{"id":16414,"date":"2011-08-12T14:53:18","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T18:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=16414"},"modified":"2012-01-25T08:54:05","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T13:54:05","slug":"six-acres-and-a-nice-un-sellable-home-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2011\/six-acres-and-a-nice-un-sellable-home-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"“Six acres and a nice, un-sellable home” (Mass.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note<\/em>: \u00a0Sue Hobart, author of this letter, occupies the home wherein<\/span>\u00a0two professional acousticians became debilitatingly ill<\/a> with Wind Turbine Syndrome (WTS). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Robert Rand (Brunswick, Maine) and Stephen Ambrose (Windham, Maine) were hired by Sue and her husband to measure noise\/vibration from the industrial wind turbine next door. \u00a0Rand & Ambrose have been in the business for decades. \u00a0Ambrose is Board Certified by the<\/span> Institute of Noise Control Engineering<\/a> (INCE); Rand is a Member of INCE. \u00a0Both men had taken noise\/vibration measurements at other wind turbine sites. \u00a0Neither had experienced WTS before. \u00a0Both were flabbergasted by the experience, even as it was happening to them. \u00a0They basically had to flee the home. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sue, unfortunately, can’t do that; she is being forced to move out. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When Robert Rand<\/a> met Nina Pierpont recently, he shook her hand, looked her in the eye and declared, “”Nina, what you wrote about in your book is real<\/em>! \u00a0Thank you!”<\/span>
\n\u00b7\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00b7<\/span>
\nDear Falmouth<\/a> (Mass.) Board of Selectmen<\/a>,<\/p>\n

The wind turbine issue rolls on, and my health is rapidly failing. I am in the acoustic range of the Webb turbine (see Dan Webb, below), and am trying to make plans to have some sort of future. \u00a0I need to know if anybody is going to hear, or pay attention to, anything I have to say.<\/p>\n

I have closed my business for next year, and am just barely making it, physically, this season. I’m in pain and can’t think clearly. \u00a0I never sleep. \u00a0I work out of my home.<\/p>\n

Life as I knew it is over.<\/p>\n

I sleep in the middle of my dark basement. \u00a0Even so, I still vibrate and ache all the time. I have headaches all the time, and the only time they stop is when I am away from my home for 12 hours or more.<\/p>\n

I have to give up my home because there is absolutely no possibility of any kind of restful or meaningful life, here, when that turbine is turning—which is just about all the time. \u00a0Occasionally there are several hours it is off—and I become human again. \u00a0I celebrate those few hours—but then they leave.<\/p>\n

You have absolutely no idea how horrible this situation is. I cry and grieve every day for all that has been taken away, here.<\/p>\n

There is talk and talk about caring, but I just don’t believe you. \u00a0It seems nobody actually wants to take responsibility for this horrendous mistake.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, how does Dan Webb get off having that thing (wind turbine) paid for by grants, then selling it to himself, locking it up in a limited liability corporation, and dancing off with all the profits in his pocket?<\/p>\n

Is his permit grandfathered? Is that turbine up for good, no matter what?<\/p>\n

You see, I don’t have his millions to fight him. I just have 6 acres and a nice, un-sellable home.<\/p>\n

My life will most likely be spent in a van or a rental, now, because my house is toxic to me.<\/p>\n

Whatever. \u00a0I never get any answers, anyway. \u00a0Have a fun barbecue and sailing trip and community dinners at the Coonamessett Inn and cocktail parties, hobnobbing about and patting yourselves on the back for being “progressive.” \u00a0Apparently, that’s what matters more than quality of life, anyway.<\/p>\n

I can’t wait till my wedding floral business is over, so I can get out of here and sleep again.<\/p>\n

Make no mistake, however; this is your<\/span> mistake to correct!<\/p>\n

Even so, I expect the same response I always get. \u00a0Silence.<\/p>\n

Sue Hobart
\nHobart’s Fine Florals<\/a>
\n476 Blacksmith Shop Road
\nEast Falmouth MA 02536<\/p>\n

508-548-5226
\n508-737-1450 cell<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note: \u00a0Sue Hobart, author of this letter, occupies the home wherein\u00a0two professional acousticians became debilitatingly ill with Wind Turbine Syndrome (WTS). \u00a0 Robert Rand (Brunswick, Maine) and Stephen Ambrose (Windham, Maine) were hired by Sue and her husband to measure noise\/vibration from the industrial wind turbine next door. \u00a0Rand & Ambrose have been in the business for decades. \u00a0Ambrose is Board Certified by the Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE); Rand is a Member of INCE. \u00a0Both men had taken noise\/vibration measurements at other wind turbine sites. \u00a0Neither had experienced WTS before. \u00a0Both were flabbergasted by the experience, even as it was happening to them. \u00a0They basically had to flee the home. \u00a0 Sue, unfortunately, can’t do that; she is being forced to move out. \u00a0 When Robert Rand met Nina Pierpont recently, he shook her hand, looked her in the eye and declared, “”Nina, what you wrote about in your book is real! \u00a0Thank you!” \u00b7\u00a0 \u00b7 Dear Falmouth (Mass.) Board of Selectmen, The wind turbine issue rolls on, and my health is rapidly failing. I am in the acoustic range of the Webb turbine (see Dan Webb, below), and am trying to make plans to have some sort of future. \u00a0I need to know if anybody is going to hear, or pay attention to, anything I have to say. I have closed my business for next year, and am just barely making it, physically, this season. I’m in pain and can’t think clearly. \u00a0I never sleep. \u00a0I work out of my home. Life as I knew it is over. I sleep in the middle of my dark basement. \u00a0Even so, I still vibrate and ache all the time. I have headaches all the time, and the only time they stop is when I am away from myRead More…<\/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\/16414"}],"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=16414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}