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Mystery towers going up all over Cincinnati area
wcpo.com ^ | Sep 20, 2019 | John Matarese

Posted on 09/21/2019 4:33:12 PM PDT by ransomnote

Homeowners worry about possible health effects

If you drive around the Cincinnati area you may have noticed mysterious cylinder-type cell phone towers, that look nothing like any cell tower most of us have seen.

Now, a growing number of Tri-Staters are getting worried about these towers, and the 5G signals they believe they will soon be sending out, as part of the nationwide rollout of faster 5G cell service.

Michelle Krinsky is a nurse who was out walking near her Cleves home earlier this summer, when she looked up and said, "What's that? You can see it's this ugly menace sitting there," she said.

Right at the entrance to the Village of Cleves from US 50 (River Road) is the strangest looking cell tower many people have ever seen.

Dean Beckett, who owns Ann's Tavern nearby, says his customers have been asking him about it.

"It looks like a big heater to me," he said, "I have no idea what it is."

Krinsky decided to call the village administration office, then Hamilton County, and the State of Ohio, but no one knew anything about it, she says.

The most information she and some other homeowners were able to find out is that the tower is on the US 50 right-of-way, not in the Village, so that local officials would not have to be consulted.

"We don't know who put it up, if it is running 4G right now, and if it will run 5G soon," she said.

Why 5G service sparks fears

5G cell service has become the hottest controversy in many communities this year, as Verizon rolls it out to its first 30 cities -- among them, Cincinnati.

Krinsky has now joined those protesting it locally, because she says we don't know enough about health effects.

Some studies claim 5G transmissions can contribute to a variety of health problems, and a number of cities are attempting to stop the towers and slow the rollout.

"As a registered nurse, I am very much about informed consent," she said, "which is the right to choose, the right to decline." But she says community residents were never given an option when it came to the giant cylinder tower.

How do you know if 5G is coming?

Here's telltale sign your community is about get 5G towers: You'll see white PVC tubes, typically with an orange cap, popping out of the ground. WCPO reported on these strange tubes when they started appearing last year, with "Verizon Fiber" printed on them.

These pipes contain fiber lines that then connect all the 5G towers, as they have to be connected with fiber line to reach their promised high speeds.

The Facebook group SWORT, Southwest Ohio for Reasonable Technology, claims it has spotted small, cylindrical 5G towers in Finneytown, West Chester, Liberty Township, and in Springdale by the Tri-County Mall.

But the FCC allows these towers to go in with almost no local approval. The FCC and FAA claim there are no proven links between 5G cell service and health effects, and say local residents have no reason to fear these new towers.

But Hamilton County Engineer Ted Hubbard told us a few months ago that even he, and other county officials are left in the dark.

"The ownership is a big question," Hubbard said. "And I have asked that. We are having a hard time finding out who actually owns it."

That means no one has publicly stated who owns the mysterious Cleves tower, or any of the others popping up across the Tri State. It has no company name on the base.

A Verizon corporate spokesman, David Weissmann, confirmed to WCPO that the company is installing 5G towers in the Cincinnati area -- as he says one of the 30 cities that will soon have Verizon 5G service.

However, he said the strange Cleves tower "is not Verizon equipment."

Which means the mystery continues about the alien-looking structure towering over the Village of Cleves.

As always, don't waste your money.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 5g; cincinnati; davidweissmann; ohio; wcpo
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To: ransomnote

I do not have cell service so you guys are lucky, I don’t have a cat in the microwave so to speak. I don’t think the cell towers are the problem but the transmitter that you hang on your ear.


21 posted on 09/21/2019 5:33:06 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: 21twelve
"Hopefully the 5G if it ever gets here will help."

I think 5G will only be an improvement for those who have gone along with Agenda 21 and packed themselves into one of the 'Rat controlled Urban Utopias.

22 posted on 09/21/2019 5:33:06 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: MrEdd

I am talking about your 50,000-watt intensive CARE unit, babies!


