Another story on those annoying windmills that will soon cover the landscape from horizon to horizon.
GULLIVERS COVE, Nova Scotia - A Canadian emu farmer in
northwestern Nova Scotia said he is concerned a proposed
windmill nearby will kill his birds or trigger his
epileptic seizures. Davey and Debi VanTassel run the
Ocean Breeze Emu Farm in Gullivers Cove, and told The
Chronicle-Herald newspaper in Halifax one of 20 proposed
wind turbines will be about a half mile from their
property. The couple said emus have been known to die from
noise and vibration. They said a test mill erected last
year in the county drove coyotes from the area to their
farm, where five emus were killed this winter. Debi
VanTassel told a recent community meeting she feared for
her husband's health, as the flickering of sunlight through
the windmill's blades could trigger epileptic seizures.
She said they avoid dances where strobe lights are used
and they have no wallpaper in their home, as patterns can
trigger a seizure, the report said. Their town is consider-
ing a proposal to erect 20 turbine towers with an output
of 30 megawatts, the newspaper said.