Modern Windmills on Cape Cod

Four Modern Windmills Dominate the Sandwich, MA Skyline

I went out for a walk after lunch. I ended up at the Sandwich Town Beach near the boardwalk. When I turned around I noticed four large modern windmills that dominate the Sandwich skyline. Why didn't I notice these before? Sometimes even living in a place this beautiful and natural, people forget to slow down and take careful note of their environment. I must do this walk two or three times a week.

The beach and sand dunes are to my back, I am standing in the beach parking lot. If you saw Sandwich on CNN during any of our winter storms where the dunes breached, this is the exact spot. The Town has been trying to build the dunes back up. They still don't look that tall. I think one strong nor'easter will take them out. Without the dunes the water roars over this parking lot and floods the creek and nearby yards. One of those is mine. Luckily, it hasn't reached the house - yet.

I am an avid environmentalist, so I love to see wind power being used. While government regulators argue over the off-shore Cape Wind project, all sorts of institutional uses are building them. They are very tall though these windmills are probably at least 10 miles away. People who live close to them, often complain about the noise. I think it's the swooshing sound the make when they go around. People also tell me that they buzz.