Comments on: Wind Turbines and… Health? http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: riceme riceme http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/#comment-121472 riceme riceme Sun, 20 May 2012 03:27:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=876#comment-121472 Diana: I have to be very blunt, here. Unless you were living in an RV (illegally, I must also interject) that was snuggled right up to the wind farms, there is absolutely no way that you lived ~1/2-mile from the wind farms in Tehachapi. I take offense to your post ma'am, not because I fundamentally disagree with you, but because you have posted an untruth regarding the wind industry, propagating and promoting the often repeated and ill-conceived notion that utility-scale wind development is effectively the Spawn of Satan. It is my most sincere hope that people who don't like wind turbines and / or wind farms NOT BUY PROPERTY NEAR THEM, and not CHOOSE TO live near them. Developers MUST be monitored and watched very closely so that they don't take advantage of our communities, and plan and execute good, responsible wind farm projects. And community members have to police that, as I don't trust my government to do so. I signed and distributed (largely to my friends and acquaintances in the wind industry) a petition to stop the *terribly* planned Pahnamid Wind project in the Tehachapi Mountains, which was successfully halted with thanks to the people of our community. I also signed the petition to stop a bad project in Sand Canyon earlier this year. Above is mentioned in hopes that I can relate to you that while I am a big supporter of wind (and renewables in general), I support /responsible/ development. My in-laws own a home about as near to any wind farm in the Tehachapi area as one could get, and when I was living across the country I stayed with them frequently. If the windspeed is low enough and the wind-direction is /just right/ you can /BARELY HEAR/ any noise whatsoever from the wind farms here... In fact, you have to get pretty darned close to a wind farm or any turbines in order to hear anything at all, which is a very soft "whooshing" sound. As stated above, I have slept many-a-night in above described environment -- often for several weeks at a time -- and found the sound (when I could hear anything at all) very soothing, as do my in-laws. I sincerely hope you have found a home in which you are happy. Diana: I have to be very blunt, here. Unless you were living in an RV (illegally, I must also interject) that was snuggled right up to the wind farms, there is absolutely no way that you lived ~1/2-mile from the wind farms in Tehachapi.

I take offense to your post ma’am, not because I fundamentally disagree with you, but because you have posted an untruth regarding the wind industry, propagating and promoting the often repeated and ill-conceived notion that utility-scale wind development is effectively the Spawn of Satan.

It is my most sincere hope that people who don’t like wind turbines and / or wind farms NOT BUY PROPERTY NEAR THEM, and not CHOOSE TO live near them.

Developers MUST be monitored and watched very closely so that they don’t take advantage of our communities, and plan and execute good, responsible wind farm projects. And community members have to police that, as I don’t trust my government to do so. I signed and distributed (largely to my friends and acquaintances in the wind industry) a petition to stop the *terribly* planned Pahnamid Wind project in the Tehachapi Mountains, which was successfully halted with thanks to the people of our community. I also signed the petition to stop a bad project in Sand Canyon earlier this year. Above is mentioned in hopes that I can relate to you that while I am a big supporter of wind (and renewables in general), I support /responsible/ development.

My in-laws own a home about as near to any wind farm in the Tehachapi area as one could get, and when I was living across the country I stayed with them frequently. If the windspeed is low enough and the wind-direction is /just right/ you can /BARELY HEAR/ any noise whatsoever from the wind farms here… In fact, you have to get pretty darned close to a wind farm or any turbines in order to hear anything at all, which is a very soft “whooshing” sound. As stated above, I have slept many-a-night in above described environment — often for several weeks at a time — and found the sound (when I could hear anything at all) very soothing, as do my in-laws.

I sincerely hope you have found a home in which you are happy.

]]> By: Jim http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/#comment-69205 Jim Sat, 01 Jan 2011 02:34:19 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=876#comment-69205 When we look at the future energy availability, renewables will play a huge part. Energy consumption is projected to double by 2050. All non renewable and most renewable sources will not be able to meet this energy demand except for solar. Wind may be able to generate 2 GW out of the 15 GW of new energy required by 2050. Nuclear will be less. Solar thermal is able to economically store energy and requires a much smaller landmass than wind for the same energy output. This is also no noise issues with solar. When we look at the future energy availability, renewables will play a huge part. Energy consumption is projected to double by 2050. All non renewable and most renewable sources will not be able to meet this energy demand except for solar. Wind may be able to generate 2 GW out of the 15 GW of new energy required by 2050. Nuclear will be less. Solar thermal is able to economically store energy and requires a much smaller landmass than wind for the same energy output. This is also no noise issues with solar.