23 posted on 09/21/2019 5:40:10 PM PDT by Hatteras
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To: ransomnote

It’s a security issue if you choose to believe ..... but there is always a butt


24 posted on 09/21/2019 5:50:23 PM PDT by no-to-illegals ( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
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To: Hatteras

Why crawl when you can climb ??? Heard that somewhere ....


25 posted on 09/21/2019 5:54:23 PM PDT by no-to-illegals ( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
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To: Paladin2
Mom has one of these 5 G devices across from her house...

Only 20' high vs 50-80' for typical cell towers.

Lots of coax cables hanging out. Suggest peanut butter on the coax to encourage the squirrels.

26 posted on 09/21/2019 5:59:06 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: ransomnote

So, Krinsky, you own a cell phone?

If yea, what are you protesting?


27 posted on 09/21/2019 6:17:11 PM PDT by ASOC (Having humility really means one is rarely humiliated)
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To: Hot Tabasco
No problem the CIA will shoot their messages directly in to your ear.

MIT USED A LASER TO TRANSMIT AUDIO DIRECTLY INTO A PERSON’S EAR

28 posted on 09/21/2019 6:17:58 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: Deaf Smith

On their new higher frequencies, range is going to be worse so they will be needing more cells.

I already encounter any number of cell signal-free zones in wandering about. I don’t think 5G is going to help fill in those areas.

Verizon apparently has the best coverage, but there are sections of I-80, I-90, I-25 and I-94 out West where there is no coverage for a device placed on the top of my dash while driving. Worse if left in a pocket or buried in a backpack on the floor. Coverage on the US routes [e.g. US-212, US-191] is worse.

https://www.whistleout.com/CellPhones/Guides/verizon-coverage-map

YMMV.


29 posted on 09/21/2019 6:18:42 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Lowell1775

Ohio Ping


30 posted on 09/21/2019 6:25:12 PM PDT by Whenifhow (when, if and how will Obama be gone?)
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To: Pontiac

The NSA will undoubtedly develop a device that will capture audio from your ear that the CIA is shooting into it.

It goes without saying that they will then store that audio digitally in their ultra-massive servers in Utah and share it with no one.


31 posted on 09/21/2019 6:27:05 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: TigersEye
Laser tech to capture sound off of windows has been around for decades.

It doesn’t seem far fetched to think it would be possible to capture sound off of an ear drum. But I think that the fidelity would suffer due to blood flow sounds and the ear drum being soft tissue.

32 posted on 09/21/2019 6:38:39 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: GingisK

Incorrect. 5G will operate at much higher frequencies, in addition to the existing 4G/LTE frequencies.


33 posted on 09/21/2019 6:39:50 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: 21twelve
The gal in the article talks about how bad it looks.

Just put a façade minaret around it and it will be fine.

-PJ

34 posted on 09/21/2019 6:40:34 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Pontiac

Some state of the art software, than only the U.S. taxpayers could afford to develop, will clean up those pesky blood-rushing sounds. :)


35 posted on 09/21/2019 6:45:45 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: ransomnote

36 posted on 09/21/2019 6:54:58 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: MrEdd

I came to the story just now and WKRP is the first thing to come to mind. Maybe the towers will have interconnected nets to catch the falling turkeys


37 posted on 09/21/2019 7:32:34 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: TigersEye

Seems like they should be able to find a wave length of laser that would be able to pass through skin unabsorbed and be able to transmit sound directly to the bone and of course pick up sounds from the bone.


38 posted on 09/21/2019 7:32:39 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

“Well, Springer was succeeded by Ken Blackwell.”

>>>>>>>>>>

Maybe we could ask him what the frequency is.


39 posted on 09/21/2019 7:38:23 PM PDT by Ken H (2019 => The House of Representin')
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To: Ken H
Maybe we could ask him what the frequency is.

Or maybe Dan Rather can get it from Kenneth

40 posted on 09/21/2019 7:47:16 PM PDT by TheCipher (To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman. - Mark Twain)
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