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Iberdrola's answer to wind turbine noise: Give residents noise generating machines
Weary residents asked town officials to measure noise levels at Iberdrola's Hardscrabble wind facility. The results found levels above the legal limit. But instead of reducing the noise, Iberdrola gave noise generating machines to residents in hopes of drowning out the whooshing and whirling turbine sounds.
July 20, 2012
by Miriam Raftery
in East County Magazine
San Diego's East County - Iberdrola Renewables wants to build an industrial wind turbine facility on 15,000 acres in East County's McCain Valley.
What happens if neighbors complain of noise?
In Fairfield, New York, weary residents asked town officials to measure noise levels at Iberdrola's Hardscrabble wind facility. The results found levels above the legal limit of 50 decibels. But instead of reducing the noise, Iberdrola gave noise generating machines to residents in hopes of drowning out the whooshing and whirling turbine sounds.
"It's torture. You cannot sleep with this frequency of noise," resident James Salamone... [continue via Web link]
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