{"id":29269,"date":"2014-06-13T20:02:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T00:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=29269"},"modified":"2014-06-14T20:09:19","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T00:09:19","slug":"wind-turbine-syndrome-visits-slovenia-as-campaigners-fight-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2014\/wind-turbine-syndrome-visits-slovenia-as-campaigners-fight-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Turbine Syndrome visits Slovenia, as campaigners fight on"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"joan3\"<\/p>\n

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\nEditor\u2019s note<\/span><\/em>: We were contacted this spring by a group in Slovenia that\u00a0is desperately trying to prevent\u00a0the installation of scores of industrial wind turbines. They asked for our help. There\u00a0is already one very large turbine\u00a0up and running in the community, with dozens more on the way \u2014 unless these people\u00a0manage to stop them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Pierpont\u00a0wrote them a letter, at their request, explaining the clinical evidence and science of Wind Turbine Syndrome. We published that letter, here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The group in\u00a0Slovenia responded with the following (extravagant) note of appreciation, along with a narrative of their travail, so far, with wind energy. (It\u2019s interesting to see how the\u00a0script followed by Big Wind never varies. Regardless of the country, it\u2019s always the same bullying and deceit.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Something else that likewise never varies are the symptoms of Wind Turbine Syndrome, as revealed in the heartbreaking piece by one of the Slovene campaigners,\u00a0Barbara Marinsek, who unfortunately lives near the single turbine that\u2019s been erected.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keep in mind as you read this that English is not the primary language for these people.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGreetings from Slovenia to America, with deepest gratitude and respect to Calvin Luther Martin and his wife, Dr. Nina Pierpont, for their unselfish, generous and efficient support in our fight against wind factories.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Civilna iniciativa za za\u0161\u010dito Seno\u017ee\u0161kih Brd<\/a> (Trans. as the \u201cCivil Initiative for the Protection of Seno\u017ee\u0161ka Brda\u201d \u00a0(Senozeska Brda)<\/p>\n

There is only one wind-turbine in our region \u2013 fortunately in our whole country SLOVENIA, but those living nearby report many health issues: WIND-TURBINE-SYNDROME. Moreover our government with the money and support from Brussels has recently been planning to build two wind-factories with 40 or even more 130 metre-high wind turbines. We are fighting against wind farms in our region and are grateful that Nina and Calvin are helping us in this difficult fight.<\/p>\n

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Dearest Nina and Calvin,<\/span><\/p>\n

We are writing on behalf of our Initiative for the Protection of Senozeska Brda, SLOVENIA. We do not think there are words in any world language that could express our deepest gratitude and respect towards you both. In the time of despair and need when everything seemed to be lost, you offered us your generous support by even not knowing us AND IMMEDIATELY.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you, Calvin, for your intervention to EPAW \u2014 without you we would not have succeeded.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nina, thank you for having given us your scientific opinion on health issues and making an exhaustive report on the issues we are facing right now. They are of much help to us.\u00a0 Much more than you think. \u00a0We hope that one day we can return your favour. We knocked on your door, and you opened it generously and widely. \u00a0We hope you will continue to be a voice against wind farms for good in our region and elsewhere around the world, where honest citizens fight their fights against wind farms.<\/span><\/p>\n

God bless you for the wonderful work you have been doing for so long. Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts.<\/span><\/p>\n

With deepest respect and gratitude,<\/span><\/p>\n

Diego Loredan (Chairman)<\/span>
\n Barbara Marinsek (Member and Victim)<\/span>
\n Katarina Dea Zetko (Supporter)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\nFirstly, LET US SHOW YOU OUR ANTI-WIND GROUP IN ACTION<\/i><\/p>\n

NO WIND TURBINES: Our fight is tough, but we are determined to keep fighting to the end because we are\u00a0right<\/i><\/p>\n

\"#2\"<\/p>\n

And now a few words about how our fairytale turns into the nightmare of wind-turbines (another symptom).<\/p>\n

It happens all of a sudden. At least this is what we want or wanted to believe.There is a\u00a0lady from the capital city of Slovenia, Ljubljana, who decides to buy a home in a genuine, unspoilt countryside. So she buys a house in our beatiful region to enjoy the peace of nature and breathe fresh air, to hear birds singing, to make long walks into wilderness of our forest, to enjoy herself far from the madding crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n

