Re: Just when you thought lasers were safer....

From: matt (electro_optic_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 03/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 14:18:54 -0500

Chris L Peterson wrote in message
<8oeq2192v9m5rl7doqd8c0vvdv8ohvnp7e@4ax.com>...
>On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 23:35:20 -0600, "David G. Nagel" <nagel@core.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Earlier this evening (Monday) CSI Miami featured an airplane crash due
>>to the pilot being blinded by a "Green" light. This was traced to an
>>anti airport activist that aimed a "5 mw" laser pointer underhand into
>>the cockpit of a jet aircraft that was departing from a local airport.
>>The pilot reported that everything went green. Lt. Kane had a EMT
>>perform an examination of the pilot's eyes. The EMT reported damage to
>>the retina.
>
>It was even worse than that... the EMT reported damage to the cornea,
>not the retina! And this happened in broad daylight, with the pilots
>shown in sunlight.
>
>_________________________________________________
>
>Chris L Peterson
>Cloudbait Observatory
>http://www.cloudbait.com

that's not worse than hunting alien invaders in Independence Day , or killer
orca whales , or man eating giant sharks , sewer living giant alligators,
alien encounters of the third degree, or even police officers who are
dedicated and do their job all the time, fair and honest judges, etc. Movies
are works of fiction . I'm actually surprised they didn't show damage to the
aircraft cockpit . These movies are so good at educating the masses, give it
another one or two movies like this one and everyone will know how dangerous
laser pointers really are. 2 years down the road, when you get arrested for
brandishing a laser pointer weapon, remember how it all started , by
educating the masses. Who needs high school.

best regards,
matt tudor

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