Flood Problems

Extracts from a letter sent to Carmarthen Journal 20/06/12 by L J Jenkins,
" The (wind farm) turbines vast concrete bases and wide supply roads will replace the present highly absorbent peat and moorland, clearly resulting in regular flash floods downstream whenever there is far less rain than at present. Imagine the size of the non absorbent concrete platforms and wide roads required by structures almost as high as the Blackpool Tower! The run off of rainwater will be immediate! ....
On Sunday, June 10 there were flood warnings regarding the River Teifi at Llanybydder. Yet there are plans to build a huge TAN8 wind farm nearby on Mynydd Llanllwni, within the catchment of the River Teifi. Again there will be rapid run-off and flash flooding.....

Don't forget this is June, the driest time of the year. What will happen when it turns really wet from Autumn through Winter to Spring? Have the Assembly, the Environment Agency and county councils even considered this massive future problem as they meddle with nature on a gargantuan scale in our Welsh hills? All they are concerned about is carrying out green policies!".