{"id":4822,"date":"2009-11-08T08:30:51","date_gmt":"2009-11-08T13:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=4822"},"modified":"2012-02-02T07:02:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T12:02:06","slug":"two-homes-have-been-abandoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2009\/two-homes-have-been-abandoned\/","title":{"rendered":"Two homes have been abandoned in "Turbine Town" (Clear Creek, Ontario)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“I am angry, helpless, and disappointed our government would let something like this happen.\u00a0 I am appalled at their ignorance and lack of compassion. It saddens me to watch my family and friends suffer from the same [health] effects of the turbines.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I spend as much time as I can away from my home, away from my son who is also sleep deprived.\u00a0We are exhausted and miserable. I often seek refuge with friends, often falling asleep minutes after I arrive.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I feel like a gypsy. <\/span><\/p>\n

“What was once a beautiful place to live has been destroyed.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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—Tracy Whitworth, schoolteacher\u00a0(11\/5\/09)<\/p>\n

Clear Creek, Ontario.\u00a0 Quiet, peaceful.\u00a0 The sound of the lake; the overhead passing of migrating geese; tundra swans in the early spring.\u00a0 Deer and wild turkeys.\u00a0 Clear starry skies.\u00a0 Silent except for the sounds of the crickets and bullfrogs.\u00a0 The sight of a small country church across the way, the church I remember attending as a young girl with my grandmother.<\/p>\n

Sounds nice, doesn\u2019t it? That was my retreat of 11 years.\u00a0\u00a0A place I called home, a place I loved, a place I miss. It was my heaven on earth.<\/p>\n

My home now sits among huge, massive turbines. Eighteen turbines surround me, all within a 3 km radius of my home.\u00a0 The closest is 400 metres from my back door.<\/p>\n

People often ask me what my problem is with the turbines.\u00a0 (\u201cThey’re not very noisy,” I am told.)<\/p>\n

The noise is constant, some days louder than others. It is not noise I enjoy or choose to be around. It is noise I cannot escape.<\/p>\n

What most don’t understand is that it is the low frequency waves you cannot hear that are so debilitating to one\u2019s health. These frequencies also drive away the wildlife. \u00a0I no longer have deer, geese, swans passing by. These frequencies torment my dogs.\u00a0 These frequencies keep me awake at night.<\/p>\n

Welcome to “Turbine Town” Clear Creek, Ontario.<\/p>\n

I live with the movement of shadow flicker created by the rotation of the turbines, coming through my dining room window as I drink my coffee in the morning. I have developed a sensitivity in which now I cannot even tolerate the movement of a small ceiling fan.<\/p>\n

The skies where I live are no longer clear but dotted with blinking red lights marking the height of the turbines. When the turbines are down, a constant buzzing noise is emitted from the motionless structures. I have developed tinitus in my ears. I hear and feel the pulsating of the turbines and buzzing in my ears. I also feel the pulsating in my throat and chest.<\/p>\n

Two homes have been abandoned where I live because of health reasons related to the effects of the turbines. One of these properties is host to 2 turbines. Many properties are for sale. In fact most of the properties where landowners reside on premises are for sale. Real estate sales in my area are significantly less than other areas in Ontario. Some real estate brokers will not touch a property adjacent to a turbine for fear of future law suit.<\/p>\n

Nothing is selling in Turbine Town. Land value has decreased significantly because of the turbines.<\/p>\n

There is a dividing of the community.\u00a0 There are those who have signed leases, many of whom are regretting they were mislead or ill informed regarding the turbines. People are reluctant to speak about the turbine situation. These leases contain “gag orders.”\u00a0 Many of these people suffer, yet are embarrassed and therefore deny the turbines are the cause of their illness.<\/p>\n

I have:<\/p>\n