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http://www.chicoer.com/breakingnews/ci_23136667/fears-toxic-aerial-spraying-taken-butte-hazard-meeting
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_23136696/fears-toxic-aerial-spraying-taken-hazard-meeting
Thank you to journalist Roger Aylworth and the Chico Enterprise-Record newspaper for writing and publishing a balanced article about the concerns Chico Sky Watch raised at a local hazards meeting. Attending the meeting were CSW supporters Marla Crites, Bill Donnelly, Nina Widlund, and Betty Credit.
By ROGER H. AYLWORTH-Staff Writer
Posted: 04/30/2013 12:26:10 AM PDT
CHICO — A Butte County presentation on local hazards took an unexpected turn Monday night when a handful of individuals asked what is going to be done to protect the public from the "toxic aerosols" being dumped in the skies over the entire nation.
The meeting was a scheduled presentation on the "Local Hazard Mitigation Plan," a Federal Emergency Management Agency required review of the flooding, wildfire, earthquakes, land slides and weather events that could pose threats to people and property in the county.
After about an hour of reports on these issues, the meeting was opened to public comments and that's when things took an unanticipated turn.
Five individuals, functionally the entire public audience in attendance, said they wanted to know where they should go for help in dealing with what they said was a spray of toxic "heavy metal stuff" that is being intentionally released from aircraft flying over the region.
Marla Crites of Chico said an array of government agencies have refused to take them seriously.
She said the government writes off this allegedly clandestine spraying operation as the natural contrail condensation created by the engines of high-flying jets.
She claimed this spraying is a witch's brew of chemicals that she charged is responsible for the cases of dementia and Alzheimer's in the nation.
Nina Widlund of Chico passed out photos of the sky over Chico, showing what appears to be masses of contrails, but she is convinced they are something far more sinister. She alleged they are part of an effort to control the weather, among other things.
"When you start paying attention, you are going to realize those things aren't normal," she said.
All of the five were associated with a group called Chico Sky Watch.
John Gulserian, director of the county Office of Emergency Management, and the county's consultant Jeanine Foster, with AMEC Environment and Infrastructure of Boulder, Colo., said the group's concerns were beyond the scope and authority of the county.
Foster said the hazard management plan was largely directed at the potential of natural disasters and FEMA has provided the county a grant to identify those problems and develop strategies to overcome them.
The Sky Watch people were encouraged to try taking their concerns to the Regional Air Quality Control Board in Redding, since it is that agency's responsibility to analyze problems with toxins in the atmosphere.
The entire hazard management plan can be found on the Internet at http://www.buttecounty.net/Office%20of%20Emergency%20Mgmt/Local%20Hazard%20Mitigation%20Plan.aspx.
Sky Watch can be found at www.chicoskywatch.org.
Reach Roger H. Aylworth at 896-7762, raylworth [at] chicoer.com, or on Twitter @RogerAylworth.
Fears of toxic aerial spraying taken to hazard meeting By ROGER H. AYLWORTH-Staff Writer Posted: 04/30/2013 12:26:10 AM PDT CHICO — A Butte County presentation on local hazards took an unexpected turn Monday night when a handful of individuals asked what is going to be done to protect the public from the "toxic aerosols" being dumped in the skies over the entire nation. The meeting was a scheduled presentation on the "Local Hazard Mitigation Plan," a Federal Emergency Management Agency required review of the flooding, wildfire, earthquakes, land slides and weather events that could pose threats to people and property in the county. After about an hour of reports on these issues, the meeting was opened to public comments and that's when things took an unanticipated turn. Five individuals, functionally the entire public audience in attendance, said they wanted to know where they should go for help in dealing with what they said was a spray of toxic "heavy metal stuff" that is being intentionally released from aircraft flying over the region. Marla Crites of Chico said an array of government agencies have refused to take them seriously. She said the government writes off this allegedly clandestine spraying operation as the natural contrail condensation created by the engines of high-flying jets. She claimed this spraying is a witch's brew of chemicals that she charged is responsible for the cases of dementia and Alzheimer's in the nation. Nina Widlund of Chico passed out photos of the sky over Chico, showing what appears to be masses of contrails, but she is convinced they are something far more sinister. She alleged they are part of an effort to control the weather, among other things. "When you start paying attention, you are going to realize those things aren't normal," she said. All of the five were associated with a group called Chico Sky Watch. John Gulserian, director of the county Office of Emergency Management, and the county's consultant Jeanine Foster, with AMEC Environment and Infrastructure of Boulder, Colo., said the group's concerns were beyond the scope and authority of the county. Foster said the hazard management plan was largely directed at the potential of natural disasters and FEMA has provided the county a grant to identify those problems and develop strategies to overcome them. The Sky Watch people were encouraged to try taking their concerns to the Regional Air Quality Control Board in Redding, since it is that agency's responsibility to analyze problems with toxins in the atmosphere. The entire hazard management plan can be found on the Internet at http://www.buttecounty.net/Office%20of%20Emergency%20Mgmt/Local%20Hazard%20Mitigation%20Plan.aspx. Sky Watch can be found at www.chicoskywatch.org. Reach Roger H. Aylworth at 896-7762, raylworth [at] chicoer.com, or on Twitter @RogerAylworth.
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