"Another day to get through after another bad night. I don’t know how much longer I can take this. Have got my usual complaints–headache, nausea, feeling sick, etc." (County Cork, Ireland)
Mar 10, 2009
Print ArticleYvonne Sheehan, Rock Chapel, County Cork, Ireland
Opening page of Dr. Pierpont’s report, “Wind Turbine Syndrome for Non-Clinicians”
Extract from from Yvonne Sheehan’s daily diary, January-February 2008 (with appreciation to National Wind Watch and to Mrs. Sheehan).
»Thursday 31st January
Bad weather today. Usual symptoms. Couldn’t get to sleep. Did a reading to see if anything indicated why. It is now 1 am.
»Friday 1st February
Data Logger Sound Level Meter:
Date Time Group Interval Unit/Speed Value
Feb-01-2008 01:15:03 3 5 dBA/Slow 46.
Feb-01-2008 01:15:08 3 5 dBA/Slow 46.3
Feb-01-2008 01:15:13 3 5 dBA/Slow 46.3
Feb-01-2008 01:15:18 3 5 dBA/Slow 46.9
Feb-01-2008 01:15:23 3 5 dBA/Slow 47.7
Feb-01-2008 01:15:28 3 5 dBA/Slow 47.5
Feb-01-2008 01:15:33 3 5 dBA/Slow 47.1
It is must be the low frequency that is preventing me from sleeping and causing me to have such pain in my ears and a headache. It snowed during the night and is still snowing now (11:56). Temperature is expected minus 5 tonight. I will try to do another reading during the night.
»Saturday 2nd February
Very bad cold at the moment. Still getting the other symptoms.
Reading taken outside door yesterday.
Date Time Group Interval Unit/Speed Value
Feb-01-2008 14:35:05 1 5 dBA/Slow 44.9
Feb-01-2008 14:35:10 1 5 dBA/Slow 45.2
Feb-01-2008 14:35:15 1 5 dBA/Slow 45.2
Feb-01-2008 14:35:20 1 5 dBA/Slow 45.0
Feb-01-2008 14:35:25 1 5 dBA/Slow 45.1
Feb-01-2008 14:35:30 1 5 dBA/Slow 45.0
Feb-01-2008 14:35:35 1 5 dBA/Slow 45.0
Feb-01-2008 14:35:40 1 5 dBA/Slow 45.1
Feb-01-2008 14:35:45 1 5 dBA/Slow 45.1
Reading taken in house yesterday.
Date Time Group Interval Unit/Speed Value
Feb-01-2008 16:27:25 3 5 dBA/Slow 33.
Feb-01-2008 16:27:30 3 5 dBA/Slow 33.5
Feb-01-2008 16:27:35 3 5 dBA/Slow 31.7
Feb-01-2008 16:27:40 3 5 dBA/Slow 30.9
Date Time Group Interval Unit/Speed Value
Feb-01-2008 16:27:47 4 5 dBC/Slow 42.2
Feb-01-2008 16:27:52 4 5 dBC/Slow 43.0
Feb-01-2008 16:27:57 4 5 dBC/Slow 42.5
Feb-01-2008 16:28:02 4 5 dBC/Slow 44.9
Feb-01-2008 16:28:07 4 5 dBC/Slow 38.3
Reading taken outside door last night. Temperature is supposed to be minus 5.
Date Time Group Interval Unit/Speed Value
Feb-01-2008 21:19:53 6 5 dBC/Slow 46.5
Feb-01-2008 21:19:58 6 5 dBC/Slow 45.8
Feb-01-2008 21:20:03 6 5 dBC/Slow 46.8
Left this afternoon at 3:45, all pain and headache receded. Came back at 6pm and pain immediately in ears, headache starting to get real bad so I went to door to take a reading.
The weather was bad—rain, wind, and cold—the stream across from my house was running very fast, so I did the reading just inside the door to eliminate most of the noise.
