{"id":4429,"date":"2013-10-20T02:39:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T06:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/?p=4429"},"modified":"2014-07-25T10:07:53","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T14:07:53","slug":"a-bad-neighbour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/?p=4429","title":{"rendered":"Turbine whine and barbed-wire fencing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that while the proponent was required to complete a noise study, they assumed the proposed generating station would have 8&#8243;-thick concrete walls \u2013 with no openings anywhere. The truth is, generating stations create a huge amount of heat, and must have large openings for ventilation fans \u2013 these both let the noise out, and make additonal noise themselves.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4053\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\".\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSCN4628_768WilsonsFallsSoundLocation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The noise from the Wilson&#8217;s Falls generating station was recorded while standing at the arrow in the above photograph. Click on the arrow below to hear the sound of the Wilson&#8217;s Falls Generating Station.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4429-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/WilsonsFallsGeneratingStation20131018_155007.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/WilsonsFallsGeneratingStation20131018_155007.mp3\">https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/WilsonsFallsGeneratingStation20131018_155007.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>Note that the proposed Bala Falls Generating Station would have about 50% greater capacity (4.3 MW versus 2.9 MW), no doubt creating more noise. Also note that all three of the generating stations at and above Bracebridge have barbed-wire fencing &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4053\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\".\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSCN4642_768BracebridgeFence.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" \/>Bracebridge Falls Generating Station<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4053\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\".\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSCN4615_768WilsonsFallsFence.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" \/>Wilson&#8217;s Falls Generating Station<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4053\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\".\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_0999_768HighFallsFence.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" \/>High Falls Generating Station<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that while the proponent was required to complete a noise study, they assumed the proposed generating station would have 8&#8243;-thick concrete walls \u2013 with no openings anywhere. The truth is, generating stations create a huge amount of heat, and must have large openings for ventilation fans \u2013 these both let the noise <a href='https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/?p=4429' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-background","category-3-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}