Wind turbines across Oregon stir up health scare

Houston Chronicle ^ | 16 Aug 2008 | RICHARD COCKLE

[PurpleMan]

Pierpont's findings suggest that low-frequency noise and vibration generated by wind machines can have an effect on the inner ear, triggering headaches; difficulty sleeping; tinnitus, or ringing in the ears; learning and mood disorders; panic attacks; irritability; disruption of equilibrium, concentration and memory; and childhood behavior problems.

[DBrow]

If this is true it’s not just the windmill noise, ANY LF noise can cause all of these things. Like highway tire noise, or the printing presses used by newspapers.

[maddog55]

Liberalism: Mood disorders; panic attacks; irritability; disruption of equilibrium, concentration and memory; and childhood behavior problems.

So now we know the cause...

[pallis]

Sounds like wind turbines are as bad on health and head as having a TV on all the time.

[RexBeach]

Are these people living directly under the windmills?

This sounds very odd.

[RobRoy]

I’m a bass player. Am I evil?

[DungeonMaster]

Windmill haters are really grabbing at straws.

[Adder]

“Pierpont’s findings suggest that low-frequency noise and vibration generated by wind machines can have an effect on the inner ear, triggering headaches; difficulty sleeping; tinnitus, or ringing in the ears; learning and mood disorders; panic attacks; irritability; disruption of equilibrium, concentration and memory; and childhood behavior problems.”

HA-HA.
Another solution fraught with problems.

[tioga]

for every action we take there will be an equal and unexpected consequence.........LOL gotta LOVE this though!

[DesScorp]

Heh. Damned if you, damned it you don’t, I guess.

[Hi Heels]

Cancer? Do they cause cancer???

Then there's the ever present danger of getting yer skirt tangled in one.....

[ER Doc]

Yes, but that’s another topic entirely... /snark
This is just another variation on the typical desire to find excuses for NIMBY.

[Cementjungle]

If this is true it’s not just the windmill noise, ANY LF noise can cause all of these things. Like highway tire noise, or the printing presses used by newspapers.

When I lived in Los Angeles the sound of the police helicopters over my neighborhood every evening got a little annoying, mainly because they made it hard to hear the TV or a conversation on the phone.

Now I live in the sticks, and all I hear is wind and seagulls yacking... much better.

[PurpleMan]

WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cobra64]

[Joe 6-pack]

There's a guy in Spain who has solved the problem of the threats posed by windmills. The folks in Oregon might want to engage his services, but they may need to pay mileage from La Mancha...

[Hi Heels]

WHAT ABOUT MY HAIR???

[Cobra64]

Well, we all know that windmills cause global warming. The media says so. Everything causes global warming.

Anyway, what most people fail to understand is that if we were to put up thousands of windmills, the Earth would eventually stop spinning on its axis. The effects will be catastrophic.

[Paladin2]

Put your Al foil hat on, point upwards.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Wind turbines also contribute to man-made global warming.