{"id":15368,"date":"2011-05-14T15:53:19","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T19:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=15368"},"modified":"2012-01-25T09:09:44","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T14:09:44","slug":"wind-turbine-syndrome-so-damn-obvious-it-hurts-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2011\/wind-turbine-syndrome-so-damn-obvious-it-hurts-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Turbine Syndrome so damn obvious, it hurts (Australia)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7l_RBkEpYhU?feature=oembed&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00b7<\/span><br \/>\nNina Pierpont, MD, PhD, coined the name &#8220;Wind Turbine Syndrome&#8221; (WTS). \u00a0She wrote the definitive study. \u00a0Johns Hopkins MD, Princeton MA &amp; PhD (Population Biology &amp; Behavioral Ecology), Yale BA (Biology), a 300-page book that took years to research and write, a book refereed (peer reviewed) by a half dozen major medical school faculty and university scientists, a book that includes 60 pages of tables laying out the precise symptoms suffered by the Stepnells (see video, above), a book that explains in clinical detail the role of the (inner ear) vestibular organs in causing this industrial disease, and then re-explains the whole clinical picture in layman&#8217;s language (for non-clinicians)&#8212;a book that has been trashed by Big Wind and its government enablers around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Except for one inconvenient truth. \u00a0People like <a onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2011\/i-feel-very-depressed-some-days-i-could-just-curl-up-and-cry-australia\/','','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=1000,height=1000,left='+(screen.availWidth\/2-500)+',top='+(screen.availHeight\/2-500)+'');return false;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2011\/i-feel-very-depressed-some-days-i-could-just-curl-up-and-cry-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carl &amp; Samantha Stepnell<\/a> and their children suffer. \u00a0People are suffering egregiously wherever wind turbines are spinning.<\/p>\n<p>The chief problem is the blade passing the tower. \u00a0So long as those blades sweep past the tower, there will be low frequency noise (much of it infrasound) and vibration. \u00a0And it can travel miles. \u00a0Through anything. \u00a0Air, water, rock, soil&#8212;yes, including your super well-insulated house, where it resonates within certain rooms.<\/p>\n<p>No, Virginia, there is no clever engineering &#8220;fix&#8221; to stop this noise, much of it unheard&#8212;yet felt, as the Stepnells explain in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Nina Pierpont? \u00a0<a onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2010\/wind-turbine-syndrome-pierpont\/','','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=1000,height=1000,left='+(screen.availWidth\/2-500)+',top='+(screen.availHeight\/2-500)+'');return false;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2010\/wind-turbine-syndrome-pierpont\/\" target=\"_blank\">She retired<\/a>. \u00a0Went back to her medical practice, her flower gardens, her Adirondack wilderness. \u00a0She had enough abuse from shills hired by Big Wind and government. \u00a0(Big Wind and government, for all intents and purposes, being one and the same.)<\/p>\n<p>Seven years of explaining Wind Turbine Syndrome to (mostly dense) media and the world at large. \u00a0After seven years, she felt she had served her time in the salt mines of this industrial plague. \u00a0(How many interviews did she give? \u00a0How many times did she testify? \u00a0How many letters did she write? \u00a0Frankly, she lost count.)<\/p>\n<p>If you live in a community being stalked by Big Wind and you&#8217;re reading these words, there&#8217;s a strong likelihood you won&#8217;t believe either these words or this video. \u00a0And that&#8217;s okay&#8212;and that&#8217;s another reason Pierpont retired. \u00a0She got tired of trying to convince people like you that WTS is real and, for many, a living hell. \u00a0(Read the hundreds of articles posted under <a onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/articles.html','','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=1000,height=1000,left='+(screen.availWidth\/2-500)+',top='+(screen.availHeight\/2-500)+'');return false;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/articles.html\" target=\"_blank\">Resources<\/a>. \u00a0Pour yourself a strong drink before you do.)<\/p>\n<p>And that it gets worse over time. \u00a0That is, you don&#8217;t &#8220;get used&#8221; to WTS. \u00a0She explains why in her book. \u00a0However, since wishful thinking and industry blather trump science, there are many who don&#8217;t believe her or fail to pay attention when she points this out.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, give those turbines six months to a year after they&#8217;re up and running in your backyard. \u00a0Then try to wrap your mind around the fact that the headaches vertigo tinnitus nausea intense pressure (head ears chest) weird chest vibrations nighttime panic awakenings, along with depression, visual problems and, above all, forgetfulness and lack of concentration plus your kids&#8217; cratering school grades and their unaccountable withdrawal behavior&#8212;begin wrapping your mind around the fact that all this is textbook WTS.<\/p>\n<p>No, it&#8217;s not because you&#8217;re getting senile or getting older or &#8220;getting forgetful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/guinea-pig-200x221.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/guinea-pig-200x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to WTS. \u00a0You&#8217;ve become a poster guinea pig for &#8220;clean, green, renewable&#8221; wind energy!<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, buy a copy of her book; it&#8217;s all there. \u00a0In plain, straightforward English. \u00a0No big words. \u00a0And if English ain&#8217;t your language, you&#8217;ve got <a onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/translations.html','','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=1000,height=1000,left='+(screen.availWidth\/2-500)+',top='+(screen.availHeight\/2-500)+'');return false;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/translations.html\" target=\"_blank\">eight others<\/a> to choose from.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00b7 Nina Pierpont, MD, PhD, coined the name &#8220;Wind Turbine Syndrome&#8221; (WTS). \u00a0She wrote the definitive study. \u00a0Johns Hopkins MD, Princeton MA &amp; PhD (Population Biology &amp; Behavioral Ecology), Yale BA (Biology), a 300-page book that took years to research and write, a book refereed (peer reviewed) by a half dozen major medical school faculty and university scientists, a book that includes 60 pages of tables laying out the precise symptoms suffered by the Stepnells (see video, above), a book that explains in clinical detail the role of the (inner ear) vestibular organs in causing this industrial disease, and then re-explains the whole clinical picture in layman&#8217;s language (for non-clinicians)&#8212;a book that has been trashed by Big Wind and its government enablers around the world. Except for one inconvenient truth. \u00a0People like Carl &amp; Samantha Stepnell and their children suffer. \u00a0People are suffering egregiously wherever wind turbines are spinning. The chief problem is the blade passing the tower. \u00a0So long as those blades sweep past the tower, there will be low frequency noise (much of it infrasound) and vibration. \u00a0And it can travel miles. \u00a0Through anything. \u00a0Air, water, rock, soil&#8212;yes, including your super well-insulated house, where it resonates within certain rooms. No, Virginia, there is no clever engineering &#8220;fix&#8221; to stop this noise, much of it unheard&#8212;yet felt, as the Stepnells explain in the video. Nina Pierpont? \u00a0She retired. \u00a0Went back to her medical practice, her flower gardens, her Adirondack wilderness. \u00a0She had enough abuse from shills hired by Big Wind and government. \u00a0(Big Wind and government, for all intents and purposes, being one and the same.) Seven years of explaining Wind Turbine Syndrome to (mostly dense) media and the world at large. \u00a0After seven years, she felt she had served her time in the salt mines of this industrial<a href=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2011\/wind-turbine-syndrome-so-damn-obvious-it-hurts-australia\/#rdmore\" >Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[166,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15368"}],"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=15368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}