On April 28, 2012 the Kingston Whig published a letter from Amy Caughey, who was born on Amherst Island. She now lives part time on Amherst Island when she isn’t working in Iqaluit. She also presented a form of this same letter to the Loyalist Council. Note that a number of people signed the letter, [...]
Browsing Posts published in June, 2012
As perhaps the finale to this series on flicker on Amherst, I thought it might be instructive to see just how much of the island is subject to flicker of any duration. I took the “0-hour” contour and mapped it to all the turbines. I have to admit, even I was surprised at just [...]
In an effort to provide a little more insight into how the flicker will affect some Amherst Island residents I’ve picked the stretch of Front Road from Stella east to roughly Sandy’s home (R370), a distance of about one km. When reading the rest of this posting it would be good to have a copy [...]
I recently posted on John Harrison’s research into flicker caused by the shadows thrown by the wind turbine blades. That posting had a picture of what areas might be subject to flicker. Since then John obtained the actual flicker contours of the proposed Sieman SWT 101 turbines and mapped them onto the Island. These contours [...]
Encroachment is defined as: “(to) intrude, especially on another’s territory or rights.” (Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 1998). One of the more unsavory aspects to Ontario’s wind turbine placement rules is that they can restrict the neighbor’s use of his land once the turbine is installed. Once the turbine is placed, it is up to the local [...]
John Harrison recently submitted a report on shadow flicker to the Loyalist Council. It noted that (1) flicker is well recognized as a nuisance, (2) the Council has the power to regulate nuisances, and (3) the Provincial GEA does not address flicker, thus allowing the Council the freedom to do so. A typical regulation would [...]
