Wind turbine destroyed by wind (40 mph)

The Telegraph ^ | 9/4/2013

[markomalley]

LOL

[Sacajaweau]

They were talking about putting these in Lake Ontario. Wonder what a water spout would do to one of these things. We have several here every year.

[ryan71]

Too funny. You can’t make this stuff up.

[cripplecreek]

Not to mention the fact that it costs 2 to 3 times as much to erect and maintain them offshore.

[Paladin2]

Why are there no pictures of the aftermath of the failure?

[Sacajaweau]

We have ship go through there. Fracking would open up a while new world for NYS...but Cuomo is stuck on stupid.

[knarf]

Silly rabbit ... TRIX are for kids ...

[ThunderSleeps]

Turbines on playgrounds could put children at risk? What genius put them there in the first place? Lets put large, powerful, unshielded rotating machinery near unsuspecting and inattentive kids. For added fun, lets make it autonomous, no operator on site to shut it down if there is a problem. Tbese are mechanical devices. They will break, they will wear out. Things go wrong, they are not immune to Murphy. When, not if, they break it can be pretty spectacular. Just search YouTube for turbine failures.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Imagine one hit by a Sharknado.

[catbertz]

Life can be frustrating these days, but then the schmucks who make it so frustrating provide some much needed laughs.

I’m waiting for the global warming nuts to get trapped in icebergs. I would like to drive by in my suv, and chuckle at their frozen expressions.

[mmichaels1970]

he council’s safety trigger for turbines to be shut down currently stands at 80mph winds

Wow! We've got one right outside of Cleveland Stadium and I noticed it gets locked down on overly windy days (I understand the irony). I'm guessing they lock it down at about 30-40mph.

[cripplecreek]

Yeah you can tell that oil and gas extraction is on the upswing here in Michigan because the democrats are desperately introducing regulatory anti fracking legislation pretty much every day. (about 7 last week)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2967053/posts?page=64#64

[ken in texas]

Thanks for my morning laugh. It took two tries but I finally made it all the way through that movie.

[ontap]

[SlowBoat407]

Where,oh where, is “The 80’s, a Look Back” when I need it? It was a 1979 satirical look at the decade ahead, and it included a story (a la Three Mile Island) about a runaway wind turbine that destroyed a town.

[Paladin2]

Green Energy, it’s for doing it to The Children.

[Sacajaweau]

We legislators introducing "no fracking bills" for areas.....where there is no gas like they're protecting their voters from great harm. What a bunch of idiots.

My buddy turned down an offer on his property in the Southern tier after being frightened to death by these jerks. He's kicking himself in the pants now.

[TexasCajun]

OMG!! ..Liberals want to kill all the little children.

[C210N]

This makes perfect sense, as it is being pushed by leftist environmentalists. Indeed, Solar panels are destroyed by the sun: my landscape lighting don’t last more than one season, as the sun’s UV does them in.

[CincyRichieRich]

Calling on Arnold to do what he does best...