Freedom Windmills Shadow Flicker

Shadow Flicker in the yard and in the house. Myth or Fact video gives you an idea of the noise.

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[mritsfast]

It's comical you idiot asking people who built at that location prior to windmills being built to draw blinds and turn on a light in their homes to lessen the effect of the shadow. Amazing you actually promote that as a solution to their problem. Sun rises in the east. Most of the day moves south towards west. Go stand near those windmills and tell us it's a two hour event. Those windmills turn frequently. They're not stationary as you think. Would you suggest they also use earplugs?

[philbloomstein]

Please let someone express their views with calling them an idiot.

Thanks,

Phil Bloomstein

[mountainman716]

Mr Bloomstein turned down a buy-out before the construction of these wind turbines...

the turbines generate $200,000 for the towns tax base...I would think that helps a lot of folks with their taxes ?

[philbloomstein]

I was never offered or turned down any buyout before the construction.

[UnityCollegeWestview]

i realize it may be annoying especially if you keep dwelling on it, but think about the environment..think about all the energy being produced..CLEAN

[philbloomstein]

Flicker is just one part of the problem of being so close to the turbines. The constant and often very loud noise is the major issue. Some of you will never accept the fact that we are as pro green and wind energy as you. We just want it done right, with proper setbacks and planning.

[Oldbluelightjackson]

No company has the right to negatively affect a homeowner's quality of life. The end (green energy) does not justify the means. Our community has three companies knocking on the door, trying to tell us we "have to accept wind energy because President Obama says so". Hope Excelon has lots of money for law suits, because we're not going to bow down to their threats, or Obama's fraud-proven "evidence" of global warming.

[ledaril]

I used my microphone for the last comment. excuse they silly composition. I have seen several turbines I will by actually exploding when the braking system failed. also several fires. but the bird killing and the ice throws are very much a big concern. sometimes it is better to think the plan before you work the plan.

[ledaril]

I would never house call of such problems unless I had been involved in the design and situation of the gennies. I can see that is it is definitely a problem from the standpoint of aesthetics. my concern could be catastrophic failure but I also understand how extreme changes in light can even be damaging,especially for kids subject to epilepsy. even the video games have been altered to minimize that effect. my heart goes out to you people.

[powderslider]

Thanks for the video, sorry about the windmill. The benefits do not outweigh the the downside of windmills. I do not support governments wasting time or money on them. A push to eliminate the wasted electricity found in light pollution, would negate the need for green energy. The electrical grid is based on consumer demand, which is not an appropriate use of green energy.

[robhoneycutt]

And how many mins a day does this occur? I have a west facing window that the sun shines into every afternoon. It makes it hot in my living room. Wanna know what I do about it? Pull the curtain.

Once I hurt my wrist pulling the curtain. It didn't feel good.

[DavidJonesFurniture]

sad to see . is there a video that shows the problem from the other direction i.e, into the sun and how close the turbine is?

[suzbailey23]

Phil, thank you for posting your argument in such a reasonable manner, and for expecting reasonable behavior from people posting comments.

I can see that flicker would be quite annoying at times. What would you say the average duration of flicker in your home is each day? I'm very much in favor of wind farms, and I live in Texas where we have good settings for them. I'd like to see minimal impact from them, however. Like you said, done right.

[finkako86]

@UnityCollegeWestview Nuclear power is much cleaner and has minimal impact on the environment and landscape compared to ugly wind turbines.

[podraigporridge]

@MrMeddled Your a fucking idiot. Sorry Phil.

Why would you bother calling me a pussy?

You dirty fucking troll.

[podraigporridge]

Thats looks rough man. I wouldn't want to live there. I have a headache from watching the video!