> Von: Esther LeSieur <[hidden email]>
> Betreff: Re: [eSens] EHS and California
> An: [hidden email]
> Datum: Donnerstag, 18. Oktober, 2012 10:36 Uhr
> Hi Stefanie,
>
> I lived in Daly City which is the first city south of San
> Francisco, 
> and just south of Ocean Beach.  In SF, PG&E has
> installed smart 
> electric and gas meters, and the water company was installed
> smart gas 
> meters.  PG&E's electric smart meters are much
> stronger because of the 
> need to get the signals transmitted over the hills in
> SF.   I believe 
> there are also smart parking meters in SF, or soon will
> be.   I have 
> to go into the city twice a month, and get dizzy when I do.
>
> You can opt out of having a PG&E smart meter if you pay
> $75 upfront 
> and $10/month.  If you qualify for their low income
> program, you pay 
> $10 upfront and $5/month.  If you live in an apartment,
> the problem is 
> that there are usually banks of meters for the building, so
> you'll get 
> increased exposure, even if you opt out.
>
> According to antennasearch.com, my friend who lives in San
> Francisco 
> has 66 cell towers and 901 antenna with in a 3 mile radius
> of her 
> home.  The San Francisco Bay Area is pretty much
> blanketed with 4G 
> from the cell towers.
>
> The houses here in most of the Bay Area are very close to
> each other 
> in comparison to other parts of the country, so neighbors'
> smart 
> meters, wifi and other wireless can be a problem.  (The
> houses on 
> either side of me are about 10 feet away.)  My ES
> started with one 
> neighbor getting a smart meter about a year before the rest
> of the 
> area.  Now that my whole neighborhood has been "smart
> metered",  my ES 
> has increased substantially.
>
> The SF airport is located just south of San Francisco, so
> there's 
> radar and all sorts of stuff coming from there, but that
> would only be 
> a problem if you lived quite close I would think.
>
> Joshua Hart is from Santa Cruz, and started
> stopsmartmeters.org 
> because of the impending PG&E installation of meters
> there, which PG&E 
> did despite a city ordinance prohibiting it.  It's
> possible he may be 
> able to help.
>
> I'm fairly housebound, and don't go further south than to
> San Mateo, 
> which is down the Peninsula, so I really don't know much
> about areas 
> further south from there.  On the coast, there's a town
> just south of 
> where I am called Pacifica. I believe they have smart meters
> (you 
> could check with PG&E's website), but they may not have
> so many cell 
> towers (check antennasearch and verizon's website). 
> Pacifica is 
> mostly surrounded by cliffs.  The drive is probably
> about 20-30 
> minutes to SF.  Further down on the coast is Half Moon
> Bay which may 
> also be worth exploring.
>
> There's a city called Alameda in the East Bay that may not
> have smart 
> meters.  I was told by a resident there that they have
> their own power 
> company.  That was a few years ago, so I don't know if
> that has 
> changed.  To get to San Francisco from there, you have
> to cross the 
> Bay Bridge by car or bus, or take BART (Bay Area Rapid
> Transit) from 
> Oakland.
>
> Just to give you a head's up, housing costs, whether renting
> or 
> buying, are very high in the SF Bay Area.  (It can be a
> shock.)
>
> Hope some of this helps.
>
> Esther
>
>
>
> On Oct 17, 2012, at 1:17 AM, Stefanie Toth wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > For studies and work, maybe even doing a PhD there, I
> have to move 
> > to California
> > for a while (max. 6-7 years :) ) ? So, does someone
> know the 
> > situation regarding EHS there. Are there places where
> mobile signals 
> > are not so strong, no open electro lines... . I think I
> would be 
> > mainly near and South of San Francisco. I am a bit
> worried about 
> > that region, on the other hand side I was reading that
> many things 
> > are happening in California to make it better?
> >
> > I would appreciate some comments and help.
> > Thanks,
> > Stefanie
> >
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