]]> By: M Anderson http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/#comment-2101 M Anderson Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:53:37 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=876#comment-2101 In Ontario, a coalition of 33 citizen groups are undertaking a survey and doing the work that Health Canada should be doing itself. Out of the 126 returned surveys from people living close to wind turbines in Ontario, 86 people have reported symptoms since the turbines went up near them. Granted, some of these might be happening whether they lived near turbines or not but this is really a shockingly high number. None of these people opposed the turbines when they went up, they welcomed them into their communities. See more details here: http://windconcernsontario.org Please read the comments made by people taking this survey...it is really quite sad. If it was your child suffering, would you still be "damn the NIMBYs" at all costs? In Ontario, a coalition of 33 citizen groups are undertaking a survey and doing the work that Health Canada should be doing itself.

Out of the 126 returned surveys from people living close to wind turbines in Ontario, 86 people have reported symptoms since the turbines went up near them. Granted, some of these might be happening whether they lived near turbines or not but this is really a shockingly high number. None of these people opposed the turbines when they went up, they welcomed them into their communities.

See more details here: http://windconcernsontario.org

Please read the comments made by people taking this survey…it is really quite sad. If it was your child suffering, would you still be “damn the NIMBYs” at all costs?

]]> By: M Anderson http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/#comment-18911 M Anderson Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:53:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=876#comment-18911 In Ontario, a coalition of 33 citizen groups are undertaking a survey and doing the work that Health Canada should be doing itself. Out of the 126 returned surveys from people living close to wind turbines in Ontario, 86 people have reported symptoms since the turbines went up near them. Granted, some of these might be happening whether they lived near turbines or not but this is really a shockingly high number. None of these people opposed the turbines when they went up, they welcomed them into their communities. See more details here: http://windconcernsontario.org Please read the comments made by people taking this survey...it is really quite sad. If it was your child suffering, would you still be "damn the NIMBYs" at all costs? In Ontario, a coalition of 33 citizen groups are undertaking a survey and doing the work that Health Canada should be doing itself.

Out of the 126 returned surveys from people living close to wind turbines in Ontario, 86 people have reported symptoms since the turbines went up near them. Granted, some of these might be happening whether they lived near turbines or not but this is really a shockingly high number. None of these people opposed the turbines when they went up, they welcomed them into their communities.

See more details here: http://windconcernsontario.org

Please read the comments made by people taking this survey…it is really quite sad. If it was your child suffering, would you still be “damn the NIMBYs” at all costs?

]]> By: Minor http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/#comment-2100 Minor Fri, 29 May 2009 17:12:11 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=876#comment-2100 I sympathize with the folks who have ended up surrounded by dozens of turbines. Low frequency sound is very difficult to shield or mask. That said, I offer this hard geological fact: Someday this country will run entirely on renewable energy. That's not wishful thinking, it has to do with the fact that the earth isn't producing fossil fuels anymore. The other hard fact is that when (not if) we reach that point we will have to live with a lot less energy than we do now. We will have to collect it from more diffuse sources in smaller quantities and use it in less convenient ways. We will want every source we can possibly get, including large scale wind. The question we face is not "Wind power: yes or no?", but "Wind power: How and where?" There need to be setback standards, noise standards, and environmental impact standards for wind turbines. Nevertheless, there will always be negative effects, just as there are for highways and cars, airports, fossil and nuclear plants, sewage treatment plants, cities, suburbs, and you name it. Any calls to "stop the madness" of wind turbines ignore the temporary nature of the fossil fuel age. They should be matched with calls to "stop the madness" of all the much greater health risks in our technologically enhanced lives. I sympathize with the folks who have ended up surrounded by dozens of turbines. Low frequency sound is very difficult to shield or mask.

That said, I offer this hard geological fact: Someday this country will run entirely on renewable energy. That’s not wishful thinking, it has to do with the fact that the earth isn’t producing fossil fuels anymore.

