House freshman blasts air horn at Trump official who said seismic air gun tests don't harm whales

[RandySF]

Democratic Rep. Joe Cunningham (S.C.) blasted an air horn at a recent hearing to demonstrate how "disruptive" seismic air gun testing can be for marine animals.

In footage of a House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing Thursday, Cunningham pulled out an air horn, blasted the device and asked Chris Oliver, the assistant administrator for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, whether he found the sound to be disruptive.

“Was that disruptive, Mr. Oliver?” Cunningham asked.

“It was irritating, but I didn't find it particularly disruptive,” Oliver responded.

“What about every, say, 10 seconds like seismic air gun blasting goes on for for days, weeks, months?” Cunningham continued.

“If I were that close to it, yeah, probably,” Oliver said.

"What if you depended on sound for hunting your food and for communication? Do you think it would be disruptive?” Cunningham continued.

“At a distance of 20 feet, yes, it would be” Oliver said.

That’s when the congressman asked Oliver how much louder than the air horn he thinks seismic air gun blasting is.

“I honestly don’t know,” Oliver replied.


https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/433350-congressman-blasts-air-horn-at-trump-official-who-said-seismic?__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true

[duforsure]

1. If it were blasted every day outside his home disrupting his sleep

Would he find that hurtful? He's a joke promoting permanent damage to whales ability to survive. But if that were done to him and his family that would be different. They could care less about anything they do impacting others , including animals. How cruel.