To the Editor:

As you well know, there are at least two sides to every story.

When it comes to large installations of wind turbines, there are many, many stories: from Clinton, Lewis, Herkimer, and Wyoming counties in New York; from Ontario, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Britain, France and place between and beyond.

The stories that concern me most are those from people who have been seriously sickened, and had to leave their homes located near large industrial wind farms.

I would urge everyone to pay heed, listen, read and learn about these double-edged swords.

Not everyone near them becomes sick, and the problems don't show up until they become operational. At this point, doctors studying this say that the infrasound vibration and sounds below human hearing, from the turbines, interferes with people’s inner ear balance…especially those with motion sickness, migrane headaches, and damage to the inner ear.

Keeping the turbines a safe distance from homes, 1-¼ miles in flat terrain, two miles in hills or mountainous areas may alleviate the problem. However, developers refuse to acknowledge the health risks or consider the needs of local residents.

There are other considerations – property tax exemptions to energy companies, now being discussed in Jefferson County, as well as the rules for these facilities being taken from local governments and delegated to the state.

Please pay attention and get the whole story.

Luke Dailey

Colton