The other hard fact is that when (not if) we reach that point we will have to live with a lot less energy than we do now. We will have to collect it from more diffuse sources in smaller quantities and use it in less convenient ways. We will want every source we can possibly get, including large scale wind.

The question we face is not “Wind power: yes or no?”, but “Wind power: How and where?”

There need to be setback standards, noise standards, and environmental impact standards for wind turbines. Nevertheless, there will always be negative effects, just as there are for highways and cars, airports, fossil and nuclear plants, sewage treatment plants, cities, suburbs, and you name it.

Any calls to “stop the madness” of wind turbines ignore the temporary nature of the fossil fuel age. They should be matched with calls to “stop the madness” of all the much greater health risks in our technologically enhanced lives.

]]> By: Minor http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/#comment-18910 Minor Fri, 29 May 2009 17:12:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=876#comment-18910 I sympathize with the folks who have ended up surrounded by dozens of turbines. Low frequency sound is very difficult to shield or mask. That said, I offer this hard geological fact: Someday this country will run entirely on renewable energy. That's not wishful thinking, it has to do with the fact that the earth isn't producing fossil fuels anymore. The other hard fact is that when (not if) we reach that point we will have to live with a lot less energy than we do now. We will have to collect it from more diffuse sources in smaller quantities and use it in less convenient ways. We will want every source we can possibly get, including large scale wind. The question we face is not "Wind power: yes or no?", but "Wind power: How and where?" There need to be setback standards, noise standards, and environmental impact standards for wind turbines. Nevertheless, there will always be negative effects, just as there are for highways and cars, airports, fossil and nuclear plants, sewage treatment plants, cities, suburbs, and you name it. Any calls to "stop the madness" of wind turbines ignore the temporary nature of the fossil fuel age. They should be matched with calls to "stop the madness" of all the much greater health risks in our technologically enhanced lives. I sympathize with the folks who have ended up surrounded by dozens of turbines. Low frequency sound is very difficult to shield or mask.

That said, I offer this hard geological fact: Someday this country will run entirely on renewable energy. That’s not wishful thinking, it has to do with the fact that the earth isn’t producing fossil fuels anymore.

The other hard fact is that when (not if) we reach that point we will have to live with a lot less energy than we do now. We will have to collect it from more diffuse sources in smaller quantities and use it in less convenient ways. We will want every source we can possibly get, including large scale wind.

The question we face is not “Wind power: yes or no?”, but “Wind power: How and where?”

There need to be setback standards, noise standards, and environmental impact standards for wind turbines. Nevertheless, there will always be negative effects, just as there are for highways and cars, airports, fossil and nuclear plants, sewage treatment plants, cities, suburbs, and you name it.

Any calls to “stop the madness” of wind turbines ignore the temporary nature of the fossil fuel age. They should be matched with calls to “stop the madness” of all the much greater health risks in our technologically enhanced lives.

]]> By: albert best http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/#comment-2099 albert best Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:19:24 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=876#comment-2099 A 20 KW wind turbine was built about 1/4 mile from my home. There is a loud humming sound that is loudest at night. Some of my neighbors plan to move. It keeps us up at night. We are petitioning to have it taken down. A 20 KW wind turbine was built about 1/4 mile from my home. There is a loud humming sound that is loudest at night. Some of my neighbors plan to move. It keeps us up at night. We are petitioning to have it taken down.

]]> By: albert best http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/#comment-18909 albert best Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:19:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=876#comment-18909 A 20 KW wind turbine was built about 1/4 mile from my home. There is a loud humming sound that is loudest at night. Some of my neighbors plan to move. It keeps us up at night. We are petitioning to have it taken down. A 20 KW wind turbine was built about 1/4 mile from my home. There is a loud humming sound that is loudest at night. Some of my neighbors plan to move. It keeps us up at night. We are petitioning to have it taken down.

