"Wi-Fi Refugees" Shelter in West Virginia Mountains 627
The 13,000 sq mile U.S. Radio Quiet Zone is an area in West Virginia where all wireless transmissions are banned because of the large number of radio telescopes located there. (This official page shows a map of the Zone; an old Wired article is fascinating reading.) These high-tech telescopes have attracted unlikely neighbors, people who claim to have Wi-Fi allergies. In recent years, scores of people have moved to the area to escape the "damage" that electromagnetic fields can cause them. From the article: "Diane Schou is unable to hold back the tears as she describes how she once lived in a shielded cage to protect her from the electromagnetic radiation caused by waves from wireless communication. 'It's a horrible thing to have to be a prisoner,' she says. 'You become a technological leper because you can't be around people. It's not that you would be contagious to them — it's what they're carrying that is harmful to you.'"
Re:Just what WVa needs, a new variety of crazy (Score:5, Funny)
There are some fucking crazy dudes out in those hills, just ask the locals.
It's not nice to talk about the scientists at the radio telescope observatory that way. I would have thought a site dedicated to geek culture would be a bit more understanding ...
Re:It's contagious, all right (Score:5, Funny)
No use telling her... she won't be able to read this comment...
Re:Just what WVa needs, a new variety of crazy (Score:2, Funny)
I'm not saying EVERYONE is WVa is a hillbilly.
A reporter went way up into the hills of West Virginia to write an article
about the area. He met an old man in a small town and asked him about any
memorable events in his life.
The old man said, "Well, one time my favorite sheep got lost, so me and my
neighbors got some moonshine and went looking for it. We looked and looked
and finally found the sheep. Then, we drank the moonshine and, one by one,
started screwing the sheep. It was a lot of fun!"
The reporter figured he can't write an article about that, so he asked the
old man to tell him another story.
The old man said, "Well, one time my neighbor's wife got lost, so me and
all the village men got some moonshine and went out looking for her. We
looked and looked and finally we found her. Then, we drank the moonshine
and, one by one, screwed the neighbor's wife. Now, THAT was a lot of fun!"
The reporter, feeling frustrated, told the old man that he couldn't write
articles about those stories and asked him if he had any sad or dramatic
memories that he could talk about.
The old man paused a little and with a sad expression on his face said, ..."
"Well, one time I was lost
Re:Just what WVa needs, a new variety of crazy (Score:5, Funny)
I used to be afraid of EM but not anymore (Score:4, Funny)
Don't get me wrong, I'm terribly allergic to wifi, mobile phones, even a microwave oven being used next door but in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter much. You see, I'm also allergic to neutrinos. Do you know how many of those things pass through my body every single second. Oh it causes me so much pain you just wouldn't believe. :-)