Neighbours lobbied for months to get these lights turned off
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- For months it was the talk of St. John’s, ultra-bright security lights that a property owner put up and refused to take down. Neighbours rallied, petitioned, and protested, but the city was powerless to turn the lights off. Zach Goudie shows us the view from a neighbour’s window and looks at the big picture of light pollution.
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The owner of the lights is trying to drive out their neighbors so they can buy up the properties . . It is a mean land grab .
Currently the only way to fight the light is to sue the owner .
That is what I suspected as well.
And where did you get this information?
I have a different theory.
The guy easily has 100k worth of copper distilling equipment in that little shed, not to mention the actual liquor. Maybe a proper door would be a better investment than an outrageously strong light. Unless of course, he has really good fire/vandalism insurance, then obstinately enraging your entire community might be a good idea....but that's none of my business......
I have same kind of annoying neighbor. 😡 just here for searching a solution..
How inconsiderate some people are.
How sad is it when the lack of common sense is so bad governments need to come up with laws to end this inconsiderate acts.
Vancouver may have regulations, but Surrey definitely doesn't. New "houses" built in older neighbourhoods have perimeter lights that outshine anything, including the street lights. Some have high lumen lights on the building, the fencing around the entire property such that inside adjacent hoses lighting isn't needed.
Light pollution in cities, especially urban areas, is hazardous to human and wildlife.
Remember folks, more light = more crime. In my neighborhood, everything is extremely dark. If you're going to be a prowler, or a burglar, you better bring a flashlight. Having any light source leave your own property is no different than cranking up rap music on a large outdoor speaker. Keep YOUR light on YOUR property. It's very easy to know if you are doing things right. The light source should only be visible from your property. Once off of your property, only reflected light is acceptable.
Some people’s lack of consideration and selfishness never fails to shock me. Hopefully St John’s can get their act together and write some modern bylaws.
With Canada's new immigrants, there is no guarantee decency, manners, or consideration will be commonly held. Canada is getting to the point of no return. Its a planned destruction. It was designed that way.
@@Ynalaw did you see an immigrant in this story? Don’t be a bigot.
@@eds6889 He was hiding in the bushes. The lights were too bright, maybe you missed him. He was a real dark, hard-to-spot in the dark, fella.
@@Ynalaw bigot troll
that shithouse is on the water. Get a good sized truck, get a running start, up to about 40 mph and knock the whole damn building into the water. Lights and all. Problem solved. "Accident. officer. The brakes went."
Never did you ask the most obvious question as to 'why' the lights were put up in the first place.
Perhaps lights should be directed down at the edge of your property instead of out at your neihbour.
Lights brighter like this don't stay confined to the house or property, believe me. I can go down streets with halogen lighting on houses and take photos that are almost as clear as daylight shots. 🤬
@@ninemoonplanet Well i have had to install lights, because the street lights are not working, and the council shows little regard to actually fixing them.
I am glad this has finally stopped. I hope people will be more considerate and also think about the environment, not to mention your utilities bill.
Probably just on pause and not stopped, since the lights weren't removed.
I'm getting to the point where I hate neighbours.
Especially when they are from Africa or the subcontinent. We can import those people, but there is no way to mandate human decency.
There is an even brighter light in our area that is on during the summer for most of the night. Come winter we are wishing it would turn back on.
Right behind my house, there's a building where the lights are never turned off. They have giant windows and I've never seen a single human ever walking around inside the place. The lights have been on for years. Who does this?
Property management companies where the power bills are all under one sheet, not broken down to a building or floor, so that tenants are billed for it, instead all get averaged for it. Till somebody actually complains about the light pollution to the company social media nothing will be done.
Sounds like that mayor should not be re-elected for one. Also, why does the owner of that house need such bright security lights? It doesn't look like a house worth breaking into.
Probably being an annoying ahole is all. But if there is no light ordinance I would have gone, gotten a 5W green laser, put it on a tripod, and methodically burnt each LED out in those fixtures, because "it is just light, no limit on it" as defense.
@@SeanBZA good idea, but I'd try a squirt gun first, or even just a garden hose... maybe i'd rent a pressure washer and use the squirt nozzle tip.
@@Ynalaw Yes, but that then is you interfering with the property, the laser is not, as you are merely "shining light" onto the property, and if he is legally allowed so are you. Though if not laser then a call to rent a 20kW Xenon short arc searchlight, aimed at the fixture till it catches fire, will also work, as after all they did not have a max light amplitude, and those lights are often rented out, though with a caveat not to aim them at property within 100m as they might burn it from the intensity of the light beam. Does need to have it's own 50kVA generator with it, and a good amount of cooling water as well to keep it running.
