On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:36:28 -0400, Tony P.
> connected the dots and
wrote:

~In article >,

~says...
~>
~> "Tony P." > wrote in message
~>
~> > Providence, RI. We also get lots of wind. Yet yahoos in MA and RI
bitch
~> > about wind farms for electric power generation. Boo-hoo.
~>
~> The people bitching about the wind farms are also the ones that
bitch about
~> using fossil fuels and global warming.
~
~The prime objections thus far have been:
~
~That beautiful view will be gone
~
~and
~
~You'll kill birds with the turbine blades.
~
~The second one is pure fluff - new designs utilize three blades which
~means they run slower and represent less of a hazard to birds.
~
~If turbine blades were such a big issue people would bitch and moan
~about an airport too. But instead they bitch about the noise and
exhaust
~fumes.
~
~Funny how they completely forget about the birds.

I gather you've never lived in Warwick, RI Tony. North and south of
Green you pause when a plane goes over, since you can't hear yourself
talk, much less think. East and west aren't so bad, I've lived in
both directions.

As far as rain goes, we were out west of Kingston NY this weekend, and
got 11" of the wet stuff Friday night to Saturday night. The area's
clay and basalt, so there's no soil for the water to soak into.

OB Food: the chef at the site we had our conference is amazing.
Breakfast and lunch are good, but dinners are always something simple
but interesting.

OB Cookbooks: Editions, the used bookstore on Rt 28 west of Kingston,
is going out of business sometime in the next two years. Worth the
trip.

maxine in ri