More on the Cell Tower Controversy

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Jeremy Clifton
on December 22, 2006
in Chattanooga and News - Chattanooga
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Earlier in the week I wrote about the foolishness of trying to disguise a tower as a tree or something like that. My brother hasn’t had a chance to get out to Cary to photograph the tower there that looks like some sort of alien life form, but fortunately, today the Times Free Press published an article about the controversy, and included a photo of a ‘disguised’ tower on Bonny Oaks, and I’ve shamelessly linked to said photo:

http://www.tfponline.com/absolutenm/thumbnails/8749.gif

Hint: it’s the one on the right. Now … does that look like any kind of tree you’ve ever seen before. Personally, I think it’s pretty ugly. In fact … it’s even uglier than the one I wrote about previously. The TFP rightfully notes that
Towers can be camouflaged to look like trees, cacti, chimneys or other objects with varying degrees of success. One tower in Red Bank is shaped like a tree but dwarfs the rest of the real trees in the area.
I’m going to have to go out and check out the Bonny Oaks and Red Bank towers.

Alli over at Chattanooga is Home also blogged about the topic this morning. This particular issue is now of interest to her family, as they have just acquired a cell phone.

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1 Response to “More on the Cell Tower Controversy”

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  1. 1 flyboy
    December 22, 2006 at 3:33 pm

    Dang, I still need to go take a photo of the abomination out at I-40 and Harrison here for ya…

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