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Man says electromagnetic sensitivity has forced him to live in his car :(UPDATE!:

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moshquerade said:
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Thanks, I was thinking about something along those lines. 🙂



GodlessAstronomer said:
I wonder if he knows how much EMF is emitted by his car's alternator and inductor coil :hmm:
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Oh great, so now you're going to make him live in a cardboard box? Those things offer virtually no shielding whatsoever.
 
It's amazing what you can find with a portable AM radio.

On an unrelated note when at sea far away from "civilization" the receiver picks up quite a bit of hash from all kinds of electronic devices.

Even better yet is when the broadcasts coming from "civilization" skip and come in clear as a bell. 😱
 
Rubycon said:
It's amazing what you can find with a portable AM radio.

On an unrelated note when at sea far away from "civilization" the receiver picks up quite a bit of hash from all kinds of electronic devices.

Even better yet is when the broadcasts coming from "civilization" skip and come in clear as a bell. 😱
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AM radios are the classic lightning detectors.

DX (distant) radio reception was a teenage thing of mine ... needless to say I never shared that then.🙄 It was the only way to receive the WLS rock station in down state IL at night. The AM stations all cut power down because of skip & the interference that was caused.

Maybe the guy has braces on his teeth. There are more than 1 documented instances of braces "receiving" AM broadcasts.
 
Rubycon said:
It's amazing what you can find with a portable AM radio.

On an unrelated note when at sea far away from "civilization" the receiver picks up quite a bit of hash from all kinds of electronic devices.

Even better yet is when the broadcasts coming from "civilization" skip and come in clear as a bell. 😱
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I heard of the skipping thing, apparently it's possible to pickup US stations from up here where I am. I have to try it some day. Has to be late at night as the atmosphere pressure changes, or something along those lines, which makes it skip further.
 
Saw this summary on Slashdot:

"Residents in Craigavon, South Africa complained of 'headaches, nausea, tinnitus, dry burning itchy skins, gastric imbalances and totally disrupted sleep patterns' after an iBurst communications tower was put up in a local park. Symptoms subsided when the residents left the area, often to stay with family and thus evade their suffering. At a public meeting with the afflicted locals, the tower's owners pledged to switch off the mast immediately to assess whether it was responsible for their ailments. One problem: the mast had already been switched off for six weeks. Lawyers representing the locals say their case against iBurst will continue on other grounds."
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JTsyo said:
Saw this summary on Slashdot:
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Yeah, I read about that on another site, made me lol.

Anyway, that guy is an idiot. Whether his neighbor is using her phone or not, he's going to be bombarded by EM from radio, TV, cellular, etc. towers. And if it was really as bad as he claims, there are ways to shield his living space from outside EM. But I suppose if he did that, there would be nothing to complain about. :/
 
I cannot believe that it cost that insane amount of money for the defense. All it should have taken is 2 people and 10 minutes. "Your honor, I am an expert on electromagnetic radiation. Here are my credentials. The plaintiff is nuts." "Your honor, I am an expert in psychology. Here are my credentials. The plaintiff is nuts." While the plaintiff may find some psychologists who claim he's sane - I guess that demonstrates how wishy washy that field is - he's not going to find anyone with reasonable credentials who believes he is affected by the electromagnetic field at wifi frequencies.
 
If this guy has such an issue (and his only issue is that he's certifiable) why not just make his house his own Faraday cage?

Go buy some copper screen, place it on all the walls, floors, and ceilings (covering the windows) Replace the doors with some surplus walk-in refrigerator doors, and bam! the whole house is free from any outside EM field. Probably would have cost significantly less than this stupid lawsuit, and provided him all the placebo effect he could want.

Moron...
 
Belegost said:
If this guy has such an issue (and his only issue is that he's certifiable) why not just make his house his own Faraday cage?

Go buy some copper screen, place it on all the walls, floors, and ceilings (covering the windows) Replace the doors with some surplus walk-in refrigerator doors, and bam! the whole house is free from any outside EM field. Probably would have cost significantly less than this stupid lawsuit, and provided him all the placebo effect he could want.

Moron...
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Chain link fence would probably be sufficient for radio wavelengths. No need for expensive copper screen. Or, he could use window screen (aluminum) instead of copper. Hopefully, his neighbor doesn't put scotch tape into a vacuum and rapidly pull the scotch tape apart.
 
waggy said:
Note: this thread has been updated with the court case. (Necro'd thread with a relevant update) -DrPizza


Man says electromagnetic sensitivity has forced him to live in his car

A Santa Fe man who says he suffers from electromagnetic sensitivity is suing his next-door neighbor for refusing to turn off her cell phone and other electronic devices.

Arthur Firstenberg, who has actively opposed the proliferation of wireless systems in public buildings, claims he has been made homeless by Raphaela Monribot's rejection of his requests.

Firstenberg and Monribot, who have homes only 25 feet apart in a west-side neighborhood, both declined to discuss the lawsuit Thursday.

Monribot's actions have effectively ousted Firstenberg from the house he bought last year and forced him to stay with friends or in his car, says a document filed Monday in state District Court by lawyer Lindsay Lovejoy Jr.

Firstenberg "cannot stay in a hotel, because hotels and motels all employ wi-fi connections, which trigger a severe illness," says the request for a preliminary injunction. "If (Firstenberg) cannot obtain preliminary relief, he will be forced to continue to sleep in his car, enduring winter cold and discomfort, until this case can be heard."

The case has been assigned to state District Judge Daniel Sanchez, who has yet to set a hearing.

/sniped because its a long article.


WTF? ok say he is really bothered by wi-fi and someone keeping the phone on. What right does he have to force someone else to stop useing them? if he does not want to be bothered move to a place that is free of people.
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Faraday cage? C'mon the guy is just being an ass.
 
I remember an episode of Bones that covered something along these lines. People were living in the radio quiet zone around Green Bank Wv because of the telescope there.
 
DrPizza said:
Chain link fence would probably be sufficient for radio wavelengths. No need for expensive copper screen. Or, he could use window screen (aluminum) instead of copper. Hopefully, his neighbor doesn't put scotch tape into a vacuum and rapidly pull the scotch tape apart.
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For best isolation you want the gaps in your shield material to be << wavelength, so for 5GHz band WiFi with a wavelength around 6cm, you would want something less than ~50mm gaps. Of course, discussion for 5G technologies is pushing towards 60Ghz, in which case you would want to be talking around 1mm.

Aluminum screen would work fine, but if you're pushing for the real placebo effect you can't go wrong with copper.

Of course, he could do use all a favor and use solid sheets, and make sure there are absolutely no gaps. =)
 
DrPizza said:
I cannot believe that it cost that insane amount of money for the defense. All it should have taken is 2 people and 10 minutes. "Your honor, I am an expert on electromagnetic radiation. Here are my credentials. The plaintiff is nuts." "Your honor, I am an expert in psychology. Here are my credentials. The plaintiff is nuts." While the plaintiff may find some psychologists who claim he's sane - I guess that demonstrates how wishy washy that field is - he's not going to find anyone with reasonable credentials who believes he is affected by the electromagnetic field at wifi frequencies.
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thank god insurance paid it. if my neighbor did this shit to me i would just have to kill him.
 
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