I was reading through past topics in the forum and someone had mentioned that part of carmel valley was built on sdge land and there are a lot of power lines and also a cell tower. Is this just in the southern part of carmel valley? Has there been any health issues? Just wondering why there are million dollar houses near a cell tower/power lines or maybe I am looking at a wrong area.[/quote]
Yes, I mentioned this….. This would be “Torrey Hills” (Formerly called Sorrento Hills)….
Well, the power lines are pretty much of a visual irritation, unless you happen to live in select complexes, in which case they are literally in your backyard (why oh why people would live in those complexes is beyond me)….That would be Sea Ridge, part of the Shores, part of La Strada, part of Coves(or Sands, I forget)….Part of the newer Pardee communities (Bridge Ridge and Carriage Run have a visual backyard view of the power lines, but they are really far away)…
As far as the the cell phone tower…It’s is located around Torrey Hills park. It’s not exactly close distance-wise, but because it’s tall, it looks, well let’s just say you can’t miss it….
Ironically, torrey hills elementary is right nearby….There has not been any proven data that these things lead to any health issues. So far there hasn’t been any indication also that kids are affected, at least not by the API scores coming out of Torrey Hills. In fact, maybe that’s why some kids are doing better…because some of there cells are mutating…Just kidding…
However, IF you really believe that cell phone radiation can lead to health issues, then start with not using a cell phone because you’re putting a device right next to your brain as you yap away…Your chances are getting some health issue would probably be greater from your phone than the cell signals you get from a tower that is high from the ground and also situated away (though visually, it looks close since it’s so tall)…The other thing is, just because you can’t see the cell phone tower doesn’t mean there isn’t one in your neighborhood… In areas where the cell phone station preceeds built homes, the tower stays as is. In the case where homes exist first, and carriers need to add new cells, they often conceal them in discrete packaging (such as fake building fascades, fake trees, etc).Oh, they are there, you just don’t know they are (unless you happen to work in the business and have been there down that installing these things).. There are plenty of microcell stations scateered all over the place. Anyway, if you happen to be a Qualcomm employee, you end up getting a much bigger dose of radiation working in the labs with these BTS/BSC’s blasting away while you work than you do living near a cell station, so several of the folks are already glowing by the time they get home…
The positive side is if you live in torrey hills, you rarely get a dropped call…. even with AT&T….ha ha…
