{"id":28414,"date":"2014-03-04T10:16:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T15:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=28414"},"modified":"2014-03-15T10:14:36","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T14:14:36","slug":"what-ails-this-child-outraged-answer-wind-turbine-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2014\/what-ails-this-child-outraged-answer-wind-turbine-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"What ails this child? (Outraged answer: Wind Turbine Syndrome!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Editor\u2019s note<\/em>: \u00a0This article was sent to us by a man in the Midwest, who knows this girl’s family. \u00a0The girl’s father, Ted Hartke, \u201cis an engineer and surveyor,\u201d wrote my friend. \u00a0\u201cHe was initially in favor of the California Ridge windfarm<\/a>. \u00a0You already know what happened next.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We’d like to dedicate this story and the plight of \u00a06-year-old Sophia (yes, that\u2019s her name) to Australia\u2019s Professor Simon Chapman and the U.K.\u2019s Dr. Geoff Leventhall.<\/p>\n

Sophia, my sweetheart, both these brilliant professors ridicule what you’re suffering from. \u00a0It\u2019s called \u2018Wind Turbine Syndrome.\u2019 \u00a0Both men say it’s nonsense. \u00a0Mr. Chapman says people like you become ill because you envy your neighbors who have wind turbine leases. \u00a0(Really, Sophia! \u00a0Are you really truly envious of them? \u00a0You can tell me, confidentially.) \u00a0Whereas Mr. Leventhall seems to think \u00a0you don\u2019t understand that wind turbines don\u2019t produce infrasound of any significance. \u00a0And, even if they did, he’d assure you it couldn’t bother you in the least, my love!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(It\u2019s clear what Sophia\u2019s problem is. \u00a0She doesn\u2019t have a PhD degree. \u00a0Nor does she \u201cconsult\u201d for wind energy companies. \u00a0Nor does she get herself quoted by world media, ridiculing people with symptoms like hers. \u00a0If she did have a PhD and did consult for wind companies, she\u2019d know in a flash that she\u2019s making all this up, and being hysterical, and probably needs to be told by her mom to stop this naughty behavior RIGHT NOW! \u00a0Then of course get sent to her room.)<\/p>\n

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\"Hartke<\/p>\n

This is a snapshot of the Hartkes, Christmas 2012, at the start of their wind turbine noise hell.\u00a0(Merry Christmas from the wind developers and their enablers!)<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read more about their horror story, and view more photos. \u00a0The following was written, I believe, by Mr. Hartke.<\/p>\n

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InvEnergy Wind Turbine Victim \u2013 California Ridge Wind Farm (Vermillion County, Ill.)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>3\/3\/14<\/h3>\n

This six-year-old girl is wearing her Hello Kitty headphones to bed in July 2013 because the wind turbines operating on the adjacent farm property are making too much noise.<\/p>\n

This photo was taken at 10:43 PM after her being in bed since 8:00 PM.<\/p>\n

The closest wind turbines are 1665\u2019 and 2225\u2019 away, they are 495\u2019 tall GE 1.6 MW nameplate capacity, and they are owned & operated by InvEnergy in Vermilion County, Illinois.<\/p>\n

This scenario was repeated for so many nights during each week that, within six months after this photo was taken, the parents and both children abandoned their home and moved into a doublewide trailer eight miles away \u2014 to get away from the nighttime noise.<\/p>\n

Now, she regularly asks her parents, \u201cWhen can we move back into our old house?\u201d and \u201cI want to have a normal life and get to have my old bedroom back again because I don\u2019t like living here because there\u2019s not enough room for my stuff and there\u2019s no place to keep my things.\u201d\u00a0 Her parents have gently reminded both kids that they love them very much and that their health is away more important than having material things such as a nice big house with all the toys and things.<\/p>\n

Good parents know when they have to set priorities, and this family is making the right decision to inform the public so that other families do not have to suffer the grief and life-changing setbacks caused by improper wind turbine siting.<\/p>\n

Are there children who live in your county?\u00a0 Are there any families who live near wind projects proposed for their rural community?\u00a0 Have you seen the letter from the Armstrong Grade School Superintendent?<\/p>\n

If not, please take a few minutes to learn more by visiting www.fairwindenergy.org<\/a>\u00a0and www.edgarcountywatchdogs.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0 search \u201cVermilion\u201d to see what can happen to your friends or family when wind turbine siting is overlooked and decisions are made by ill-informed government bureaucrats.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Editor\u2019s note: \u00a0This article was sent to us by a man in the Midwest, who knows this girl’s family. \u00a0The girl’s father, Ted Hartke, \u201cis an engineer and surveyor,\u201d wrote my friend. \u00a0\u201cHe was initially in favor of the California Ridge windfarm. \u00a0You already know what happened next.\u201d We’d like to dedicate this story and the plight of \u00a06-year-old Sophia (yes, that\u2019s her name) to Australia\u2019s Professor Simon Chapman and the U.K.\u2019s Dr. Geoff Leventhall. Sophia, my sweetheart, both these brilliant professors ridicule what you’re suffering from. \u00a0It\u2019s called \u2018Wind Turbine Syndrome.\u2019 \u00a0Both men say it’s nonsense. \u00a0Mr. Chapman says people like you become ill because you envy your neighbors who have wind turbine leases. \u00a0(Really, Sophia! \u00a0Are you really truly envious of them? \u00a0You can tell me, confidentially.) \u00a0Whereas Mr. Leventhall seems to think \u00a0you don\u2019t understand that wind turbines don\u2019t produce infrasound of any significance. \u00a0And, even if they did, he’d assure you it couldn’t bother you in the least, my love!\u201d (It\u2019s clear what Sophia\u2019s problem is. \u00a0She doesn\u2019t have a PhD degree. \u00a0Nor does she \u201cconsult\u201d for wind energy companies. \u00a0Nor does she get herself quoted by world media, ridiculing people with symptoms like hers. \u00a0If she did have a PhD and did consult for wind companies, she\u2019d know in a flash that she\u2019s making all this up, and being hysterical, and probably needs to be told by her mom to stop this naughty behavior RIGHT NOW! \u00a0Then of course get sent to her room.) This is a snapshot of the Hartkes, Christmas 2012, at the start of their wind turbine noise hell.\u00a0(Merry Christmas from the wind developers and their enablers!) Click here to read more about their horror story, and view more photos. \u00a0The following was written, I believe, by Mr. Hartke. InvEnergy Wind TurbineRead 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\/28414"}],"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=28414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}