]]> By: Brad Blake http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/#comment-2098 Brad Blake Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:07:55 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=876#comment-2098 Charlie Porter and Julie Sandry are absolutely correct. Folks in Mars Hill, Maine have complained of all the affects that are described in Dr. Nina Pierpont's book. The vibro-acoustic effects of Wind Turbine Syndrome are real. You can find letters from Mars Hill people on www.windaction.org. First Wind is planning a 60 MW project on the ridges above the 13 beautiful lakes of the Lincoln Lakes region of central Maine. See www.friendsoflincolnlakes.org. More than 500 year round homes and seasonal cottages on or near the lakes are within two kilometers of the 40 proposed GE turbines. First Wind is using out-moded computer ing and downplaying the potential effects of noise and vibro-acoustic impacts. The Mars Hill folks will be out in full force at the hearing in Lincoln to try to help others avoid the misery of life under turbines. These are unpredictable intermittent sources of trickles of electricity, so inefficient that the industry would never exist without tax subsidies and mandates to purchase the output. Have we de-valued the health and welfare of our people to the point that we push health-threatening "tax subsidy plantations" on them regardless of the consequences? We need to stop the madness! Charlie Porter and Julie Sandry are absolutely correct. Folks in Mars Hill, Maine have complained of all the affects that are described in Dr. Nina Pierpont’s book. The vibro-acoustic effects of Wind Turbine Syndrome are real. You can find letters from Mars Hill people on http://www.windaction.org. First Wind is planning a 60 MW project on the ridges above the 13 beautiful lakes of the Lincoln Lakes region of central Maine. See http://www.friendsoflincolnlakes.org. More than 500 year round homes and seasonal cottages on or near the lakes are within two kilometers of the 40 proposed GE turbines. First Wind is using out-moded computer ing and downplaying the potential effects of noise and vibro-acoustic impacts. The Mars Hill folks will be out in full force at the hearing in Lincoln to try to help others avoid the misery of life under turbines.

These are unpredictable intermittent sources of trickles of electricity, so inefficient that the industry would never exist without tax subsidies and mandates to purchase the output. Have we de-valued the health and welfare of our people to the point that we push health-threatening “tax subsidy plantations” on them regardless of the consequences?

We need to stop the madness!

]]> By: Brad Blake http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/#comment-18908 Brad Blake Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:07:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=876#comment-18908 Charlie Porter and Julie Sandry are absolutely correct. Folks in Mars Hill, Maine have complained of all the affects that are described in Dr. Nina Pierpont's book. The vibro-acoustic effects of Wind Turbine Syndrome are real. You can find letters from Mars Hill people on www.windaction.org. First Wind is planning a 60 MW project on the ridges above the 13 beautiful lakes of the Lincoln Lakes region of central Maine. See www.friendsoflincolnlakes.org. More than 500 year round homes and seasonal cottages on or near the lakes are within two kilometers of the 40 proposed GE turbines. First Wind is using out-moded computer ing and downplaying the potential effects of noise and vibro-acoustic impacts. The Mars Hill folks will be out in full force at the hearing in Lincoln to try to help others avoid the misery of life under turbines. These are unpredictable intermittent sources of trickles of electricity, so inefficient that the industry would never exist without tax subsidies and mandates to purchase the output. Have we de-valued the health and welfare of our people to the point that we push health-threatening "tax subsidy plantations" on them regardless of the consequences? We need to stop the madness! Charlie Porter and Julie Sandry are absolutely correct. Folks in Mars Hill, Maine have complained of all the affects that are described in Dr. Nina Pierpont’s book. The vibro-acoustic effects of Wind Turbine Syndrome are real. You can find letters from Mars Hill people on http://www.windaction.org. First Wind is planning a 60 MW project on the ridges above the 13 beautiful lakes of the Lincoln Lakes region of central Maine. See http://www.friendsoflincolnlakes.org. More than 500 year round homes and seasonal cottages on or near the lakes are within two kilometers of the 40 proposed GE turbines. First Wind is using out-moded computer ing and downplaying the potential effects of noise and vibro-acoustic impacts. The Mars Hill folks will be out in full force at the hearing in Lincoln to try to help others avoid the misery of life under turbines.

These are unpredictable intermittent sources of trickles of electricity, so inefficient that the industry would never exist without tax subsidies and mandates to purchase the output. Have we de-valued the health and welfare of our people to the point that we push health-threatening “tax subsidy plantations” on them regardless of the consequences?

We need to stop the madness!

