Dear Editor:
I live across the street from an upscale golf course in North Vancouver, where I live in a constant state of leaf blowing – six days per week.
Additionally, Tuesday and usually Wednesdays, of each week, I hear the blasted noise (right outside my window) from “the district” leaf blowers ... and then more from “property landscapers.”
I live in leaf blowing hell!
A few weeks ago I was in Palm Springs at a pricey golf resort; our room was a stone’s throw from the golf course.
Their “hand-scapers” use EGO 530 electric leaf blowers, which are exceptionally quiet, and “powerful,” according to the landscaper I spoke to.
Some may argue that “leaves are a threat to humans who may slip and fall.” I researched death statistics as well as Internet searches for “death by slipping on leaves.”
In an interesting twist, I found more deaths have occurred from “fighting because of leaf blowing,” rather than by actually “slipping and dying on wet leaves.”
We used to put up with smoking on airplanes not so long ago; surely humans will come to their senses with regards to this nasty noise pollution and the impact it’s having on the human psyche.
Janet Godkin
North Vancouver
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