Noise Pollution and Barking Dogs In Norman, Oklahoma

Noise-lover soccer22champ thinks I am crazy for defending the idea that an educational environment should be quiet and next challenges me to find 20 students between the ages of 18 and 24 who have complained about noise. I refer this noise-lover to this information:

Oklahoma Daily article about students complaining about cell phone use in the library:
http://www.oudaily.com/news/2006/mar/08/quiet-please/

Student newspaper columnist deplores cell phone use in the library:

http://www.oudaily.com/news/1999/apr/22/new-technology-means-new-rules-of-eti...

letters from students complaining about cell phone use in the library

http://www.oudaily.com/news/2001/feb/22/your-views/

http://www.oudaily.com/news/2006/mar/09/your-views-31006/

Oklahoma Daily criticizes the administration for not enforcing the cell phone ban

http://www.oudaily.com/news/2006/mar/19/hit-or-miss-3-20-06/

on page 2 of this public Facebook album are scans of two letters from OU students protesting rock bands in the dorm areas:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=73685&l=e5576&id=567381284

Go here and scroll down for the comment by Bryan Trachier

http://hub.ou.edu/articles/article.php?article_id=1204106026
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In 1985, in Norman, Oklahoma, the nuisance barking dog problem first began to disrupt my life and inflict me with sleep deprivation. It's still here, along with the menace of loud auto stereos. If you're thinking about moving to Norman, and value quiet in your own home, then think again.

I especially discourage pensioners from moving here. Norman does not deserve your money.

Business owners thinking of relocating to Norman should also think again. If you want your employees to be alert in the daytime and not drowsy from sleep deprivation, Norman is not the place to be. Unless you are planning to pay everyone a large enough salary to afford an expensive home in a quiet gated community, your employees will be at risk of sleep deprivation caused by barking dogs and boom cars.

SLEEP DEPRIVATION AND CANCER

There is medical research indicating that sleep deprivation is a likely risk factor for cancer. The reason is because the body manufactures melatonin, a cancer-fighting hormone, during deep sleep at night. See this MSNBC report:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22026660/

Sleep deprivation also causes fatigue and associated daytime drowsiness, accidents, and reduced productivity. Additionally it leads to immunesuppression and greater susceptibility to infectious diseases.

ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE

Medical researchers have found that noise can elevate blood pressure, even while we're sleeping, and thus contribute to cardiovascular illness in the long run. Go here for a New York Times report about this:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E5DB1E3BF937A35750C0A96E9C...

DISRUPTION OF MY HOME OFFICE BY BARKING NUISANCES & BOOMCARS

In the 90s I won four federal grants from the Small Business Innovation Research program of the National Institutes of Health. Here is an AP article about one of my projects:

http://www.aegis.com/news/ap/1995/AP950317.html

Writing the applications for these awards was a complex undertaking. I wrote them all from a home office. By 1998, the noise nuisance was so severe that I could no longer work from my home.

EXCESSIVE NOISE & PROPERTY VALUES

The jerks in our governments who have been allowing noise-makers to rule can only understand one thing: money.

From the Road Engineering Journal, here is an article about the fact that too much noise from vehicles will make property values decline. Property tax collections will decline too.

http://www.usroads.com/journals/p/rej/9710/re971004.htm

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Pets & Animals

Tags:

• barking
• dogs
• noise
• pollution
• sleep
• deprivation
• norman
• oklahoma

[howe5529]

take the owner to civil court , i took my neighbors and i won.

[MichaelPhillipWright]

Yesterday an animal control officer actually did write a citation against the owner of this nuisance. When that happens the prosecutor is far more likely to take the owner to court instead of suggesting "mediation." The dog was barking at the time, and the animal control officer heard it and saw it. We'll see what happens next. In the yard just east of this one there are two barking nuisances kept in a small pen in the back yard.

[Murgertroy]

tell all this to a judge. what's wrong with you people. i went through the same as you for 2 years i started with asking the neighbors kindly (this never works), then animal control, cops ,mayor, these didn't work i fasted and i prayed and it came to me ,take them to civil court i did and i won. what a relief. but you will continue in your torment until you take legal action

[MichaelPhillipWright]

Read my reply to howe5529.

[RalphRacoon]

What did you win exactly? Money or silence? I think in a higher court you can win an injunction but you'd probably need a lawyer.

[RalphRacoon]

Then get rid of your dog if you can't figure out how to keep it quiet without soiling your home. Otherwise, you're creating a public nuisance and no judge is going to be motivated by your lame, irresponsible excuses. And here's a little tip about dogs. They need to be walked so they don't soil your home. You should have thought about that before you bought it.

[RalphRacoon]

Why would children equate to dog barking. Dog barking is loud, rapid, redundant and irritating. There is no comparison. Not unless your talking about a child that would be left tied outside until it starts screaming all the time from the torture and neglect.

[hamburga010]

people who have dogs that bark too much......are the worst scum on the planet.

[studiocity11]

IT DOESNT MATTER IF YOU DO SPEAK TO THE OWNERS. I Spoke to the owners of the dogs who wake up our family everyday and bark all day. First they sounded like they would do something but what they do is blow you off with a smile and hope you change your mind. 7 months later I confronted the same person but this time I was mad and crazy from lack of sleep. They said how can you speak to me like that LOL. It was actually very easy and felt AMAZING.

[Zeldafanatic1]

Right on.

When did dogs gain more rights than people.

If people have dogs constantly barking they should take measures to discourage barking.

If that fails or they refuse to do it they they should have there dogs removed.