128 Quotes About Observatory

I am a survivor of workplace harassment.

When I was growing up, I thought it would be really cool to work at an astronomical observatory. I accomplished that ambition as an adult and worked at the world’s premier astronomical facilities. Unfortunately, my ambitions created the nightmare of ill health and disability. I now campaign for the closure of known biologically toxic astronomical facilities.

I will spend the rest of my life learning about High Altitude Observatory Diseases (HAOD).

At the age of 46 I was starting to see the appearance of rainbow halos and starbursts around bright nighttime lights, problems reading small print, focusing issues with my eyes, and image recognition issues. I had been exposed to bright high powered 20 watt scattered sodium LASER light a decade earlier in very high altitude astronomy.

Based on what I experienced at the toxic W. M. Keck Observatory, this is the Mauna Kea workplace harassing procedure: 1. Hit the worker with multiple nasty surprise resignation meetings. 2. If they do not voluntary resign, make their working conditions intolerable by repeatedly changing their working conditions on a regular basis and extend their working hours. 3. If still present, put them on leave against their will and fire them while they are away from the workplace.

To file a harassment complaint or not to file a harassment complaint, that is the question.

Just as you are about to start construction the 1.3 billion dollar world’s largest telescope, a crazy person from the previous telescope project shows up with hundreds of pages of scientific reasons why the toxic project needs to be shut down by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Mauna Kea Sickness (MKS) was a mystery that needed to be solved.

It was through being trapped in the Valley of Despair that I became the world’s foremost expert on High Altitude Observatory Diseases (HAOD).