Posted on 07/24/2025 2:26:20 PM PDT by llevrok
SEATTLE — A “No to Blue Angels” billboard just went up in Seattle’s Rainier Valley.
The Blue Angels have been a fixture of Seafair for more than 50 year-- their thunderous roar could is the soundtrack to summer’s in Seattle.
“I miss it more now because I don’t live on this side of town anymore,” said Carolyn Finney.
She says she enjoyed the acrobatic show before moving to SeaTac.
“Just seeing them fly around just close to the house down on, by the beach, that kind of stuff,” Finney said. “Yeah, it was exciting to see that.”
However, a group of activists say the Blue Angels are harming the environment, our health, and traumatizing victims of war.
The Airshow Climate Action coalition of organizations has installed the billboard in the heart of Blue Angels country.
They have been fighting the Blue Angels for years, often picketing outside Seafair.
For the first time this year, they put up a billboard on busy Rainier Avenue South.
They hope to spread their message of the harm the jets cause to the people who live nearby.
Dr. Breck Lebegue, a retired Air Force public health physician, says jets can cause damage to your health.
“Because the burning of fossil fuel hurts health,” said Dr. Lebegue.
He says emissions from the U.S. Navy’s fighter jets spew pollutants that hurt everyone, especially those living in the Rainier Valley.
“And burning it loudly like the Blue Angels do at 110 decibels measured on the ground, harms ears,” said Dr. Lebegue. “It may cause permanent damage to hearing.”
Phillip Nguyen leases the billboard to Clear Channel.
He agreed the jets have downsides, but also believes that watching them can be fun.
“Yeah,” he said. “Have fun. Have fun with a friend.”
Researchers at the University of Washington have studied the impact of the Blue Angels’ F/A-18 Super Hornets on nearby residential areas.
They study the jets for an extended period to understand how they affect the people who live near the Naval Air Station on Whidbey Island.
They found the noise could be damaging to health.
Many people who spoke to KIRO 7 said they are willing to take that risk for a couple of days each summer of pure delight.
“””””””Dr. Breck Lebegue, a retired Air Force public health physician, says jets can cause damage to your health.
“Because the burning of fossil fuel hurts health,” said Dr. Lebegue. “”””””
Well then lets get rid of all planes, trains and automobiles.
I predict that billboard will soon be ventilated with a couple of well thrown bricks.
This is PETA level scaremongering.
Do-gooder America haters who won't mind their own business.
That “physician” obviously had a physics for poets classes in med school instead of some real science. Hopefully, his medical knowledge was way, way better than his laughable physics display.
“traumatizing victims of war.”
Who?
A billboard I’d like to see: “Say No To Leftist Scum.”
Bald pencil-necked dooosh, fu.
Seen the Angels so many times (former Blue Angels CO) Capt. Armatas knew my family by first name.
Here's hoping Commander Bryan lights off the barely sub-sonic (flight leader privilege) hard pass over the crowd, and this dooosh shits himself 4 miles away...
That’s the sound of freedom.
If the Blue Angels have been performer in the area for over 50 years, there is a good chance that all of these people moved into the area knowing that they would preform once or twice a year.
If there were health issues, those should have been reported but there is no evidence of any health issue.
The economic value outweighs their petty concerns.
A bunch of LibTaint Commie Pinkos. If they were painted Pride colors they’d sue to have them fly 24/7.
To quote my old CG from Ft Dix when the locals complained about NJ National Guard Artillery unit firing on weekends: “That’s the sound of Freedom!”
Were the acrobats performing on the wing of the F/A-18E Super Hornet?
And place those billboards in every single city in America.
Really? 50 year? That's a lot of year
- their thunderous roar could is
Could is?
the soundtrack to summer’s in Seattle.
You mean "summers?
“I miss it more now because I don’t live on this side of town anymore,” said Carolyn Finney. She says she enjoyed the acrobatic show before moving to SeaTac.
You mean aerobatic? Or have those things been attached to invisible ropes all this time?
Anyway, how many of these "no" idiots listen to music or go to concerts above 110 decibels?
Use a “drive by” barrage of paint balls. /sarc
Only thing better than a Blue Angels show is an at sea display of naval air power, live, up close. At sea they can fly fast and low without complaint.
Loons
Just say no to wacko environmentalists who get paid well to be in everyone’s face
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