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Well there is not really any reason to speculate if you read the article. They say it's the sound. It reaches 90 decibels right outside of people's homes. Some people are literally losing their hearing, and doctors in the article say that exposure to loud sounds can cause all of these heart issues.
This is torture. No wonder people get sick and die every day there.
Don't they have any laws to protect people's homes?
The article says that in Texas, only a city government can enact an enforceable noise ordinance. Since this thing is nowhere near any city, all the local sheriff can do is write tickets, he can't force them to turn it off.
OK but noise ordinances are just a small detail here!
This "mine" makes people suffer physical and psychological damage every minute of every day. Imagine a machine gun rattling day and night into all directions, eventually killing some people accidentially...
Police should therefore shut this thing down immediately without any questions. And then they can ask all questions and discuss all details afterwards.
No, noise ordinances are the entire point, because the excessive noise is the only thing that can be causing these problems in the community. There are thousands of data centers all over the world, with fans running 24/7, and staff on hand 24/7 to tend to them. They don't cause these problems in the community, but they also have actual walls. And I bet their employers mandate good hearing protection so their staff doesn't have these problems.
There is no statute local police can use to shut it down, because Texans love their freedom so much, and elect freedom-loving politicians who abhor any regulations at all. Maybe if they paint the trailers black, the cops will think they are a threat and shoot them or something.
When lives are in immediate danger, police must act immediately. Isn't that a general principle, independent of small details?
What you are saying comes down to "murder is allowed unless there is a specific law against your specific method of murdering" and this appears still quite unbelievable to me.