{"id":27951,"date":"2013-10-25T16:41:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T20:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=27951"},"modified":"2013-12-04T16:58:34","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T21:58:34","slug":"baily-therrien-poster-child-for-wind-turbine-syndrome-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2013\/baily-therrien-poster-child-for-wind-turbine-syndrome-vermont\/","title":{"rendered":"Baily Therrien: Poster child for Wind Turbine Syndrome (Vermont)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Baily\"<\/p>\n

.<\/span>
\n\u2014Calvin Luther Martin, PhD<\/p>\n

If Wind Turbine Syndrome (WTS) had a poster child, surely it would be 2-year-old Baily Therrien<\/a> (Vermont).<\/p>\n

A quick review. \u00a0For several years (three? four?) Baily\u2019s mom & dad have been pleading with the State of Vermont to put a stop to the industrial wind turbines that are tormenting them and their two children with WTS.<\/p>\n

Vermont, of course, in its corporate-spun cocoon, turned a deaf ear\u2014and continues to. \u00a0The news media gave the Therriens some slap and tickle notice, and then went on to more pressing, titillating news.<\/p>\n

Four years of pleading accomplished exactly zero results; the Therriens were being \u201chung out to twist in the wind,\u201d as the morbid saying goes.<\/p>\n

Till readers of this website rode to the rescue!<\/p>\n

\"cavalry\"<\/p>\n

Within a week, people pledged $6,000 to help the Therriens find a new home! \u00a0Yes, $6,000! \u00a0Initially we thought it was $5,000, but pledges kept pouring in, totaling $6,000. \u00a0(Update 10\/26\/13: \u00a0Since publishing this article yesterday, pledges have climbed to $6,200. \u00a0Wow!)<\/span><\/p>\n

Better yet, the Therriens now have all that money in hand. \u00a0To say that Luann & Steve Therrien are \u201cover the moon\u201d with appreciation would be an understatement.<\/p>\n

The story gets better. \u00a0Earlier this week, the Executive Director of Vermonters for a Clean Environment<\/a>, Annette Smith, launched an additional fund-raiser, and so far it’s approaching $1,000, I am told.<\/p>\n

Back to our poster child. \u00a0The other day, Luann filed this report with the Vermont public agency responsible for logging (and immediately ignoring) complaints about WTS. \u00a0(These would be the same \u201cnon-complaints\u201d referred to by the American Wind Energy Association<\/a> when contacted by an ABC News<\/a>\u00a0correspondent last week.)<\/p>\n

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), which represents the industry, said that wind power was “an inexhaustible resource,” which did not harm the environment and provided a “direct health benefit by reducing air pollution and related health impacts, including asthma.”<\/p>\n

Spokeswoman Lindsay North, who did not comment on the Falmouth cases, said health complaints were “rare.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cRare\u201d huh, Lindsay? \u00a0 How about \u201cdenied\u201d and the whole issue buried under platitude and \u201cclean energy\u201d bullshit.<\/p>\n

(Bullshit, except it wounds people like Baily Therrien\u2014and that of course makes it far worse than bullshit.)<\/p>\n

\"eco-skull3\"<\/p>\n

Luann wrote her AWEA-certified \u201crare\u201d complaint at 3:30 am on October 21, 2013. \u00a0She filed it as\u00a0Public Comment Docket # 7156. \u00a0Here\u2019s what it said.<\/p>\n

Here I am up at 3:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Why? \u00a0You really don’t need to ask that question, do you? \u00a0No, you do not!<\/p>\n

That’s right, we’re getting “Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh\u201d!<\/p>\n

Have been awake for awhile, and repeatedly, by my baby girl Baily, who will be 2 in January.<\/p>\n

My sweet little petunia wakes up, cries and tells me she is tired. \u00a0That’s right, wakes up to tell me she is tired! \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Does this seem odd to anyone other than me?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note to Luann: \u00a0Vermont won\u2019t reply. \u00a0You know that. \u00a0This is corporate and government-sponsored abuse, including child abuse.<\/p>\n

The good news, Luann, is that readers of this site responded. \u00a0An international response, as you discovered when all those checks arrived in the mail this week.<\/p>\n

People of conscience and people who are still human beings apologize to you and your family.<\/p>\n

Luann, we\u2019re happy\u2014really happy!\u2014that Baily and Seager won\u2019t be terrorized by these damn turbines any longer. \u00a0Nor will you and Steve. \u00a0We\u2019re sorry you must abandon your beloved home in the woods.<\/p>\n

Let us all pray, \u201cDear God, may Baily forget\u2014may she never carry the emotional scars, the PTSD\u2014of her experience with ‘clean, green, renewable’ wind energy.”<\/p>\n

\"PTSD<\/p>\n

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. \u2014Calvin Luther Martin, PhD If Wind Turbine Syndrome (WTS) had a poster child, surely it would be 2-year-old Baily Therrien (Vermont). A quick review. \u00a0For several years (three? four?) Baily\u2019s mom & dad have been pleading with the State of Vermont to put a stop to the industrial wind turbines that are tormenting them and their two children with WTS. Vermont, of course, in its corporate-spun cocoon, turned a deaf ear\u2014and continues to. \u00a0The news media gave the Therriens some slap and tickle notice, and then went on to more pressing, titillating news. Four years of pleading accomplished exactly zero results; the Therriens were being \u201chung out to twist in the wind,\u201d as the morbid saying goes. Till readers of this website rode to the rescue! Within a week, people pledged $6,000 to help the Therriens find a new home! \u00a0Yes, $6,000! \u00a0Initially we thought it was $5,000, but pledges kept pouring in, totaling $6,000. \u00a0(Update 10\/26\/13: \u00a0Since publishing this article yesterday, pledges have climbed to $6,200. \u00a0Wow!) Better yet, the Therriens now have all that money in hand. \u00a0To say that Luann & Steve Therrien are \u201cover the moon\u201d with appreciation would be an understatement. The story gets better. \u00a0Earlier this week, the Executive Director of Vermonters for a Clean Environment, Annette Smith, launched an additional fund-raiser, and so far it’s approaching $1,000, I am told. Back to our poster child. \u00a0The other day, Luann filed this report with the Vermont public agency responsible for logging (and immediately ignoring) complaints about WTS. \u00a0(These would be the same \u201cnon-complaints\u201d referred to by the American Wind Energy Association when contacted by an ABC News\u00a0correspondent last week.) The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), which represents the industry, said that wind power was “an inexhaustible resource,” which did not harm the environmentRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[157,166,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}