Radio Mention of Airplane Noise

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On the morning of Nov. 17, I was listening to WNPR (88.5FM) program "Where We Live." There was a discussion of the recent "rankings" of Connecticut towns by Connecticut Magazine.

It seems that Greenwich usually tops the magazine's (yearly) list, but this year it's second to Fairfield. That resulted in frequent mentions of Greenwich during the program. That gave me a chance to call it and... talk about Greenwich... meaning, the airplane noise, the the destructive impact of the FAA redesign on the Greenwich area.

The program's call-screener was extremely nice, very professional and competent. My question to the program's guest was -- why airplane noise was not one of the magazine's "ranking" criteria.

It sounded to me that the editor knows about the noise-problem, and would like to use more environmental factors in his magazine's rating-system. In any case, our cause got a wee bit of fresh "air time."

Recall that the noise had been mentioned some months ago on WSTC1400. To my knowledge, WSTC doesn't archive past programs on the Web. Where We Live might.

Interestingly, at a later point in the Where We Live program, one of the participants described a town that 'looked good' on paper, but, when some people moved there based on rankings they'd read, they were faced with the rude reality of a plane flying over them every 15 minutes! So the editor said -- do your "due diligence" before moving.

I couldn't help think: 15 minutes??? Here in Greenwich, there are many many days where a plane passes low overhead every 2-3 minutes, for hours on end!

But even the "every 15 minutes" mention shows more people are becoming aware of the noise-pollution, and, probably, are becoming less fearful of speaking out about it.
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