What is it like to live near a wind turbine?
Hear from Vermonters in their own words.
“The (turbine) noise dominates your life."
— Melodie McLane, Lives 3700 feet from David Blittersdorf's georgia mountain turbines (2.5 MW Goldwind Turbines 426 feet tall)
Sam Mason lives a mile from Green Mountain Power’s Lowell turbines. Here he is telling Vermont’s Public Service Board about the impacts that the turbines have had on his young two sons.
“Like a diesel truck inside my house for 24 hours. It is ridiculously loud most of the time.”
— Sam Mason, Lives less than a mile from green Mountain Power's Lowell Turbines (3 MW Vestas v112 459 feet tall)
“We were not against the turbines before they went in [but after] we were dizzy, had vertigo like you wouldn't believe. ”
— Luann Therrien, Lived 3/4th of a mile from the Sheffield Wind Turbines(2.5 MW Clipper Turbines 418 feet tall)
Luann Therrien abandoned her home 3/4 of a mile from Vermont Wind’s Sheffield Turbines. “It’s hell living in the shadow of a turbine.”
Reggie Johnson lives .62 miles from David Blittersdorf’s Georgia Mountain turbines. He says, “It’s been hell here.”
“We were not aware they were going to produce the kind of noise they produce.”
— Reggie Johnson, Lives less than a mile from David Blittersdorf's georgia mountain turbines (2.5 MW Goldwind Turbines 426 feet tall)
“I believed what I was told, that there wouldn't be any sound and I wouldn't hear anything. I was lied to.”
— Sandy Waterman, Lives less than a mile GReeen Mountain Power's turbines in Lowell (3 MW Vestas v112 459 feet tall)
Sandy Waterman lives less than a mile from Green Mountain Power’s turbines in Lowell, Vermont. Energy developers told her the turbines would be quiet. “I was lied to.”
Matt Parisi lives less than a mile from David Blittersdorf’s Georgia Mountain turbines. His son moved out of the house because of the noise from theturbines.
“Have they adversely affected our lives? Yes. Whoever is at the tail-end of that turbine pays the price.”
— Matt Parisi, lives less than a mile from David Blittersdorf's georgia mountain turbineS (2.5 MW Goldwind Turbines 426 feet tall)
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