In recent days, lawn signs showing a simulation of what a wind farm off LBI would look like are popping up all over the Island, pronouncing what many want from offshore wind developers and the federal government: Move the turbines 35 miles out to sea.

However, Gordon Perkins, an expert on visibility for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, the developer of wind projects including one off LBI, said data overwhelmingly show that shoreline visibility is going to be a rare occurrence.