-07-2017, 11:18 AM
Hmm. Let's start with the fact that there is NO widely accepted evidence of RF from cell towers having any correlation to cancer or other health issues. (And yes, I am aware there are groups who like to quote a small number of dissenting scientists and quote a handful of studies that show [a small] correlation [but not ausation] . I can also point to similiar groups that insist the earth is flat, or that climate change is a hoax).
Then we need to discuss the fact that there are standards for exposure to RF that are well below the level of what is suspected of potentially causing harm. The levels below and around these towers are hundreds to thousands of times below these levels.
If memory serves The American Cancer Society has a great page debunking myths about RF.
Now we need to discuss the fact that cellular service in the areas around forrestville tend to be somewhere between spotty and non-existent. Many people do not have landlines (and landnines frequently go down during storms). Someone mentioned above cable pased VOIP phone service- but again, high speed internet access in the surrounding areas is virtually non-existent, and like landlines, cable service also tends to fall prey to storms).
So on the one hand we have a perceived but largely unsupported fear of some risk from RF, and on the other hand we have the very real reality of everyone from residents to drivers, to those out and about on foot or by bike having no access to emergency services in the event of an accident, medical emergency, crime, domestic violence, etc. Not to mention the inconvenience and very really impacts on life quality of being cutoff from communication. And living in the area- I'll add a personal observation of real problems caused by lack of cellular service in the area- tourist season when peoples mapping program stops working as they drive through the area- leading to confused and dangerous drivers (and sidenote: having what, 12? damn turns to the right all labeled Trenton Road just east of Forestville off River Rd confuses even locals, made worse by no good cell service there)
Barry
02-07-2017, 11:53 AM
This thread was started in March 2015. Anybody know if the cell tower has been erected yet?
Barry
02-07-2017, 12:14 PM
...If memory serves The American Cancer Society has a great page debunking myths about RF....
Your memory is correct!
Here's some links of interest from the American Cancer Society
https://www.WaccoBB.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2017-02-07_12-11-37.png
Cellular Phone Towers (https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/radiation-exposure/cellular-phone-towers.html)
Cell Phones
(https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/radiation-exposure/cellular-phones.html)and for good measure:
Smart Meters (https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/radiation-exposure/smart-meters.html)
SonomaPatientsCoop
02-07-2017, 12:24 PM
This thread was started in March 2015. Anybody know if the cell tower has been erected yet?
Whoops, missed that...someone had bumped it.
Can't answer the question definitively but given the continued lack of cell reception in the area I'd assume the tower has not been completed.
I would add that during roughly the same time period I think such "fake tree" cell towers were placed in Occidental (may have been a traditional tower), as well as there off of Tood Rd near 116 (the little strip of Park Avenue Turf) land, and on South Santa Rosa Ave. They look pretty real at a quick glance- hopefully the squirells and woodpeckers aren't fooled...
rekarp
02-07-2017, 06:17 PM
I think the tower is finished and transmitting. It's a Verizon tower.
SonomaPatientsCoop
02-07-2017, 06:42 PM
I think the tower is finished and transmitting. It's a Verizon tower.
While I have heard Verizon have been the ones investing most in service in west county I'll say Im on verizon and have no real service in Forestville or surrounding areas (unless I'm up high).
On River Rd- From several miles west of the Hacienda Bridge to several miles east of The Farmhouse Inn and Restaurant there is little if any service. Same in town proper- heading towards Sebastopol on 116 service returns somewhere past Russian River Vineyards. Heading towards Guerneville on 116 it's virtually non-existent until you get to town.
rekarp
02-07-2017, 09:20 PM
One thing for sure is that it is a Verizon tower. I can't say for sure that it is operating, but it's 50 yards from my office, and my co-workers with Verizon have service now, whereas they previously did not.
While I have heard Verizon have been the ones investing most in service in west county I'll say I'm on verizon and have no real service in Forestville or surrounding areas (unless I'm up high)....
Shepherd
02-09-2017, 06:09 AM
I am confused by the March 19 date below, since we are still in February. Is this the accurate date? Have the ten days deadline after approval already happened?
[ The post below is from 2015 - Barry]
On March 19, Sonoma County approved a 75 foot cell tower with 12 antennas for 6320 Forestville Street. This is right downtown, close to homes, businesses, and the elementary school. This is going to be a toxic eye sore for Forestville. I don't know if anyone has opposed this, but the appeal expires after ten days from approval.
https://www.forestvillefpa.org/CellTowerAppVerison.pdf
ChefJayTay
02-09-2017, 07:46 AM
Besides... How else are we expected to track stealth aircraft flying over the US?
(oops... was I not supposed to say that?)
Dorothy Friberg
02-09-2017, 10:34 AM
I for one, being a rural Forestville resident would like better reception for my cell phone. At present I have to drive out to make calls.
SonomaPatientsCoop
02-09-2017, 07:21 PM
One thing for sure is that it is a Verizon tower. I can't say for sure that it is operating, but it's 50 yards from my office, and my co-workers with Verizon have service now, whereas they previously did not.
Mea culpa. I suppose I became so accustomed to no service...
Anyway- I checked when I was downtown Forestville today- and I did have service. Likewise heading towards Sebastopol. (still no service on river road or down near Speers market). So I am assuming this is a pretty low tower designed only to cover Forestville.
vlondi
02-09-2017, 08:17 PM
I wish they'd stick a few more towers on the west end of Sebastopol. I'm near Ragel Ranch Rd. and I don't get service (Verizon) half the time, and the other half of the time I'm only getting voicemails/texts from days prior.
pixeee nation
02-20-2017, 04:44 PM
On March 19, 2015 Sonoma County approved a 75 foot cell tower with 12 antennas for 6320 Forestville Street. This is right downtown, close to homes, businesses, and the elementary school. This is going to be a toxic eye sore for Forestville. I don't know if anyone has opposed this, but the appeal expires after ten days from approval.
https://www.forestvillefpa.org/CellTowerAppVerison.pdf
Its PERVERSION to hide those disgusting E.M.F towers..We NEED TO be able see the junk WE are being OVER BURDENED WITH..so WE CAN CHOOSE TO AVOID those areas!
Mea culpa. I suppose I became so accustomed to no service...
Anyway- I checked when I was downtown Forestville today- and I did have service. Likewise heading towards Sebastopol. (still no service on river road or down near Speers market). So I am assuming this is a pretty low tower designed only to cover Forestville.
Does anyone know the date when this new tower went live, and if any other tower changes have occurred that would effect the outlying areas of Forestville near River Road heading east? We have had Verizon's Home Fusion (now called LTE Internet Installed) for the last 4 years for our internet service. Last week it ceased working, and Verizon is now telling us we are in a low service area. Our cell phones which are also through Verizon are still working perfectly. Verizon has always had the best signal, and anyone visiting us that has AT&T (or other) never have service at our place.