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• Today9 jet noise in the cities surround- ing Sea-Tac averages 65 Ldn – akin to a telephone ringing continuously • Sea-Tac now averages approximately 1000 takeoffs and landings a day, increasing extreme Jet noise more than100% since Ihe second runway was added twenty years ago • The 65 1'dn contour means that neigh- borhood decibel levels range up to extremes of 100 decibels (for jet engine run-ups) at varrous times of the day • Therefore, living in the South End todaY is the equivalent of hearing frequent vacuum cleaners running (75 decibels) or circular saws screeching (105 decibels) for almost one-eighth of the day – jii–boise exemptions MI aFfI;ie? iGc NewS Tnbtln€ cSImPlee!!? ed 8etu T' Iba:, n=Je::I v,1:::d''i? to mention single noise events sometimes lasting up to 3-10 rninutes each THE YEAR 2000: MORE JETS, CROWDED SKIES • The Port’s so-called “Flight Plan” seeks to add a third runway’s air traffic into the already overcrowded skies of our metro- politan area • “Flight Plan” would add 120,000 more flights per year at Sea-Tac by the year 2020 – an astonishing 33% increase in the number of jets roaring over our homes, churches, parks and schools • if “Flight Plan” happens> 12% of the average resident’s day will be consurned by Jet nolse – one cornplete hour of the average person’s work daY r have an in- creased rate of alcoholism and admissions to psychiatric hos- pitals_ Experts have said that noise heightens aggressive behavior and dampens helpful impulses,…

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