]]> By: FED http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/#comment-2097 FED Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:29:56 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=876#comment-2097 Great arguments above for going nuclear! No noise and can be placed far away from everyone. Nuclear power is much better than ugly noisy wind generators. Great arguments above for going nuclear! No noise and can be placed far away from everyone. Nuclear power is much better than ugly noisy wind generators.

]]> By: FED http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/#comment-18907 FED Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:29:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=876#comment-18907 Great arguments above for going nuclear! No noise and can be placed far away from everyone. Nuclear power is much better than ugly noisy wind generators. Great arguments above for going nuclear! No noise and can be placed far away from everyone. Nuclear power is much better than ugly noisy wind generators.

]]> By: Julie Sandry http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/#comment-2096 Julie Sandry Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:11:52 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=876#comment-2096 I agree with Mr. Porter 100 percent! Until you've been forced to live on a wind plant you could NEVER understand everything that goes along with it! I have lived in my home for 7 years and recently the turbines went up and my battle with the energy company is just beginning. We now live on a 150 turbine wind plant. The closest one to my home is 2000 feet and at this point i can see well over 65 at my house! They were testing one out the other day and that noise i will never be able to live with! At night in EVERY direction i look all i see is BRIGHT red warning lights...our nights of looking at the beautiful night skies is gone forever. The lights are so bright and so close that i have reflections of them INSIDE my home at night. Also a big concern is my 6 year old has motion sickness and from the research i've done there's a good possibility these turbines will make him sick. His doctor informed me that if he does get sick we'll have to leave the day they all turn on. We own our home so leaving is not going to be that easy and as a mother i worry everyday what's going to happen when they start up. We plan on selling our home now but the odds of us selling our house when we are SURROUNDED by turbines are not that good. Who would want to buy an acreage with a horrible view and constant noise & lights? Not too many people! Something needs to be done about this and in the future i think there will be tougher rules on the setbacks from homes but for now what are all of us suppose to do? I know of at least 20 families where i live that are VERY UPSET about this situation and i'm sure there's many more i haven't heard about. I agree with Mr. Porter 100 percent! Until you’ve been forced to live on a wind plant you could NEVER understand everything that goes along with it! I have lived in my home for 7 years and recently the turbines went up and my battle with the energy company is just beginning. We now live on a 150 turbine wind plant. The closest one to my home is 2000 feet and at this point i can see well over 65 at my house! They were testing one out the other day and that noise i will never be able to live with! At night in EVERY direction i look all i see is BRIGHT red warning lights…our nights of looking at the beautiful night skies is gone forever. The lights are so bright and so close that i have reflections of them INSIDE my home at night.

Also a big concern is my 6 year old has motion sickness and from the research i’ve done there’s a good possibility these turbines will make him sick. His doctor informed me that if he does get sick we’ll have to leave the day they all turn on. We own our home so leaving is not going to be that easy and as a mother i worry everyday what’s going to happen when they start up. We plan on selling our home now but the odds of us selling our house when we are SURROUNDED by turbines are not that good. Who would want to buy an acreage with a horrible view and constant noise & lights? Not too many people!

Something needs to be done about this and in the future i think there will be tougher rules on the setbacks from homes but for now what are all of us suppose to do? I know of at least 20 families where i live that are VERY UPSET about this situation and i’m sure there’s many more i haven’t heard about.

