[newgeezer]

I have to wonder if any of his problems would disappear if he was getting some of that $3,000 per turbine.

[newgeezer]

Pinging a fellow “gawk[er].”

[clamper1797]

I knew they would try to spin this story ...

[mtbopfuyn]

$3,000 will buy a lot of asprin.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Can't put them anywhere near Hyannis Port or Chesapeake Bay, but flyover country?

Who cares?

[goldstategop]

Liberals hate wind farms: because 1) they kill birds 2) they obstruct the view and 3) they make people really sick.

So much for renewable energy sources.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[familyop]

They most often make certain busybody, post-menopausal, coveting neighbors sick, allegedly.

[familyop]

The posted piece is hilarious, BTW. ...conjures up images of schizophrenics and witch doctors.

[JoanneSD]

Never heard of these problems from oil wells, especially if they are on your property...the pumping is quite pleasant sounding..

[AFPhys]

I suspect that this is a case of “once you notice it, you can’t help but notice it.” As far as “can’t really hear it inside the house”, I bet that is not true, either... probably it ends up throbbing subconsciously and continuously long distances away.

As for me, I’ll not ever support that industry willingly.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

In all seriousness, I could see the blades creating pressure waves of some kind and irritating folks in the vicinity. Could be an inner-ear type deal for some. (I’m serious!)

[the invisib1e hand]

they make me sick, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen one.

[MarineBrat]

A couple of years ago I had an 8 day stay in the hospital. My room was next to the elevators. People who visited me didn’t really notice any noise, but after 8 days of “tuning in” to those 3 story steel cable guitar strings strumming inside the wall, I was ready to scream. I can understand how wind turbines could do that to someone.

[DoughtyOne]

I know this is going to raise some interesting criticisms, but the study of harmonics as they apply to human beings, leads me to believe that there could be something to this noise complaint.

I don’t profess to be an expert on it, but I have watched some shows on the science channels that have touched on it. I wouldn’t dismiss it out of hand.

Some have talked about people who are and aren’t bothered by the same noise. I don’t know what to say with regard to that. It may or may not disprove a real problem existing along these lines. Perhaps some people are more vulnerable to this type of problem.

[ApplegateRanch]

One researcher calls it “wind turbine syndrome,” ...but most know that it is just acute NIMBYitis.

[Hacklehead]

“The sound gets in your head like a saw and you can’t get rid of it,”

Try tinnitus, it will make your wind turbines seem like paradise.

[_Jim]

Soon the sounds from the blades swooshing through the air and other noise were driving Porter and his family crazy

I would trade that for the boom-box gang-bangers and others ... booming in the neighborhood at 1 AM in the morning sometimes!!!

[JCG]

“The sound gets in your head like a saw and you can’t get rid of it,” Porter said.

I think I know what you mean...

 

Obama: Man of the World
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: March 6, 2007

Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to
prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that
seemed delightfully uncalculated [...], Mr. Obama described the
call to prayer as "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at
sunset."

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/opinion/06kristof.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
http://nevadathunder.com/?p=3626




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