Posted on 01/16/2024 6:48:54 AM PST by george76
This event is a dramatic metaphor for modern America.
This is what happens when you put corrupt, Leftist lunatics in charge.
“All the king’s horses and all the king’s men could not put Humpty Dumpty together again.”
The USA has become a children’s story of disaster come true.
Meyer said her family members heard a banging sound prior to the crash of the tower. They ignored the noise, believing it was possibly construction work. But looking back now, they believe “things were letting loose.”
“My son got up and went out to the door and said, ‘Will you look at that...’ My husband got out from underneath the planter and said, ‘Holy crap.’”
And when the wind does blow, they shut them down if it is too much wind.
But the blinky red lights keep going all night long, visible for many miles.
Drove by a large wind farm yesterday outside of Mojave ca. couple hundred windmills. None turning. No wind. In one of the windiest places in ca. great solution. people are so stupid.
The blades on a windmill are shaped like an airfoil, just like an airplane wing. And just like an airplane wing, the low pressure area they create increases the probability of icing. But those blades measure 250-ish feet long each, so when they’re swinging at 60 rpm, the centripetal force is YUGE. So an imbalance among the blades due to even a small unevenness in ice accumulation, or even just spinning too fast (because the wind is too strong), can cause them to tear themselves apart.
So when they detect a blade imbalance (due to uneven icing) or “overspeeding” (from too much wind), they’re supposed to shut themselves down as a matter of self-preservation.
So when you need their output the most, like, say, during A BLIZZARD, they’re never going to be available. By design.
I find the red lights at night rather charming. I’d be in favor of getting rid of the turbines but keeping the lights, and maybe adding some green ones for Christmas.
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