â BENEFITS: LOW â IMPACTS: HIGH â. Industrial-scale wind energy is often promoted as a clean and sustainable source of energy. It brings, however, many adverse impacts of its own. Of most immediate concern for communities targeted for wind power facilities are their size and noise, with the consequent loss of amenity and, in many cases, health.
Central Virginia, also known as the Piedmont, is the largest region of the state of Virginia and contains the state capital, Richmond. It is marked on the east by the Fall Line, and on the west by the Appalachian Mountains. The southern part of this region, bordering on North Carolina, is generally referred to in the state as Southside Virginia. Cities and Towns . Amherst; Ashland; Charlottesville; Culpeper; Danville; Farmville; Fredericksburg; Locust Dale; Louisa; Lynchburg; Martinsville
Central Virginia disaster experts fretted as Fran wheeled inland to the west. Once most hurricanes reach land, their path and their duration become much less predictable, and Fran was no exception. Yet at one point, it seemed to have Central Virginia squarely in its sights, with all the torrential rain and still-nasty wind that implied. In the end, however, Lynchburg and the surrounding counties managed to escape the worst of it, as Fran turned northwest and vented most of its fury on the Shenandoah Valley (in Luray, the high school football field was flooded to nearly the top of its goalposts).