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Smart meter killing my rododendren #6509381
04/03/19 08:40 PM
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IndianHemlock Offline OP
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Any one else have problems from radiation coming off of the smart meters? [Linked Image]

Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509389
04/03/19 08:52 PM
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Could be the cell phones in the house. They put out more than the meter I'm told.

Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509409
04/03/19 09:12 PM
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Did you spray herbicide close to the bush within the last 2 years?


wanna be goat farmer.
Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509416
04/03/19 09:22 PM
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I’ve seen them and holly bushes freeze out here in Western Pa. The only thing left alive were limbs that were below the snow pack. They’ll look like yours if they did freeze.

Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509487
04/03/19 11:13 PM
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I hope you wear your foil hat when you are near it.

Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509527
04/03/19 11:57 PM
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Why do you think it is the meter that killed the rhody?


My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509540
04/04/19 12:49 AM
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No herbicides used.
Beaverpeeler,just seemed that way to me,around the front side of the Bush the furthest from the meter it is where it still has some greener normal looking leaves.


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Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509544
04/04/19 12:55 AM
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Might try cutting it off at the base and see if some life is still in it??


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Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: 52Carl] #6509546
04/04/19 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by 52Carl
I hope you wear your foil hat when you are near it.


Hat, (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman), I hear that radiation stuff causes testicular cancer.


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Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509549
04/04/19 01:26 AM
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Your bush looks like quite a mess.

Sorry, had ta.......


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Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509553
04/04/19 01:37 AM
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If the radiation had killed the bush I would think that others would have experienced this same phenomenon and there would be ample internet talk about it.

I'm an ag guy and have doubts about the theory. Looks like a disease issue to me.

Sad to lose a rhody that size.


My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509554
04/04/19 01:47 AM
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Youll need a faraday cage around your meter, so your bush doesnt go to bits.

https://smartmeterguard.com/?gclid=...nvFfbQ8dvUxGVEpYY7GWjza0vvwaAlrQEALw_wcB

That and razor seems to have worked for the wife, but she is half bulgarian, and claims to be white, im skeptical. I think shes italian.


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Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509559
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Thanks bacatrapper, I just put a faraday cage on the other day.might be too late though.


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Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509566
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I have one I'm trying to kill... Dang thing won't die.


Millions of trees die every year to print environmentalist publications
Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509629
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People can convince themselves of anything.

Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509647
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In the last few years almost all the Mountain Laurel (rododendren) has died in the hills around me. Some kind of blight.

Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509651
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American Rhododendron Society
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Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: eric space] #6509653
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Originally Posted by eric space
In the last few years almost all the Mountain Laurel (rododendren) has died in the hills around me. Some kind of blight.


That is interesting, I’ve been noticing the same thing for years. The Mountain Laurel on my property and at my camp in North Central is all dying, same here in northern Jersey.


Eh...wot?

Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509683
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Smart meters operate at 1 watt PEP on 902 MHz wavelength. Not sure what the antenna gain is but lets say 0 dBi. Lets say they operate for a couple minutes a day so average wattage would be .00139 watts. That means the RF power density should be around 0.0001 mW/cm2. A 4 watt cellphone used 20 min a day at 1900 MHz is 0.0122 mW/cm2.

That means your cell phone has 122 times the RF power than your Smart meter.
Actually the cell phone would be much higher but I calculated them both at the same distance.



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Re: Smart meter killing my rododendren [Re: IndianHemlock] #6509781
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I would do a severe trim.


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