Funny, insane, rude all in one 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I find it interesting that they refer to cities doing well with light pollution regulation. I think most of the lights that are used are not really needed at night. The population that operates at night is way smaller, they do not really move around much, and operate in a much smaller area of cities in general. When I worked most of my life at night, I always preferred areas with less light. Mostly because people can you know use lights as they are needed and frankly I really liked gazing at the stars. I think a lot of the newer lighting could be dimmed or even turned off with smart technologies to maintain lighting where people need it, instead of keeping them on everywhere all night, every night. Places like highways might be an exception for speed of travel, but neighbourhood lights are not really that necessary. It would save power consumption, and maybe even reduce demand. Besides the stars are way nicer to look at than the yellow or orange haze created by that lighting.
Actually I wonder how much energy we could save if we were smarter with that stuff in general. Would it help us reach energy consumption targets if we were you know smarter with how we use our energy. What do you think?
So, why did the guy hang lights that were so bright? Why didn't he respond to the peeps in the neighbourhood? That's pretty much the most important aspect of the story.
As above he wants to buy the neighbouring lots, bulldoze down and build a set of condos to flip them. But not enough land, so the bright lights to make the neighbours move out and sell cheap. Wonder if anybody has reported him to the IRS for tax fraud anon yet, as those sort of investigations can go back decades, and they will want payment now, argue later on.
Greed! The bastard is trying to drive his neighbour's out so he can buy their property cheep. When I was a kid we had sling shots that would have made short work of those lights.
My guess is that someone threatened the owner of the light house there and he got scared enough to turn off the lights.
That’s the rumour.
This is what happens when majority of people living in town, have been without work living off government checks for the last 60years.
Don’t get why anyone didn’t just shoot it down or break the lights lol this wouldn’t happen in LA,NY or Chicago 😂
I'd rather endure those lights than put up with tribal African music my neighbours play 24/7. Some people!
Every place has noise bylaws, so in fact you ARE enduring.
@@kaycee557 multiple complaints to the city bylaw....showing up to the landlord's house at 1am.... both I have tried, with little result. I'm still hearing their music all the time.
Finally, !
Wear a musk and destroy them. Nip the wires too
Next we MUST get that sun turned off!! This is so silly. Buy a curtain. Even better, close your eyes.
Maybe not the best approach, but I’m sure the owner of the light would’ve turned it off if it was vandalized enough times.
For a small fee, I could have taken care of those lights, and any new replacements.
pellet gun ftw
The pizzicato strings are really annoying
USE MIRRORS TO REFLECT BACK🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
shoot the damn lights out.
The lights probably got turned off by the owner due to his inability to continue payment of his electricity bill. $12,480 per month should be the flat rate charged by the local electric company for 24hr use.
Is there not a civil law remedy?
Why are there no curtains on the windows inside that house? Do exhibitionists live there or something? That said, there isn't a reason for lights like that to be on 24/7 ... I'd have to ask, however, if there is a problem with burglaries and vandalism in the area? The lights are overkill but some of the claims made in this video are overkill too.
Yes that’s the first thing most people would do if they had lights like that bothering them.
Those are what are called "blackout" blinds, curtains. Absolutely necessary for getting some sleep. More every day are soled for houses, condos, and people are being deprived of sleep, especially children.
As someone that has a crackhead problem in my neighborhood, the more lights the better. I have great privacy blinds ;).
Be positive. The way electricity bills are skyrocketing, you should be glad there's some lights inside your House. Get some thick curtains, and dark film sheets to cover your windows.
Slow news day?
Buy blinds
Could have gotten dark curtains
@@bgeery I mean while dealing with the situation could have got curtains instead of the light bothering them keeping them awake that long
Did you not watch the beginning? There ARE blinds. Additionally, the lights were on 24 hours a day. If the blinds have to be used all day and all night, the people would be living in constant darkness and no ventilation in warmer weather. It also means that entering and leaving your house you're blinded and could have retina damage. Maybe you could live your whole life like that, most people can't.
@@kaycee557 talking about the big windows in the phulia and upstairs with no curtains you could leave them open in the day since your awake.
@@fluffykitten992 What's a phulia?
@@kaycee557 sorry don’t know how to spell what they call the space when you walk in the front door was it that weird name they call that space by their front door
That's what blinds are for.
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