Time to put an end to the gas leaf blower terror

Time to put an end to the gas leaf blower terror

On a recent morning, I stepped into my backyard with the decibel reader on my phone and watched as the needle quivered between 92 and 96 dB, securely in the red “danger” zone (the equivalent of “gunshot” and “metal concert”). This was because a landscaping crew with gas-powered leaf blowers was clearing a yard two houses down from my own. It went on this way nonstop for more than two hours. Unable to sit comfortably in my own home and unwilling …