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Helicopter protection is a blessing, not a concern

As I read the Daily Pilot every morning and catch up on the

helicopter discussion, I think to myself -- this is crazy. Here,

readers are complaining about our police taking the extra step to

provide safety and protection to our neighborhoods and the

surrounding area.

Think about the people in other, not so fortunate, areas who hear

gunshots, screams or explosions at night. If the helicopter noise is

one of your major concerns, you should be delighted because in

today’s world people have more serious things to worry about -- war,

illness, national safety, etc. Please look at yourselves and think

about how fortunate you are to live in a beautiful, safe and

protected area.

If it truly irritates you this much -- buy earplugs, wear a radio

and headphones to bed, insulate your own home or move further away

from the protection -- if you can afford to live in this area, you

can afford to live somewhere where safety and protection isn’t

enough.

Honestly, worry about our country at war, health and safety, but

“don’t sweat the small stuff.”

God bless.

ANDREA WOOD

Newport Beach

Huntington beaches don’t quite make the grade

Regarding “Huntington’s beaches earn a clean grade, UCI study

says” (Saturday), the headline is quite misleading. If you will look

at the Los Angeles Times on the same day in the California section,

you will see exactly the opposite. Under Orange County beaches,

“Huntington Beach at Magnolia” receives an “F” grade (as it has been

all summer) and “Huntington Beach 800 yards south of the Pier” gets a

“B,” the only ratings below an A of all the listed Orange County

beaches.

Are these really “clean” grades?

JEFF STEVENS

Newport Beach

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