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We're all doomed, oh no's!

Who let Doctor Doom out of his cell this time?

I remember in my youth I used to look up at the stars in my back yard at night and there was no way I could ever count them all. You could even see the center of our galaxy depending on the time of year.
 
Now during the day the sky is no longer the deep blue of my youth but on most days a milky white from all the aerosols they have and are continuing to spray in the stratosphere. At night I can go out and the moon looks to have a brownish tinge to it with a hazy halo and all I can count the starts I can see now in a few minutes. It's something that pains me on a daily basis. It's only when I visit the in-law's property a few hundred miles out of town in the middle of no where do I see a night time sky that reminds me of the night sky of my youth. It's not the same sky, but it's close to what I remember and nothing like that back at home. 
 
My wife wonders why when we go I will stretch out in a lawn chair and stare at the stars for a few hours. All I can say in response is I miss the stars, and I miss my deep blue sky.

Come back to this thread and read what "Porpoise Hork" has typed.

Most of what I have found is people want to make the night time as bright daylight to fell safe, sad our world has come to this.
Most of my Neighbors run BRIGHT WHITE Porch Lights and all our street Lights go straight up into the sky and are white as well, our HOA states it is for Safety. Most US States could care less about night sky's and stars and this will never ever change.

bcavnaugh
Most of what I have found is people want to make the night time as bright daylight to fell safe, sad our world has come to this.
Most of my Neighbors run BRIGHT WHITE Porch Lights and all our street Lights go straight up into the sky and are white as well, our HOA states it is for Safety. Most US States could care less about night sky's and stars and this will never ever change.

If they REALLY knew anything about safety / security and actually CARED about it, they'd actually do some .... testing and see if it actually worked -- but they don't care enough about it to do that.
 
Here is an example -- at night when it's relatively dark outside, (hopefully you have windows in your room, EVERY room should have at least one window...) turn on your room light and stand back -- look out the window.
 
What can you see?  (yes the reflection will really screw you over, but this is a nice test.)  Are you having difficulties seeing ANYTHING at all?  That's because
A.  Your light is reflecting off of your window,
B.  Your eyes have adjusted to the brighter lights in the room.
 
OK how about this, instead of a window, use your door that goes outside.
 
Turn on your lights, open that door, and stand back a good 20 - 30 feet.
How well can you see outside?  I would imagine it's much harder, and it's for the same reason as mentioned above.
That's why 
BRIGHTER LIGHTS ARE NOT ALWAYS BETTER -- ESPECIALLY FOR THE PERSON STANDING IN THE BRIGHTER LIGHT.  THIS WILL LIMIT YOUR ABILITY TO SEE IN THE DARKER AREAS BY A NUMBER OF YARDS.
Explanation below!
 
Far too many people believe that brighter light is better / safer for them -- if you're one of those people, please speak up, I would really like to know why.  I want this thought to really be THOUGHT about by the people who believe it.

 
It's not safe for you -- in fact it makes your LESS SAFE because think about this:
Let's say some person was hiding in the woods near a tree, and you're standing under / near a bright security light.  Guess who's gonna see who first.  THAT is the problem, and I think way too few people think about that, and it NEEDS to be stopped, immediately.  So I said I'd get on the safety topic, and you all brought it up - thank you, because I forgot about it, so there's that!
 
I really like this thread, thank you to all contributors, if you can bring in some people to this, because I want to read peoples opinions on the "bright(er) light = safer" idea.

wrinvert
this post made me leave the porch light on all night last night. and its a old 100watt incandescent bulb.

But you didn't sit directly under it did you? (is the light in front of you - I mean shining forward from where you are sitting?)
If you're on the porch, does the light seemingly let you see farther into what would otherwise be the darkness?  (and when the light from the bulb stops -- meaning the ground is dark again where the light can't get to, how far can you see beyond that?
 
Also I absolutely LOVE Incandescent bulbs, and I do have a 100 watt that I will occasionally turn on in the daytime, and WOW is it beautiful.
I would recommend a 40 watt at night though, just so it's not as bright, and it's a warmer color.  I really want you to run a couple tests at night, with your bulb on and off.
Leave it on, and see just how CLEAR you can see into the darkness - I know that's not the right word to use, but could you see well enough to see a person / animal.
 
Turn it off, and compare how much you can see after 10 minutes (or more) of just looking into the darkness, how well could you see a person / animal in the distance?
Let me know in a few days please, it would really help clear up this matter for millions of people.  We could use this thread as a reference for those that are unaware of this.

