Rocket tests at JBLM continue despite tribe’s protest
Sep 29, 2016, 10:43 AM
Rocket testing from JBLM
Rocket tests at Joint Base Lewis-McChord continue Thursday despite Nisqually tribal members hand-delivering a letter to the White House complaining about the noise.
Tribal council member Willie Frank III they put up with a lot from the base, but this is going too far.
鈥淚t was definitely loud,鈥� Frank said. 鈥淵ou could definitely hear it. I鈥檓 sure it shook the windows of houses there.鈥�
They’re not alone.
Neighbors are also complaining that the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems are too loud and are disturbing wildlife. But the Army says that’s exactly what they’re testing for — noise pollution.
The Army is in its third day of conducting tests of the HIMARS from to measure noise levels of the rockets as they fly over the base. The maximum accepted level is 130 decibels 鈥� not quite as loud as a Seahawks crowd at Century Link field, according to 成人X站 7.
鈥淲e鈥檝e got professionals here from the public health center of the Army and they鈥檝e got noise monitors out, so we鈥檙e collecting noise data,鈥� JBLM public affairs officer Joseph Piek told 成人X站 7.
