While on the subject of wind...


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Posted by Rock Jetty on 22:07:09 04/05/11

In Reply to: Migration Patterns or not posted by Toe

Just wait until they build the one hundred 300+ ft. wind turbines in the Everglades Agricultural Area. The Wind Capital Group plans to have them running by 2012 pending approval by Palm Beach County (which from what I hear is seriously considering it). Talk about shorebirds taking a serious "hit" (not to mention any other migrants or residents that are unfortunate enough to steer in that direction).

That'll be quite a sight at our next sod farm trip, right Paul B,?

Here's a link to a recent article:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/pb-county-considers-30-story-wind-turbines-for-1256239.html

-RJ



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