Well, I've made a bunch of post so be sure to read through them!
 
Yeah, about the bright lights (AT LEAST they are Incandescent, a nice yellow / white, and not a bluish white!)  Dimmer is better at night, for YOUR safety - and it makes "the bad guy" LESS safe, because it makes it harder for them to see (well and then you could "blind" them with the bright light, but the problem there, is you might blind yourself, so don't do that.
 
In fact a key element in these security lights is where is the light pointed.
 
I'm not an expert in this area for security lights but I might get some time and do some testing.
Generally, I would think you want the light pointed towards the ground - and NOT horizontally.
 
Also A BIG thing to make sure of is that when YOU walk towards the security light, is that you have *FULL* VISIBILITY.  What I mean is that you don't have to put your hand over your eyes to help you see -- that's worse than ANYTHING you could do, when setting up a security light.
 
Also, if you have a problem with your neighbors lights, maybe they shine into your home / yard, then it's not only a nuisance for you, but it's both a waste and can be a huge security flaw for your neighbors because of what I have typed above.  So, I would STRONGLY suggest you talk to them about it, and by the time this thread hopefully get's two or more pages, you have the ability to explain to them that this is NOT safe, and it's also a waste of money, because the light isn't going where it's needed.

1. Lose the huge font. no need for it.
2. Many cities already have in place light pollution ordinances.
3. Read #1 and #2 again

Alright, I'll lose the bold, sorry, I guess that was getting old.
 
I had the chance to test EXACTLY what I wanted to, celebrating my brothers birthday, at his house.
He has 2 security lights, one that points straight out (like to the side just a bit), and a regular light on the corner of the house.
I IMMEDIATELY noticed I could not see nearly as well in the darker areas, and it didn't take me 10 seconds to realize that.  Just because of those lights, it actually obscured the night sky, and when I was walking around it was harder to see for me at least, because the light was shining right towards my eyes.
 
It's not something that's easy to implement, and I'm sure it will take more thought than you want to think about - but it will be worth it.
 
I would think it would be better to have the light LOWER to the ground, and pointed slightly down (and maybe shielded but I don't know how that works) so it's not shining an ANYONE's eyes.  That seems the best solution -- would you all give that a try if at all possible and let me know? 
Thank you all so much for the comments and feedback,
Greatly appreciated,
 
Tim

Randolla
I think I have an extra soapbox.......

That's just rude, I'm sure it was meant to be funny, that's fine.

Light pollution is the easiest to fix though, I'm not doing this for nothing.

Naw, the cities are working on it--the big cities that is.

BF3PRO
Honestly if I want to cause light pollution I should be able to no one should be allowed to tell what someone can and cannot do on their property if they aren't paying the property tax or mortgage then again that is why I refuse to move into a neighborhood with an HOA...

Own your own home ftw.           

BF3PRO
Honestly if I want to cause light pollution I should be able to no one should be allowed to tell what someone can and cannot do on their property if they aren't paying the property tax or mortgage then again that is why I refuse to move into a neighborhood with an HOA...

So I have to ask then, dose that mean that you can shoot and kill passerby's that walk on the sidewalk?
Or shoot down a plan that fly's over your property?
This is that is what I would like to ask

BF3PRO

bcavnaugh

BF3PRO
Honestly if I want to cause light pollution I should be able to no one should be allowed to tell what someone can and cannot do on their property if they aren't paying the property tax or mortgage then again that is why I refuse to move into a neighborhood with an HOA...

So I have to ask then, dose that mean that you can shoot and kill passerby's that walk on the sidewalk?
Or shoot down a plan that fly's over your property?
This is that is what I would like to ask

   If someone is not on my property without my permission and does not read the signs and tries to cause damage to myself, family, or property I don't care... Sidewalks are public domain and I don't own the sky...  So that question is irrelevant if someone comes on my property and causes damage or should not be there I warn them to leave and post the property...  I've only had one squatter on my property and he will never be back (he was shot my father and I were investigated and he went to jail for attacking us)...  As long as I don't hurt another individual then why not do what I want?  Again if I cause harm to someone or their property then I expect to be shot and if someone causes harm to me or my property they should expect to be shot...

That is why did not ask.
PS When are you going to upload some images of your Rig?

uploads of 999x999 works best.