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This Scientist’s Doomsday Earthquake Scenarios Will Terrify You, and That’s the Point
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| 5/22/2017
| Jacob Margolis
Posted on 05/31/2017 4:51:54 AM PDT by rktman
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To: T-Bone Texan
Haven’t seen from the air yet. Or haven’t paid attention while flying over. I did see quite a few last summer when driving through Idaho. One doesn’t realize how large they are until you’re up close.
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posted on
05/31/2017 6:09:50 AM PDT
by
DallasGal
(I've come to believe lack of remorse or failure to apologize means you are heartless and soulless)
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
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posted on
05/31/2017 6:19:42 AM PDT
by
null and void
( The Flat Earth Society claims they have members all around the globe!)
To: Paine in the Neck
They don't have to turn to serve their primary purpose of pumping dollars from your pocket to subsidize the manufacturers, installers, landowners, politicians, etc, etc, etc. That's for sure!
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posted on
05/31/2017 6:27:47 AM PDT
by
Lou L
(Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
To: TangoLimaSierra
I have seen them being shipped via 18 wheeler. One blade per truck. Takes a long convoy to ship one windmill.
To: rktman
"White wind turbines, two stories high . . . "
Industrial wind turbines are typically about 320 feet high. Someone might have a two-story one in their backyard, but that's just for personal use.
To: rktman
We already have our Doomsday Scenario - Yellowstone goes “Krakatoa” on us. That is pretty much the end of North America.
And, of course, for a less apocalyptic doomsday, there the New Madrid fault.
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posted on
05/31/2017 6:40:33 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Freedom Before Security!)
To: Little Ray
Lucky for us we live west of Yellowstone so we get an extra couple days unless some stray debris rains down on us. Let’s see algore complain about that one.
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posted on
05/31/2017 7:01:34 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: rktman
When one can see these monstrosities from 30,000 feet while riding in an airliner across the country, it’s clear they’re a lot taller than two stories.
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posted on
05/31/2017 7:27:06 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: rktman; TangoLimaSierra
Not all of them. The ice rink near my house has one and the blades aren’t as ‘long as a boxcar’. There are various designs and heights depending upon the area they are placed, local wind, generator placed on the pylon, etc.
Some aren’t much taller than the old traditional windmills of old, though they tend to be thinner.
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posted on
05/31/2017 7:45:06 AM PDT
by
reed13k
To: DallasGal
Have them in West Texas. Gives some relief to the flat nothingness. Same deal with them not all working They could be of some use in west Texas. Connect a nuke plant to those wind farms and feed power in the reverse direction, turning the windmills into huge oscillating fans. Come July, the breeze will be welcome.
Heck, put enough of 'em near the coast and it might be possible to blow a hurricane south towards the Mexican beaches. ;-)
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posted on
05/31/2017 8:33:40 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: DallasGal
Have them in West Texas. Gives some relief to the flat nothingness. Same deal with them not all working Might be reminiscent of the fields of oil derricks sitting idle...only taller.
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posted on
05/31/2017 9:31:02 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: Charles Martel
July nothing. It gets above 75 and I’m ready to move North, way North. But I like where you are going with this ;)
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posted on
05/31/2017 10:01:44 AM PDT
by
DallasGal
(I've come to believe lack of remorse or failure to apologize means you are heartless and soulless)
To: rktman
Or, could it be the constant vibration from the wind turbines (ruining the view shed while they're at it) causing the shift in the geological formations. That explains things! San Francisco built two windmills in Golden Gate park, to pump water for irrigation. The first one was completed and operational in 1903. The big SF earthquake happened in 1906. They fell into disrepair later on. In 1981, one windmill was restored to active use. The Loma Prieta Earthquake happened in 1989. It's the wind shifting geological formations!
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posted on
05/31/2017 11:54:31 AM PDT
by
roadcat
To: DallasGal
I hear you - and I grew up in Louisiana south of I-10. At least in the hottest weather there, you can sometimes feel a cooling breeze. North and West Texas is more like a convection oven - the air moves well enough - it’s just hot. Dallas feels like it’s 500 miles closer to the sun than the surrounding area.
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posted on
05/31/2017 12:23:31 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: Charles Martel
Concrete heat island :) I’m in Ft. Worth. Could be worse. It could be Houston. And people wonder why I want to move to the mountains
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posted on
05/31/2017 1:49:32 PM PDT
by
DallasGal
(I've come to believe lack of remorse or failure to apologize means you are heartless and soulless)
To: trebb
Way taller and without much character. There is something about those derricks. A holdover from my childhood.
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posted on
05/31/2017 2:00:39 PM PDT
by
DallasGal
(I've come to believe lack of remorse or failure to apologize means you are heartless and soulless)
To: trebb
Way taller and without much character. There is something about those derricks. A holdover from my childhood.
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posted on
05/31/2017 2:00:42 PM PDT
by
DallasGal
(I've come to believe lack of remorse or failure to apologize means you are heartless and soulless)
To: Charles Martel
👹. Unless you grew up south of Hwy 90, you're a yankee. LOL!
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posted on
05/31/2017 5:53:10 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: DallasGal
Agree - first time I ever saw the derricks was in ‘74 when I was in Texas for Basic Training and taking little road trips with friends during Tech School - had heard about “Texas T” but this was evidence of taking energy out of the ground.
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posted on
06/01/2017 3:16:03 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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