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Noise, health
The wind isn't free in Byron, Wisconsin, USA 200-metre high wind turbines as close as 700 metres from habitations Turbines recorded from almost one half mile away
Shadow flicker
Our life with DeKalb (USA) wind turbines Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, USA
Testimonies
Intervista a Piero Romanelli, agricoltore biologico Barbara Ashbee interview
Birds and bats
Angels with dirty wings Who is afraid of wind turbines? Here, a Turkey Vulture. Vulture struck by wind turbine Fatal attraction: birds and wind turbines, with ornithologist Dr. Shawn Smallwood
Gallery
Cartoon of Matt Business impact "Against us stands tyranny..." The poor winegrower The noise Greeting cards
Pictures of wind turbines
Saint-Brais, Jura, Switzerland Langenhorn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Danish nightmare Forest dominated by wind turbines in southern Sweden
Sundry
Washing wind turbine blades from helicopter

Turbines recorded from almost one half mile away

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This simulation shows four of the 57 proposed 430 foot turbines—stretching nearly twenty miles—atop Backbone Mountain, Maryland's highest ridge, with windplant noise recorded 2500 feet away from an existing plant in Pennsylvania. This sound has not been amplified or altered in any way.

From 1 mile away the sound will not be much quieter, especially at night when there is no noise from human activity to mask the swoosh of the turbines.

Source: http://www.stopillwind.org/lowerlevel.php?content=Simulation