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The city of Palmdale, Calif. fought the water district?EUR??,,????'?????<

Although Palmdale, Calif. (pop. 150,000) is on the northeast edge of Los Angeles County, it lies on the southern edge of the Antelope Valley, a high desert region of the Mojave Desert.

That means hot and dry summers and cold, windy winters. The marine layer and afternoon sea breeze of the Los Angeles Basin brings gusty southwest winds to Palmdale most every afternoon and evening all year round. The only exception is the Santa Ana winds that periodically blow hard from the northeast for a day or two, mostly in the fall and winter.

Sounds like an ideal place for wind turbines. In fact, the city has just approved wind turbines for parking lots in retail or business lots. Palmdale’s plan seems a practical and logical way to integrate turbines into the community. There will be no turbine farms, but wind turbines no more than 60 feet tall erected onto light poles. The city is looking to see if the same idea will work for neighborhoods. The local Sam?EUR??,,????'?????<