Dramatic explosion of a windmill that "lost its brakes": windaction.org/videos/14339
Dramatic explosion of a windmill that "lost its brakes": windaction.org/videos/14339
CTV Ch. 12 News, Montreal, April 13, 2007. (Quicktime "mov" format, 1.6 MB)
Jessica Brown reports from Pike River, Stanbridge Station and Mystic, Quebec... Resident: "It turns out that the highest proposed towers here would be 492 feet which is about 4/5 the height of Place Ville Marie. We find this totally incomprehensible, outrageous, grotesque even... People need to understand that these things would be visible from great distances, just as when you approach Montreal on the eastern Townships Autoroute you see Montreal and the mountain from 20 miles away..."
The 13 farmers whose land would be affected have bought into the wind energy idea: Farmer: "People will see that there is a lot for everyone... for people within and ouside the park, for the whole community there is a lot of money involved..."
JB: They stand to make about $15 to 20 thousand dollars per tower per year...
CTV news report, april 13, 2007
Bruit des turbines / Turbine noise (wma format)
"This sound recording is of a single 76-m (249-ft) wind turbine. Most turbines are now at least 330 ft high and often well over 400 ft. And of course, there are generally many more than just one..."
www.wind-watch.org/documents/turbine-recording-wales
Protecting Texas (Abilene) (3 min. video)
"When they put them up I realized they were much worse than I expected. ... Mile after mile of machinery ... They create a strobing effect ... Night and day, all day long you're going to hear something..."
"Those living under the shadow of these massive turbines know they've lost something precious -- a way of life..."
"There is no guarantee that the industry won't simply walk away... Do you really want your children and grandchildren to inherit an industrial junkyard?..."
Wind turbine crashes to the ground (5 min. video)
Weatherford, Oklahoma residents: "...We couldn't have had more than 5-mile-per-hour winds last night... How can a wind tower fall down when the wind's not blowing?..."
Voices of Tug Hill (Lewis County, N.Y.) (21 min. video)
Local farmers and residents discuss life beside an industrial wind plant:
"When these windmills came in some people thought it was a lot of money... But we never dreamed they would make this much noise. You can hear it inside your house at night..."
"Local contractors only got a few short term jobs. We don't get anything back from the wind farm...."
"They are an eyesore--it's just not worth it... We sure didn't need to put up with this... What are we going to do now?..."
www.wind-watch.org/video/VoicesOfTugHill.mov
Life Under a Windplant (25 min. video)
Life Under a Windplant describes how an area in Southwestern Pennsylvania and the people who live there have been affected by the installation of an industrial-sized wind power plant.
"It's astounding how much noise the turbines make... It's a kind of drone, a thumping, thud sound that you can't get used to... Local real estate values were destroyed..."
www.video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6770898984946988933