{"id":8536,"date":"2010-05-26T21:26:30","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T01:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kselected.com\/?p=8536"},"modified":"2012-01-25T12:36:56","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T17:36:56","slug":"there-has-been-1-successful-suicide-and-1-suicide-attempt-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2010\/there-has-been-1-successful-suicide-and-1-suicide-attempt-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;One successful suicide and one suicide attempt&#8221; (Ontario)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p>Stephana Johnston and her neighbor canvassed 15 square km of their neighborhood, now known as the Clear Creek\/Cultus\/Frogmore Industrial Wind Turbine Zone in southwest Norfolk, bristling with 18 densely sited Vestas 1.65 MW turbines within a 3 km radius (<em>from Johnston to Martin 5\/27\/10<\/em>).\u00a0\u00a0They discovered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8 abandoned houses<\/li>\n<li>11 vacant houses for sale<\/li>\n<li>9 occupied homes for sale, and<\/li>\n<li>3 residents \u2014 including herself \u2014 who live at their properties during the day but sleep elsewhere at night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Johnston also said there has been:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 successful suicide, and<\/li>\n<li>1 suicide attempt within this radius.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The question, of course, is how many abandoned houses were there before the windfarm was installed? \u00a0Vacant houses for sale? \u00a0Occupied homes for sale? \u00a0Suicides?&#8212;<em>Editor<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kselected.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Andrew-Wyeth-420x357.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8537\" title=\"Andrew Wyeth &quot;Helga&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kselected.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Andrew-Wyeth-420x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"357\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Andrew Wyeth, &#8220;Helga&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><!--more-->\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;Council supports moratorium&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>&#8212;Barbara Simpson, <a title=\"website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.simcoereformer.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2594272\" target=\"_blank\">Simcoe Reformer<\/a> 5\/26\/10<\/p>\n<p>Waterford Councilman Harold Sonnenberg stole the wind out of Norfolk Council\u2019s sails last night, stating he will not be supporting any future industrial wind turbine projects.<\/p>\n<p>His disdain highlights a change in direction about the alternative energy source in council chambers. \u00a0Last night, Norfolk council approved a motion to support a moratorium on the erection of any industrial wind turbines until rigorous scientific research has been conducted. \u00a0The county will be joining 58 Ontario municipalities and 410 European organizations of the European Platform Against Windfarms (EPAW) who are seeking a moratorium.<\/p>\n<p>Stephana Johnston, whose home west of Port Rowan is surrounded by 18 wind turbines, presented the motion to council. \u00a0She has been a regular on the council circuit lately, speaking out about the ill effects of wind turbines. \u00a0She now maintains a space to clock some restful sleep in Delhi to the tune of $680 per month.<\/p>\n<p>Her story of ill health \u2014 and similar stories throughout the community \u2014 are now starting to be acknowledged by council. \u00a0Sonnenberg read from a prepared statement last night, listing off the reasons why he can no longer support wind turbines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not even put up my hand to receive as information,\u201d Sonnenberg said. \u00a0\u201cWhy? \u00a0Because it\u2019s lunacy with a capital \u2018L.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, the price of electricity will skyrocket with two systems of energy being funded, he said. \u00a0He also pointed out that wind power continues to remain unreliable, depending on the whim of the weather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not even going to mention the health effects, which a lot of upper-level politicians are turning their noses up at,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>However, Windham Councilman Jim Oliver suggested that there are about 400 fellow municipalities who are either not actively supporting the moratorium or are simply unaware of the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat too says something to me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Little concern over wind turbines could simply be chalked up to a lack of firsthand experience, said Simcoe Councilman Charlie Luke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suggest that many, many, many, many in this province do not experience firsthand the effects people in this community and around the world face,\u201d he said, adding there was \u201cno question in my mind\u201d that there are undocumented health effects to wind turbines.<\/p>\n<p>Johnston also similarly framed this lack of concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean they disagree with it,\u201d she said, after her deputation. \u00a0\u201cThey just haven\u2019t had the experience. \u00a0These people (council) have had eight years of experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Johnston has become the local face of the wind turbine debate, she insists that fellow residents are also experiencing adverse effects from the turbines. \u00a0She and a neighbour drove a 15-kilometre radius, documenting their neighbourhood. \u00a0There are eight abandoned houses, 11 vacant houses for sale, nine occupied homes for sale and three residents \u2014 herself included \u2014 who live at their properties during the day but sleep elsewhere at night. \u00a0She also said there has been one successful suicide and one suicide attempt within her community.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Barbara Simpson 519-426-3528, ext. 112 bsimpson@bowesnet.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephana Johnston and her neighbor canvassed 15 square km of their neighborhood, now known as the Clear Creek\/Cultus\/Frogmore Industrial Wind Turbine Zone in southwest Norfolk, bristling with 18 densely sited Vestas 1.65 MW turbines within a 3 km radius (from Johnston to Martin 5\/27\/10).\u00a0\u00a0They discovered: 8 abandoned houses 11 vacant houses for sale 9 occupied homes for sale, and 3 residents \u2014 including herself \u2014 who live at their properties during the day but sleep elsewhere at night. Johnston also said there has been: 1 successful suicide, and 1 suicide attempt within this radius. The question, of course, is how many abandoned houses were there before the windfarm was installed? \u00a0Vacant houses for sale? \u00a0Occupied homes for sale? \u00a0Suicides?&#8212;Editor. Andrew Wyeth, &#8220;Helga&#8221;<\/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\/8536"}],"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=8536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}