Greetings from VT

[Tom Shea]

Hi all. I own property under the existing wind turbines in Searsburg. They are noisy and obtrusive. They are proposing 17 larger ones that would come equipped with aircraft beacons. When they (the developers and the power company) say no one in the area objects to them, they are lying.

In addition to the eyesores above my property, I have also observed the now defunct monstrosities on the big island of Hawaii. They were just as bad and now are rusting in place, a fate I can only hope does not come for the industrial site across from me.

To understand what an intrusion these things are in Searsburg, consider that the town is #250 out of 255 in the state of Vermont for population, with less than 100 residents. It is extremely rugged terrain and weather. The people who choose to live here do so because it is so isolated. The stars at night here are truly spectacular and in the winter the wilky way is so dense that it is hard to pick out the constellations among the star field.

The existing industrial generating station has severely detracted from the quality of both my house and my mother's house (the closest one to the existing turbines). The proposed expansion will destroy the remote nature of the area.

I fear it is too late to avoid having these machines destroy both your area and ours. I hope I am wrong about this.