Sue Hobart, a bridal florist from Massachusetts, couldn’t understand why she
suddenly developed headaches, ringing in her ears, insomnia and dizziness to
the point of falling “flat on my face” in the driveway.
“I thought I was just getting older and tired,” said the 57-year-old from
Falmouth.
Months earlier, in the summer of 2010, three wind turbines had been erected
in her town, one of which runs around the clock, 1,600 feet from her home.
“I didn’t put anything to the turbines — we heard it and didn’t like the thump,
thump, thump and didn’t like seeing them, but we didn’t put it together,” she
told ABCNews.com.
Hobart said her headaches only got worse, but at Christmas, when she went
to San Diego, they disappeared. And she said the same thing happened on an
overnight trip to Keene, N.H.
I ? Word Understanding
Insomnia – the condition of not being able to sleep
Around the clock ? all the time
II ? Have Your Say
1. Wind is a promising, alternative source of energy. It is more
exploited in Europe than in America.
2. Noise pollution is one of the sources of annoyance, trouble and
unhappiness of modern life.
190 Wind Turbine Syndrome Blamed for Mysterious Symptoms in Cape Cod Town
