reply to post by theRiverGoddess
This is very interesting...scary as well. I am not sure what to make of this story, but thanks for posting it!
Originally posted by Albertarocks
This sounds like the effects of a strong electromagnet pulse (EMP). Nuclear blasts emit a hell of a dandy EMP and they'd have the exact same effect. But lightning bolts also emit an EMP. I wonder if there were any electrical storms going on.
I'd seriously doubt it had anything to do with HAARP.
[edit on 16-5-2009 by Albertarocks]
On second thought, about two years ago I heard of this same thing happening in a major city but I forget which one. It was American or Canadian but I just can't recall where it was. I'm gettin' old I guess.
[edit on 17-5-2009 by Albertarocks]
Military radios kill garage door openers
By Michael Hampton
Posted: December 3, 2006 4:09 am
If you have a remote controlled garage door opener, you may need to get it replaced, and soon, before the military rolls out its new Land Mobile Radios which interfere with them.
One year ago today I told you about the Land Mobile Radio system, which the Department of Defense is rolling out in order to use radio spectrum more efficiently. The radios use frequencies between 380 and 399 MHz, frequencies which are licensed to DoD but which many garage door openers also use for their remote controls.
When the radio system is in use, garage door openers in the area will fail intermittently, or just stop working entirely, as has happened in Ottawa, Ontario, and most recently, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The Cheyenne Mountain Air Station, which houses the North American Aerospace Defense Command, tested the system last week, interfering with garage door openers all across the area. "They have turned it off to be good neighbors," Air Force Capt. Tracy Giles told the Associated Press.
In general, effects from the transmissions would be felt only within 10 miles, but the Colorado Springs signal is beamed from atop 6,184-foot Cheyenne Mountain, which likely extends the range.
Holly Strack, who lives near the entrance to the facility, said friends in the neighborhood all had the same problem.
"I never thought my garage door was a threat to national security," she said. - Associated Press
The system has also been tested at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; the Defense Distribution Depot Susquehanna near New Cumberland, Pa.; and Ft. Detrick, Md., resulting in thousands of complaints, according to a 2005 Government Accountability Office report (PDF).
If the Air Force is unable to resolve the interference by retuning their system, homeowners would have to replace their garage door openers with devices that use different frequencies. Under Federal Communications Commission rules, unlicensed devices such as garage door openers must accept any interference received from licensed users of a frequency.
Originally posted by Pauligirl
Originally posted by Albertarocks
This sounds like the effects of a strong electromagnet pulse (EMP). Nuclear blasts emit a hell of a dandy EMP and they'd have the exact same effect. But lightning bolts also emit an EMP. I wonder if there were any electrical storms going on.
I'd seriously doubt it had anything to do with HAARP.
[edit on 16-5-2009 by Albertarocks]
On second thought, about two years ago I heard of this same thing happening in a major city but I forget which one. It was American or Canadian but I just can't recall where it was. I'm gettin' old I guess.
[edit on 17-5-2009 by Albertarocks]
This it?
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Military radios kill garage door openers
By Michael Hampton
Posted: December 3, 2006 4:09 am
If you have a remote controlled garage door opener, you may need to get it replaced, and soon, before the military rolls out its new Land Mobile Radios which interfere with them.