]]> By: Julie Sandry http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/#comment-18906 Julie Sandry Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:11:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=876#comment-18906 I agree with Mr. Porter 100 percent! Until you've been forced to live on a wind plant you could NEVER understand everything that goes along with it! I have lived in my home for 7 years and recently the turbines went up and my battle with the energy company is just beginning. We now live on a 150 turbine wind plant. The closest one to my home is 2000 feet and at this point i can see well over 65 at my house! They were testing one out the other day and that noise i will never be able to live with! At night in EVERY direction i look all i see is BRIGHT red warning lights...our nights of looking at the beautiful night skies is gone forever. The lights are so bright and so close that i have reflections of them INSIDE my home at night. Also a big concern is my 6 year old has motion sickness and from the research i've done there's a good possibility these turbines will make him sick. His doctor informed me that if he does get sick we'll have to leave the day they all turn on. We own our home so leaving is not going to be that easy and as a mother i worry everyday what's going to happen when they start up. We plan on selling our home now but the odds of us selling our house when we are SURROUNDED by turbines are not that good. Who would want to buy an acreage with a horrible view and constant noise & lights? Not too many people! Something needs to be done about this and in the future i think there will be tougher rules on the setbacks from homes but for now what are all of us suppose to do? I know of at least 20 families where i live that are VERY UPSET about this situation and i'm sure there's many more i haven't heard about. I agree with Mr. Porter 100 percent! Until you’ve been forced to live on a wind plant you could NEVER understand everything that goes along with it! I have lived in my home for 7 years and recently the turbines went up and my battle with the energy company is just beginning. We now live on a 150 turbine wind plant. The closest one to my home is 2000 feet and at this point i can see well over 65 at my house! They were testing one out the other day and that noise i will never be able to live with! At night in EVERY direction i look all i see is BRIGHT red warning lights…our nights of looking at the beautiful night skies is gone forever. The lights are so bright and so close that i have reflections of them INSIDE my home at night.

Also a big concern is my 6 year old has motion sickness and from the research i’ve done there’s a good possibility these turbines will make him sick. His doctor informed me that if he does get sick we’ll have to leave the day they all turn on. We own our home so leaving is not going to be that easy and as a mother i worry everyday what’s going to happen when they start up. We plan on selling our home now but the odds of us selling our house when we are SURROUNDED by turbines are not that good. Who would want to buy an acreage with a horrible view and constant noise & lights? Not too many people!

Something needs to be done about this and in the future i think there will be tougher rules on the setbacks from homes but for now what are all of us suppose to do? I know of at least 20 families where i live that are VERY UPSET about this situation and i’m sure there’s many more i haven’t heard about.

]]> By: Charlie Porter http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/18/wind-turbines-and-health/#comment-2095 Charlie Porter Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:39:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=876#comment-2095 My family and myself have been living under 27 Wind Monsters for two years.6 are in all directions from our home, as close as 1200 feet.Can't sell our farm, we've had it listed with the local realtor.The Wind Monster company would rather use their big money to fight us than to do the right thing and buy our farm.That we had no intentions of selling before the Wind Monsters invaded our once precious way of life. The noise is at times unbearable.Can't sleep.Can't get away from it short of going to a hotel.Can't do that forever. I compare having 400' Wind Monsters in your backyard to parenthood in this way.If a person has no children, I could talk for a week about what it's like to be a parent, but if you don't have children, you'll never get it.If you don't have Giant Wind Monsters in your backyard, I could talk for a week about what it's like to live under these devastating monsters, but you'll never get it.I would challenge anyone that disagrees to come to our home on a supposed to be quiet evening and listen with your own ears.If you're not willing to do that, DO NOT try to tell me what it's like !! A setback of 1.5 miles from any resident, hospital, church or school, is all we ever asked for. Whether Wind Monsters ever get back the millions in yours and mines tax dollars is for another discussion, but I have my doubts that they ever get back the original costs to us all, in their 25 year life span. My family and myself have been living under 27 Wind Monsters for two years.6 are in all directions from our home, as close as 1200 feet.Can’t sell our farm, we’ve had it listed with the local realtor.The Wind Monster company would rather use their big money to fight us than to do the right thing and buy our farm.That we had no intentions of selling before the Wind Monsters invaded our once precious way of life.

The noise is at times unbearable.Can’t sleep.Can’t get away from it short of going to a hotel.Can’t do that forever.

I compare having 400′ Wind Monsters in your backyard to parenthood in this way.If a person has no children, I could talk for a week about what it’s like to be a parent, but if you don’t have children, you’ll never get it.If you don’t have Giant Wind Monsters in your backyard, I could talk for a week about what it’s like to live under these devastating monsters, but you’ll never get it.I would challenge anyone that disagrees to come to our home on a supposed to be quiet evening and listen with your own ears.If you’re not willing to do that, DO NOT try to tell me what it’s like !!

A setback of 1.5 miles from any resident, hospital, church or school, is all we ever asked for.

Whether Wind Monsters ever get back the millions in yours and mines tax dollars is for another discussion, but I have my doubts that they ever get back the original costs to us all, in their 25 year life span.

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