01-28-2015, 04:05 PM
I live in the relocation zone - and love my spot and don't want to move. I'm not concerned about potential health problems so much as the noise and light pollution. When we first bought our property on Pohoiki Rd we knew about the geothermal plant, but for the first few years it was a calm purr. Most of the time unnoticeable. Or some guests remarked that with the wind blowing it sounded like ocean surf noise.
But the last drilling episode was like having a jackhammer running next door 24/7 for months. Not to mention the random metal pipe banging noises and the CB radios of the crew turned up loud enough to almost understand them. Once the drilling stopped the regular noise of the plant wasn't a calm purr anymore, it's now an angry roar. I cringe to think about going thru that again... and we're not even close to their maximum of 60megawatts.
So... even though I am not ready to leave, I would be more happy if they were better neighbors. For them to say the law that we passed about them drilling at night does't apply is like a slap in the face after all the noise they put us through. It was not bad at all when I first bought the property, but over the years it has become an ugly thing.
But the last drilling episode was like having a jackhammer running next door 24/7 for months. Not to mention the random metal pipe banging noises and the CB radios of the crew turned up loud enough to almost understand them. Once the drilling stopped the regular noise of the plant wasn't a calm purr anymore, it's now an angry roar. I cringe to think about going thru that again... and we're not even close to their maximum of 60megawatts.
So... even though I am not ready to leave, I would be more happy if they were better neighbors. For them to say the law that we passed about them drilling at night does't apply is like a slap in the face after all the noise they put us through. It was not bad at all when I first bought the property, but over the years it has become an ugly thing.