Outdoor "decorative" lighting RANT!

Thunder Mountain wrote:
Ok, I have four solar lights that I put out near the door to light a pathway in and out to walk the dog. I've got some outside lights that we burn for a gathering. BUT some people are over the top.

Here is the reason for the rant. We were camped at McDowell Mountain Regional Park outside Fountain Hills, AZ. Sure it is just over the hill from Scottsdale and the smogbowl, but it does have a nice night sky. Nothing like Ft. Davis or Natural Bridges, but still a nice sky.

This guy pulls in and lines his campsite in white ground lights. This guy's slides have "alien" lights under them and on his dash that change colors from red, to green, to blue... Ok, this is not a real problem as long as he is outside. But this guy let them run all night long. It reminded me of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."

So, after three nights, I put a sticky note on his windshield while walking the dog at 5 a.m. It read, "Do you have any idea how obnoxious your lights are? Not to mention the light pollution or waste of energy. The least you could do is put your lights on a timer."

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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As rants go - good start for 2014.
Might make the top 200 -"Senior Ranter"- status by the end of the year..:C

Two "hopes":

1. Hope it makes you feel better..:@

2. Hope the "offender" reads it and posts a reply..:@

Maybe an anger management class? - but happy ranting!..:)

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