1. United States
2. Wash.
3. Letter

Support Seattle’s Children Hospital About the Laurelhirt neighborhood complaints about Deattle Children’s Hospital…A 2025 dataset cited in public discussions showed 107 total helicopter arrivals in a year (66 at the hospital + 41 diverted nearby). Almost all are critical ICU-level cases. That’s about two per week. Homes would be subject to 5-10 minutes of clearly audible, intrusive noise per flight. The peak loudness lasts only a few minutes, especially during hover/landing. So let’s take the average of 15 minutes of total disturbance per week, out of 10,080 minutes in a week, or 0.15% of a week. I would not mind pausing 0.15% of my week to thank God that some child’s life might be being saved. Residents chose to move there. The hospital was built in the 50s. Given the median home price is near 3 million they can all afford to move.