Soon the fairytale is over and a nightmare begins, although nobody was aware at that time that wind- turbines are so annoying and cause so many ill-health effects. The investor keeps repeating that wind farms are environmental-friendly, and what is more, the Slovenian representative of Greenpeace\u00a0agrees with the investor. \u00a0 \u201cAnd there are so many happy people in Germany where so far there has not been a single complaint from the German folks in 20 years or even more,\u201d the Slovenian Greenpeace says. Germany, a promised land for us Europeans.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0So, why not?\u00a0There is a plan to set up one wind-turbine only 800 metres away from this lady and some other residents. She, as a successful woman, says to herself, \u201cWhy not? \u00a0It’S green energy and I must support this.\u201d \u00a0They even seem to be so romantic and beautiful, we all think. This is the way of thinking of other neighbors, too, until this turbine Went up \u00a0\u2014 and \u00a0the nightmare begins. Headaches, sleep disturbance, vertigo, dizziness, depression, tiredness. These people have now become the loudest voice\u00a0against wind-turbines, and yet\u00a0almost nobody believes them.<\/span><\/p>\n

And now, after the \u00a0\u201cromantic\u201d turbine has been set up, the message on the house of our member, Ms. Barbara Marinsek, living next to the turbine pleads: PLEASE, NO WIND TURBINES (see wind-turbine in the background):<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\"#3\"<\/p>\n

Take a look at our Karst countryside of the village DOLENJA VAS without turbines,\u00a0when life was so wonderful, magical:<\/i><\/p>\n

\"#4\"<\/p>\n

. . .\u00a0and with the planned wind turbines, if we do not win our fight (more than 40 gigantic wind turbines are planned in this region).<\/i><\/p>\n

\"#5\"<\/p>\n

But gradually more and more people become aware that this is probably not the best solution, and form a group against wind farms \u00a0Unfortunately, there are at least three influential, greedy people in our region, supposedly having been offered a bribe. However, after the government realizes\u00a0that there are so many people against wind farms, it cancels its plan immediately. We are relieved and our hearts are filled with happiness and we soon forget about everything.<\/p>\n

But not for long. Out of the blue, these avaricious\u00a0people\u00a0make an action and try to convince people in the community how much money they will get and what a bright future our tourism will have with these \u201cmagical\u201d wind turbines. They go from house to house, from person\u00a0to person,\u00a0bringing gifts and speaking sweet, promising words, their words of wisdom; they are so generous with their \u00a0\u201cgenuine\u201d wish to help us and to make our countryside even more appealing. Foreign tourists from all over the world will be coming to enjoy the wonderful veduta (view) of our wind-parks.<\/p>\n

Some people immediately fall victim to their promises. However, they do not know that their promises are made in hell.<\/p>\n

Faustus sold\u00a0his soul to\u00a0the\u00a0devil, Mephistopheles, in exchange for earthly power\u00a0and money.<\/p>\n

Together they establish a Civile Initiative for wind farms,\u00a0and collect signatures from some naive people, write a petition for wind turbines and take it directly to the Ministry for Infrastructure and the Environment. The government now establishes a new plan as a high priority, even more ambitious than ever for wind turbines in our region. The government is now determined to set up 40 wind turbines or even more in our region, only from 400 to 800 metres away from us.<\/p>\n

The rainbow in Dolenja vas a wonderful veduta (view) from the home of our member and \u00a0turbine victim, Ms. Barbara Marinsek<\/i><\/p>\n

\"#6\"<\/p>\n

There is a non-binding consultative referendum in our region, where the majority of our people\u00a0say NO to wind turbines. Happiness\u00a0and a rainbow\u00a0come again into our lives of frightened hearts. The mayor of\u00a0our Municipality says that he will respect the democratically-expressed will of his community. However, not for long, as it turns out.<\/p>\n

The nearby village Laze (where our Chairman Diego Loredan lives) in wintertime, with no wind turbines -HOW LONG?:<\/i><\/p>\n

\"#7\"<\/p>\n

And a wonderful VEDUTA (view) from his house. HOW LONG??? HOW LONG???:<\/i><\/p>\n

\"#8\"<\/p>\n

The panoramic view of the village of La\u017ee without wind- turbines, so far. \u00a0HOPEFULLY FOR GOOD, NO, NO, UNDOUBTEDLY FOR GOOD:<\/i><\/p>\n

