Posted on 06/12/2017 9:58:20 AM PDT by PROCON
A wind turbine in Donley County caught fire Wednesday afternoon. No injuries were reported. (Photo courtesy: Greg Hendricks)
DONLEY COUNTY, Texas - A wind turbine caught fire Wednesday afternoon in the Texas Panhandle, but officials are still working to determine what caused it.
Cassie Gillies O'Brien, along with several other drivers, stopped on the side of the road to watch it burn. She shot video which shows pieces of fiery debris raining down on the ground below.
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Well then, it must be because of Man-Made Climate ChangeTM
I saw the Dirty Jobs tv show and they showed a team of 6 guys inside one of those 60 foot wind mills mopping up the oil that was leaking. They said it was routine maintenance. Doesn’t sound very eco friendly to me.
There is a very funny video (with some swearing) all about that somewhere on YouTube.
Not any more
Maybe a piece of a sliced up bird on the endangered species list fell into the machinery.
Fortunately, a fire broke out, otherwise there would have been a backup of energy until the special radium battery exploded spreading radioactive contamination across six counties.
At least it doesn’t have that stupid blurry duplicate image on each side.
I’m thinking a really hot day will vaporize of the puddled oil, allowing any sort of spark from the electrical equipment to ignite the oil. After that, you have a nice hollow composite blade to act as a chimney.
That’s an awful lot of black smoke and red flames.
Is this turbine petroleum powered?
Hey, it’s generating energy!................Just not the kind that’s useful..................
from the mouth of babes...
Most likely the cause is associated with the wind.
Yep, IC dem wangs
At least it didn’t catch fire, LOL.
60foot? Hell, some blades are that long.
Frickshun, William P.
One less bird chopper!
Did that SOB explode or what? LOL!
They can look at it this way, they dont have to crawl up there and fix it.
Right off I-40 near Groom. I’m sure a lot of people are watching this. I’ve driven by there many times trying to count them but run out of patience.
There are about 90 all clumped together for a few miles.
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