# Close Encounters....

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We came home last night, Monday, and noticed that our little hammerhead cul-de-sac was so brightly lit, well, it looked like UFO's had landed.
 
 Our previous soft toned street lights have been replaced with incredibly bright LED streetlights.
 
 Now we are all for change and understand the need to be more eco friendly, but the new LED streetlights which replaced our lovely, soft toned, street lamp balls, are just so bright.
 
 Where previously we could leave our shutters open to get much needed summer air, unfortunately this is not now the case as it is so bright outside our home, it looks like a Spanish summer day, even at 4am, so all shutters firmly closed, stifling inside.
 
 We have four of the new street lights just in our little road, so bright and annoying.
 
 I assume it won't be long before someone snaps and tampers with them, they are far too bright in a residential dwelling.
 
 Great idea, but why are they so bright?  Really not necessary.
 
 We are trying to think of the positives, better for our planet, extra security, etc., but in normal nighttime situations, they are unbearable.