Re: Blasting back at noisy cannons, July 26 That Deltans object to cannons being used to scare birds from crops begs aquestion or two: How many of these objectors don't give a fig about disturbing their neighbours within a two-or three-block radius with their noisy - read cheap - leaf blowers, hedge shredders, power washers, etc.? There are quiet alternatives to these motorized noise-makers, but they cost more, so might manual tools be suggested: they're cheap, quiet and they give free workouts upon use.
And why don't we insist that fallers haul trees and limbs to an industrial site to be shredded instead of tolerating their shrieking machines in our neighbourhoods? And when are designers going to realize that noise is wasted energy?
Greg J. Edwards