\"#9\"<\/p>\n

You can see some white clouds in the skies of Laze. But these clouds get darker and darker, blacker and blacker. The thunderstorm approaches. The lightning gets louder and louder, but not the lightning from heaven. \u00a0No, it is much worse. It is the lightning coming from wind farms; it is the lightning of our hopelessness. \u00a0This time the government and the investor insist on their plan of two wind farms in our region, and they won\u2019t give up. The mayor of our municipality is told that he\u00a0and his community\u00a0will do not count in any way. The government ministry is above all. The ministry is \u2014 God.<\/p>\n

NOT A CHANCE!!!<\/p>\n

And finally, this is the way our region will look like if we do not win:<\/i><\/p>\n

\"#10\"<\/p>\n

So, here we go again on our own, down the road we have never known. But, we are fighters and we shall never surrender. We do the best we can.<\/p>\n

And Lord has sent us the generous support of Nina and Calvin. They have shown us that the\u00a0saying, \u201ca friend in need is a friend indeed,\u201d is really true. They have given us both moral and actual support, and so we will keep fighting to the end.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"#12\"

Barbara Marinsek<\/p><\/div>\n

Let us finish the story\u00a0about our nightmare, with\u00a0the testimony of one of the victims of Wind Turbine Syndrome, who lives only 800 metres away from the gigantic wind turbine: \u00a0Ms. Barbara Marinsek.<\/p>\n

I am so grateful for having the honour to expess my experience\u00a0as a\u00a0person and victim living next door, unfortunately, not to Alice but to our first \u201cmagical\u201d wind turbine in our wonderful Slovenia. I\u2019m delighted that you are ready to hear my voice on the effects of this turbine, which has become a permanent companion in the life of my family and has changed our lives forever. To be as clear\u00a0as possible, we have to turn back the clock 10 years.<\/p>\n

The then local \u201cmagnates\u201d who were, at the same time, members of our agrarian community, which also owns a part of one commons (field), where this turbine has been set up, came up with\u00a0the idea about the wind turbine. \u00a0Do not ask me how and why, because I don\u00b4t know. The turbine was presented to us in the best possible way with its possible good effects. \u00a0There were, of course, no negative effects whatsoever.<\/p>\n

Above all, they focused on the money the people will get, especially those who own some land in our agrarian community. \u00a0(By the way, these earnings were fom 18 to 50 Euros.) \u00a0They used their best efforts to the\u00a0extent that we were invited to Austria to see Mr. Klaus, who is the developer\u00a0of the first wind turbine.<\/p>\n

What we saw was a much smaller wind turbine and, really, at that time, we were not against it for the wind turbine in Austria was neither noisy nor disturbing \u2014 maybe only during our visit. I suppose that it must have been arranged in that way deliberately for us during our visit. \u00a0[Almost surely it was not generating power at the time, but \u201cfreewheeling.\u201d \u00a0 Freewheeling means it was spinning by drawing power\u00a0from the grid, and the blades were turned so they were not catching the wind, with minimal turbulence\u00a0with the tower \u2014 Editor<\/em>.] \u00a0Nevertheless,\u00a0in the end we got a much bigger one than that shown to us in Austria.<\/p>\n

Well, as soon as the setting up of this turbine has begun, there were some problems with the bureaucracy,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for the planned turbine was supposed to be much smaller, supported by 4 iron columns in a form of long-distance transmission, but they started to build a gigantic concrete pillar. With sadness in my heart, I was forced to watch from my balcony and from my yard (at that time I was the only one who was against it because I would have preferred watching animals and cows eating grass to the iron that spins and spins, rotates and rotates) how they were\u00a0destoying our countryside and nature and, what is more, how there were\u00a0too many, too big and too wide trucks driving across our land.<\/p>\n

And then the time came when it started operating. Our\u00a0first reaction was, of course, to the noise it was producing, which made us feel as if we were at the airport listening to the planes taking off: wuf, wuf, wuf. \u00a0I must emphasize that wind conditions are not always as favourable as they claim. Our strong northeast wind (called BURJA – \u00a0Huge Squall\u00a0Level\u00a0Wind) can blow at the speed of 120 kilometres per hour with huge squalls. And the winters here are tough and cold.<\/p>\n

When the operating conditions are favourable, we can say goodbye to our peace, sleep and normal\u00a0way of life, for the turbine noise\u00a0can last as long as 3 days or\u00a0more \u2014 night and day, 24 hours a day \u2013 NON-STOP.<\/p>\n