Date Time Group Interval Unit/Speed Value
Feb-02-2008 20:34:24 1 5 dBA/Slow 54.3
Feb-02-2008 20:34:39 2 5 dBA/Slow 56.7
Feb-02-2008 20:34:44 2 5 dBA/Slow 54.3
Feb-02-2008 20:34:49 2 5 dBA/Slow 53.5
Feb-02-2008 20:34:54 2 5 dBA/Slow 53.2
»Sunday 3rd February
Headaches, nausea, feeling dizzy, nothing’s changed except the burping has slowed down just a little.
Date Time Group Interval Unit/Speed Value
Feb-03-2008 00:32:01 1 5 dBA/Slow 54.9
Feb-03-2008 00:32:06 1 5 dBA/Slow 54.7
Feb-03-2008 00:32:11 1 5 dBA/Slow 54.9
Feb-03-2008 00:32:16 1 5 dBA/Slow 56.1
Date Time Group Interval Unit/Speed Value
Feb-03-2008 00:32:21 2 5 dBC/Slow 64.2
Feb-03-2008 00:32:26 2 5 dBC/Slow 62.1
Feb-03-2008 00:32:31 2 5 dBC/Slow 62.3
Feb-03-2008 00:32:36 2 5 dBC/Slow 61.3
Feb-03-2008 00:32:41 2 5 dBC/Slow 63.6
Feb-03-2008 00:32:46 2 5 dBC/Slow 60.9
»Monday 4th February
Usual symptoms. Brandon not good today.
Didn’t do any readings today as I wasn’t well.
»Tuesday 5th February
Brandon had a very rough night and I struggled with sleep. Have now moved into upstairs bedroom to see if I can sleep any better.
Taken in upstairs room.
Date Time Group Interval Unit/Speed Value
Feb-05-2008 16:14:54 3 5 dBA/Slow 47.1
Feb-05-2008 16:14:59 3 5 dBA/Slow 47.2
Feb-05-2008 16:15:04 3 5 dBA/Slow 46.7
»Wednesday 6th February
Not well at all last night. Had a bad time trying to get to sleep. Only had about 3 hours sleep. Very cold last night. Car was iced up this morning with an early morning frost. I did more readings last night as my ears and jaw were giving me hell. Had a nice e-mail from Jane Davis (England) last night and it was nice to know I was not alone?
These are last night’s readings.
Date Time Group Interval Unit/Speed Value
Feb-05-2008 16:13:05 1 5 dBA/Slow 48.5
Feb-05-2008 16:13:10 1 5 dBA/Slow 49.7
Feb-05-2008 16:13:15 1 5 dBA/Slow 48.8
Date Time Group Interval Unit/Speed Value
Feb-05-2008 16:13:23 2 5 dBC/Slow 60.6
Feb-05-2008 16:13:28 2 5 dBC/Slow 65.7
Feb-05-2008 16:13:33 2 5 dBC/Slow 61.2
Feb-05-2008 16:13:38 2 5 dBC/Slow 54.0
Feb-05-2008 16:13:43 2 5 dBC/Slow 54.2
Could not get to sleep, as much as I tried.
Reading taken out of upstairs bedroom window. Very cold.
Date Time Group Interval Unit/Speed Value
Feb-06-2008 00:20:20 6 5 dBC/Slow 53.4
Feb-06-2008 00:20:25 6 5 dBC/Slow 50.8
Reading inside bedroom.
Date Time Group Interval Unit/Speed Value
Feb-06-2008 00:36:52 7 5 dBA/Slow 31.7
Feb-06-2008 00:36:57 7 5 dBA/Slow 30.7
Feb-06-2008 00:37:02 7 5 dBA/Slow 29.6
Feb-06-2008 00:37:42 7 5 dBA/Slow 29.5
Feb-06-2008 00:37:51 8 5 dBC/Slow 39.9
Feb-06-2008 00:37:56 8 5 dBC/Slow 46.7
»Thursday 7th February
Another day to get through after another bad night. I don’t know how much longer I can take this. My head thinks it has a hang-over, and I don’t drink. There has to be more to life than this. Have got my usual complaints—headache, nausea, feeling sick, etc.
»Friday 8th February
Very bad night and scary. Hard to get to sleep. Noise, pain in ears, whistle in ears, headache. Not good at all.