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Fintona, County Tyrone: 80-metre wind turbine collapses ('unusual' event as winds were light)
BBC News ^
| 1/3/15
| BBC
Posted on 01/03/2015 7:13:26 PM PST by NormsRevenge
An 80-metre wind turbine has collapsed on a mountainside near Fintona in County Tyrone.
The turbine was one of eight on the Screggagh wind farm on Murley mountain.
It is not clear what caused the giant structure to collapse, but people in the industry said it was a highly unusual event especially as winds were light at the time.
The turbine, valued at over £500,000, collapsed on Friday evening, scattering debris over a wide area.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: collapses; turbine; unusual; wind
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Chinese steel?
Sabotage?
Metal Fatigue?
It must been quite a sight.
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:15:28 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:16:17 PM PST
by
mosaicwolf
(Strength and Honor)
To: NormsRevenge
80 meters is huge (~264 ft). Most US turbines have 90-120 foot blades, I believe.
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:17:47 PM PST
by
Teacher317
(We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
To: Teacher317
(unless they mean the diameter of the circle that the tip of the blade makes)
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:19:06 PM PST
by
Teacher317
(We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
To: mosaicwolf
an angry bird, no doubt,, or at least a bird on a mission.
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:20:42 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
Don't pity them; stupid fools should have known better about spending money chasing wind.
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:21:44 PM PST
by
Fungi
(Fungi--the reason we have antibiotics, cheese, bread, and wine.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:22:00 PM PST
by
9thLife
(Barack Hussein Obama is one of them.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:22:00 PM PST
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: NormsRevenge
Just go to youtube and search for “disintegrating wind turbine” and you will see it happens with some regularity.
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:23:43 PM PST
by
XEHRpa
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:24:01 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Black lies matter. 'White privilege' is dog-whistle for 'kill white people.')
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:24:44 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: mosaicwolf
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:25:14 PM PST
by
matthew fuller
(Obama's goal for the USA is strategic and economic parity with Kenya.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
but.. but.. The wind can’t hurt anybody, right?
Harness horses, not wind power.
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:26:02 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
How do you say this word, “Screggagh”?
Is that Klingon?
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:28:30 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
sounds like scotch distillery taste testing lingo
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:30:23 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
When it kills someone, can we BAN them?
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:30:25 PM PST
by
TribalPrincess2U
(0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:33:19 PM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: NormsRevenge
Did it produce more energy than was required to extract all the materials used in it’s construction as well as all associated manufacturing, transportation and installation costs? Did the income from the energy produced pay for all the associated labor costs required for the above as well as regular maintenance, scrap removal and salvage/recycling operations?
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
01/03/2015 7:34:36 PM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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