Can you imagine how we feel? After sleepless nights, doing our hard work feeling so tired, without ability to concentrate and think. And this applies to our children as well: they can\u2019t concentrate at school, for they are tired, exhausted and have no will to learn.<\/p>\n

If we manage to fall asleep, we are likely to be awakened\u00a0by the terrible noise in the midlle of the night, and we can say goodbye to our sleep, because this constant, permanent noise makes you feel completely nervous \u2014 a feeling of going nuts.<\/p>\n

Our youngest daughter, 18, has always been healthy, completely without any medical issues. However, her medical problems started 8 months ago. She complains constantly\u00a0of terrible headaches. \u00a0She went to see a doctor, and an eye doctor as well, who found nothing. There are other\u00a0appointments with different specialists (CT- scans of her head, etc.) to find out what\u2019s wrong.<\/p>\n

I ask myself WHY? WHY at this age? \u00a0And at the very time when the turbine began operating? \u00a0My husband, as well, has been complaining of terrible headaches since then. And I have been feeling nervous, irritated, depressed, tired, exhausted, without any energy for living.<\/p>\n

The neighbours of this so-called magical turbine have made several complaints to the people who are in charge of this matter. They have actually responded, but unfortunately they HAVEN\u2019T DONE ANYTHING, although now at least they seem to believe that there is a real, not imaginary noise in our neighbourhood. Mr. Klaus from Austria has seen\u00a0us several times, however he keeps\u00a0stating that he can’t\u00a0be of any help. And we\u00a0suggested that the wind turbine be shut down\u00a0at night, his response was that it\u2019s impossible.<\/p>\n

After all, the worst part of this nightmare is the fact that we, as nonprofessionals in this field (laymen), were forced to organize ourselves in a group and to learn all about the wind turbines. Nobody knew anything about the low frequency noise and infrasound, which is\u00a0not heard, yet\u00a0THEY DO have SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON PEOPLE\u2019S HEALTH.<\/p>\n

We are lucky to have started as a small group which fights against the wind factories, and with our endless\u00a0pleas and information via all possible media we have gained the support of numerous people \u2014 people who are ready to listen to us and, thank God, have said NO to WIND TURBINES in a referendum.<\/p>\n

We are fully aware that it is all about MONEY and NOTHING ELSE in our project, therefore WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER AND WILL KEEP FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS, HEATH, WELL-BEING AND PEACE OF MIND TILL THE END.<\/p>\n

We appreciate any kind of support and express deep respect for your having listened to us. Thanks to all of you.<\/p>\n

With best wishes from Slovenia,<\/p>\n

Barbara Marinsek and family<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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. Editor\u2019s note: We were contacted this spring by a group in Slovenia that\u00a0is desperately trying to prevent\u00a0the installation of scores of industrial wind turbines. They asked for our help. There\u00a0is already one very large turbine\u00a0up and running in the community, with dozens more on the way \u2014 unless these people\u00a0manage to stop them. Dr. Pierpont\u00a0wrote them a letter, at their request, explaining the clinical evidence and science of Wind Turbine Syndrome. We published that letter, here. The group in\u00a0Slovenia responded with the following (extravagant) note of appreciation, along with a narrative of their travail, so far, with wind energy. (It\u2019s interesting to see how the\u00a0script followed by Big Wind never varies. Regardless of the country, it\u2019s always the same bullying and deceit.) Something else that likewise never varies are the symptoms of Wind Turbine Syndrome, as revealed in the heartbreaking piece by one of the Slovene campaigners,\u00a0Barbara Marinsek, who unfortunately lives near the single turbine that\u2019s been erected. Keep in mind as you read this that English is not the primary language for these people. \u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb \u201cGreetings from Slovenia to America, with deepest gratitude and respect to Calvin Luther Martin and his wife, Dr. Nina Pierpont, for their unselfish, generous and efficient support in our fight against wind factories.\u201d Civilna iniciativa za za\u0161\u010dito Seno\u017ee\u0161kih Brd (Trans. as the \u201cCivil Initiative for the Protection of Seno\u017ee\u0161ka Brda\u201d \u00a0(Senozeska Brda) There is only one wind-turbine in our region \u2013 fortunately in our whole country SLOVENIA, but those living nearby report many health issues: WIND-TURBINE-SYNDROME. Moreover our government with the money and support from Brussels has recently been planning to build two wind-factories with 40 or even more 130 metre-high wind turbines. We are fighting against wind farms in our region and are grateful that Nina and Calvin are helping us inRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[157,166,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}