Have you read the May issue of "Wellness in The Workplace"? In the artical
about not being a victim of crime. The first thing listed is to light up
your world at night. Most of you know I would be against doing that. There
are proper ways for those who are paranoiac to use lights and not disturb
neighbors.To save yourself money and worry put your SHIELDED "security"
light on a sound or a motion detector. This scares the would-be criminal
and alerts your neighbors.
Lights do not prevent crime. If they did, why does 90% all crime happen in
the daytime? So called Walmart security lights and unshielded street and
parking lot lights only use up our natural resources and creats water and
air pollution; most of our power comes from oil and coal. The glare from
these lights only helps a would-be criminal, because they only help him see
you but you can not see him. The best way not to be a victim is not to act
like one, stay alert and know your neighbors.
You know, I can read a news paper coloume head line in my yard at night and
without a light source other than the sky. I live 19 miles from
Chattanooga. Lights are only good to light you way not to prevent crime.
They should only light your path and not shine in your eyes as the ones we
have on campus, globe lights and the wall mounted lights. Aren't the globe
lights pretty in the daytime and they do light up the trees. Sheilded and
directed lights use less power because you use a more efficient light
source.


Bobby Thompson
Labs and Observatory
Physics, Geology, and Astronomy Dept.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
http://www.utc.edu/~jonesobs