![]() Encampments are a way of life now in a city that is completely lacking in social housing," she said. "It's naive to believe that any sound deterrent is going to prevent the unsheltered population from establishing encampments. She said her outreach team at Morberg House considered the device to be "rather inhumane." City dismantles Wellington Crescent homeless encampment.Homeless residents 'heartbroken' after fire ravages Winnipeg camp.The city's pilot project avoided widespread scrutiny until a Twitter user flagged the noise underneath the Maryland Bridge Tuesday night, describing the high-pitched screech as "irritating" and attempts to deter homeless camps as "cruel and pointless." "The public service will evaluate options to protect the infrastructure and the safety of those who are congregating under the bridges."Ĭritics slammed the noise deterrents - located at three bridges and one vehicle underpass - as an affront to the homeless community, some of whom found shelter in these areas. "After hearing from the mayor, members of council, and others today, we have decided to discontinue this pilot project and we will disable the sound-emitting devices at these locations," interim chief administrative officer Michael Ruta said in an email to mayor and council. “Things are going to get worse before they get better,” Meyer said.The City of Winnipeg is turning off four controversial noise emitters it was using to shoo away homeless people with nowhere else to sleep.Īfter an uproar online, the city decided Wednesday night to cancel the use of a sound-emitting device to discourage people from gathering underneath bridges and vehicle overpasses. However, it’s not a cease-fire yet as Marine aviators will fly over the base and drop 500-pound bombs. Practice with line charges will end today. Retired San Clemente resident Jim Hill, who as a Hughes Aircraft worker helped develop the Marines’ bomb delivery system, said he welcomes the sounds of training, knowing that the military is preparing to protect Americans and others. The clerks and customers, she reported, were “a little jumpy.” On a lunchtime trip to the new Mervyn’s department store just up the street from City Hall, she felt small rumblings that she said felt like earthquake aftershocks. ![]() Laguna Niguel City Clerk Juanita Zarilla said City Hall there also received numerous calls from frightened and curious residents on Wednesday. Gerry Meyer, who said the department has logged about 150 calls from worried residents wanting to know what the booming is all about. “We just tell callers we’re going to war,” joked Orange County Sheriff’s Sgt. Riabucha said she went to her San Clemente home for lunch on Wednesday, just in time to be startled by a strong boom that felt “just like a bomb” had exploded nearby. One woman even called San Clemente City Hall complaining that a powerful explosion had smashed a window in her home, said receptionist Alison Riabucha. Yet, Steele said, “we realized today that it could be 70 miles.”Īt any rate, it was too close for many South County residents. This time, the exercise was held on relatively flat areas of Camp Pendleton, terrain that “allowed the sound to travel down the canyons, north and south.” In addition, the lack of an onshore breeze to blow the sounds inland made the blasts seem more powerful.Ĭamp Pendleton is used to getting reports that some of its exercises can be heard up to 50 miles away. “It’s like one big 1,700-pound explosion.” “When they hit the ground, they all detonate simultaneously,” setting off enemy mines, according to Steele. The rocket, which is launched from the tube, trails a 350-foot cord which has 700 small, separate plastic explosives attached to it. ![]() ![]() ![]() “The mortars, artillery and bombs don’t make the same kind of explosion that these things do,” he said, adding that exercises with line charges are conducted four or five times a year and are considered routine.Ī line charge is fired from a mortar tube atop a modified tank. Steele said the blasts from so-called “line charges,” which are used to clear a path through a minefield, are more vibrant than virtually any other ordnance detonated at the world’s largest amphibious training base, opened in 1942. ![]()
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