"John Galban" wrote in message
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| "C J Campbell" wrote in message
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| If the lights are too bright they will indeed induce seizures in the
| susceptible. Red lights and white lights are worse than the blue lights
you
| propose. This is a problem at theme parks where a lot of rides have
flashing
| and chasing lights. You will often see signs warning epileptics of the
| danger, but under the right circumstances these lights have induced
seizures
| in persons not known to have had epilepsy. I suspect that having the
lights
| overhead will increase the level of discomfort.
|
| The city of Las Vegas must require one whoppin' big disclaimer
| before they let you off the plane :-)
|

Presumably someone who was that susceptible to flashing lights would know
enough to stay away from Las Vegas, or Times Square, or the Ginza district
of Tokyo, etc. Actually, there is so much light there that I would think all
the flashing tends to even itself out.

Back in the late '70s I remember reading in an Air Force safety magazine
about a pilot who was watching the setting sun through the windmilling prop
of a C-130. He had a seizure on the ramp. He never suspected that he had
epilepsy.