{"id":675,"date":"2008-08-29T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=675"},"modified":"2012-02-02T08:21:04","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T13:21:04","slug":"my-life-is-hell-letter-from-union-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2008\/my-life-is-hell-letter-from-union-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":""My life is hell." Letter from Union, Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nKathy LaClair, Churubusco, NY (Photo \u00a9Christinne Muschi for the NY Times<\/a><\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

The reason I’m writing is to inform you that I have had a slew of illnesses from wind turbines that are located about 2000 feet on satellite (350 yards on geo tracker) from our home.<\/p>\n

I have not slept well for almost a year<\/span>. The first days they were on I came down with something my doctor thought was pinkeye, then changed her diagnosis to an allergy. Both eyes were swollen nearly shut and I had a puffed up face and a rash. She said that in December, mind you–that there were a lot of these kinds of symptoms.<\/p>\n

I have to leave my home as soon as my body can’t stand any more. I have had heart pain, chest pain, and ear pressure<\/span>. I go to my daughter’s house in Bend [Oregon], but it is expensive to go away. I have no life outside when the generators are working. It is a constant noise and they loom over my home. The lights are red and blinking.<\/p>\n

The turbines also cause nosebleeds and bleeding out of my ears when I stay at home too long.\u00a0 When I went away, at my sisters’ expense, to Florida, I was so happy and rested. I love my home and what it once was. I am constantly ill and have high anxiety when I have to come back<\/span>. I once was, “Oh, home at last!” \u00a0Now, “Oh no, home!”<\/p>\n

My life is hell. I am nearly 60. I was in very good health before. I have been a vegan for 30 years or more.\u00a0 I hike, used to bike (the traffic is dangerous now), and am just 5’5″ and 124 pounds.<\/p>\n

My husband, Rod, has had noisebleeds and felt some depression and other symptoms.\u00a0 I am more affected by electric stuff than he ever was. I get a sickening, dizzy feeling almost constantly by the noise and the vibes<\/span>.<\/p>\n

It is ugly here, where once it was a bit of paradise.\u00a0 The loss of this wonderful historical site, the disregard for the well-being of others, and the greed by this county are all too much to bear. I never wanted to sell my home, nor do I want to profit from this wind farm. I just want my peace and health back<\/p>\n

Fay Stein-Swanson
\nUnion, Oregon
\nAugust 28, 2008<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Letter (8\/28\/08) from a woman in rural Oregon who has to leave her home from time to time, to recover from the turbines that have turned her life into misery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[166],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675"}],"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=675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}