Turbine neighbours in Wisconsin: noise means “life of agony”

 
fdlreporter January 24, 2016

Group says wind farm causing health issues

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Joan Lagerman likens the sound to “shoes in a clothes dryer,” or “someone shutting a dumpster lid over and over.”
The Malone woman is among a group of residents who are suffering from a variety of ailments they believe are caused from living in the shadow of wind turbines.
On certain days, when the blades are coated in ice, the noise is so bad it shakes the walls of her home.
Calling themselves Concerned Citizens of Fond du Lac County, the group plans to attend the next meeting of the Fond du Lac County Health Department at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 2 to voice health concerns they say are caused by the whirl of the seven-ton blades.
Their main goal is to shut down the turbines at night so residents can get some sleep.
Blue Sky Green Field is a WE Energies, 88-turbine wind farm set on 10,600 acres, spread between the townships of Calumet and Marshfield in Fond du Lac County, not far from the east shore of Lake Winnebago. Lagerman and her neighbors are surrounded by the 44 towering turbines spinning in Marshfield.
The wind farm generates energy for the southeastern Wisconsin power grid, producing enough for service to 35,000 homes, according to WE Energies.
Choking back tears, Lagerman, 55, said Thursday she can’t take it anymore – the constant headaches, insomnia, hypertension and anxiety that came on after the wind farm was erected in 2008.
“Doctors can’t find what is causing my health problems, but I can tell you …
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3 Comments

  • Darryl Mueller
    Posted January 25, 2016 1:57 am 0Likes

    If this was Exon Mobil Shell Hess EPA DOE DOH would be there in a hart beat. Because it’s wind give it a pass. Same as USFWS giving kill License for Eagles. Read the Utah Study 48% higher cost than thought for Wind Energy. Hidden in with Subsides the real cost.

    • Barbara
      Posted January 25, 2016 2:32 pm 0Likes

      From: Maine Governor Paul LePage
      ‘Weekly Message: Mainers Need Affordable Electricity Now’
      “These high energy costs are robbing you every month. They are killing jobs, forcing layoffs and discouraging major companies from even looking at Maine.”
      The rest of the Governor’s remarks at: http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MEGOV/bulletins/736e2c

  • Sommer
    Posted January 25, 2016 9:26 am 0Likes

    It’s time to call in Erin Brokovich to work on the issue collectively…even cross border if she will. Ontario needs her too.

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