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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 14, 2009 18:35:32 GMT 12
I just saw a report on the news (TV3) that neighbours to the NZDF's firing range at West Melton south of Christchurch are complaining about the noise of bangs and explosions.
The mind boggles. Why the hell did they move in there? When i shot there in about 1992 the place was very rural and no houses were around to speak of. I guess developers have bought up cheap land and built homes there?
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Post by baz62 on Jun 14, 2009 18:43:30 GMT 12
Apparently the Army thinks the almost nil wind and low cloud amplified the noise. But I agree, why move next to a range? Like moving next to an airfield and complaining about the noise!
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jun 16, 2009 11:49:05 GMT 12
Pathetic that these people move into areas where such establishments as aerodromes and firing ranges already exist and then complain. Common sense dictates that if you don't like noise don't move there in the first place. Maybe if the Army practice more often the NIMBY's will get used to it.
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Post by corsair67 on Jun 16, 2009 11:56:30 GMT 12
Oxygen thieves - every damn one of them. Why does the media give these idiots a voice? As I've said before, no one would take any notice of them if they complained about road noise - so why do they suddenly become legitimate because they complain about a rifle range? Send in the howitzers for a few days - then they'll know what real guns sound like!  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 16, 2009 12:49:13 GMT 12
To be fair to the complainants, both independent complainants I might add, they normally don't have any concern with the range but on this particular day they both reckoned the noise was much louder than usual and more disruptive. I wonder if it could be that the army was usuing a different part of the range, closer to the homes that have been built nextdoor?
One guy complained of large cracks appearing in his walls and ceiling from the explosions. That's a complaint he needs to take up with his builder, surveyor and the council. If the house (very new by the look of it) wasn't built to stand up to the vibration of the range which has been there for many more decades than housing has, then they have to answer to it, not the army.
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Post by chewy on Sept 21, 2009 22:07:50 GMT 12
I liked going down to West Melton for the Queen's Medal shoots. It was a great way to spend a week away from work and visit Wigram. But it can get bl**dy cold there and the ground is full of rocks.
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Post by Parrotfish on Sept 21, 2009 22:19:46 GMT 12
To be fair to the complainants, both independent complainants I might add, they normally don't have any concern with the range but on this particular day they both reckoned the noise was much louder than usual and more disruptive. I wonder if it could be that the army was usuing a different part of the range, closer to the homes that have been built nextdoor? One guy complained of large cracks appearing in his walls and ceiling from the explosions. That's a complaint he needs to take up with his builder, surveyor and the council. If the house (very new by the look of it) wasn't built to stand up to the vibration of the range which has been there for many more decades than housing has, then they have to answer to it, not the army. Heard from my partner's cousin who recently ran a trainning there for RNZAF that it all stemmed from an Army battery of Claymores incident. Very different from what had been done there up until then. |
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