[Scan-DC] The Quiet Zone, Part Two

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The Quiet Zone

Cell phones, pagers, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth - the wireless revolution is
everywhere. Except here.

By John Geirland

I'm 1 mile east of command central in the Quiet Zone, sitting in a Dodge
pickup with Wesley Sizemore, Keeper of the Quiet. In a world saturated
with radio waves, the Quiet Zone is a haven and an anomaly. A unique
combination of geography and legislation has rendered its 13,000 square
miles nearly free of electromagnetic pollution. Sizemore's job is to keep
it that way. On this freezing afternoon, he's showing me the scene of his
most storied success: a double-wide modular home amid brown grass and
patches of snow in Pocahontas County, West Virginia (population 8,996).
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