[Kenny Bania]

If you are going to build something, why not do it right. Make it withstand extremes because we will always have extreme weather patterns so might as well be prepared. Do it right the first time.

I don't necessarily disagree with that, but (in my opinion), you have to operate within the normal distribution of risk.

Accounting for outliers (like this) are incredibly expensive. If you want to protect against them, ok fine. But be prepared to pony up the money.

[lepton]

I don’t necessarily disagree with that, but (in my opinion), you have to operate within the normal distribution of risk.

Accounting for outliers (like this) are incredibly expensive. If you want to protect against them, ok fine. But be prepared to pony up the money.

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Not to mention that the presence of each of those systems makes the things clunkier and less efficient. The ROI gets put out further and further with every extension to cover outliers. In a situation where the wind stopped blowing, the windmills would CONSUME even more power if they had the de-icing systems.