Scotland UK: Wind Turbines Catch Fire in Horrendous 165 mph Winds

Storm of the Century - Historical - Flooding - Hurricane- 8-12-2011 - Bawbag!!?? -
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[1eyednewt]

Cat 5 winds! WOW. Is that common there???

[ChristiannaGarrett1]

@1eyednewt haha..NO!! It is not. It was really windy where I live in the South East as well.

[grangersmith]

Holy Cow! That's a hurricane. I watched this on a web cam in the UK the other night and it looked really nasty, thought the cam was going to be blown off of where ever it is located! That's crazy, so it's the same as usual, nothing new, daily strangeness?

[ChristiannaGarrett1]

@grangersmith Yep! A hurricane over cold water!! Whatever next??

[strangelylucky]

@mattyboy442 no it wasn't.

[strangelylucky]

@MisterScottishPerson where i live, a 60+some year old tree fell and wrecked an old stone wall, crushed the front of a car in the process

[strangelylucky]

@grangersmith This wasn't a hurricane, hurricanes can't form this far north in cold water.

[TheServiceWeb]

WORLD RECORD: BIGGEST WIND TURBINE

Visit TheServiceWeb's Channel

ZERO-NOISE from gears and generators since they are sealed underground.

SAVES THE BIRDS AND BATS since slow-moving.

DOES NOT NEED TO OCCUPY A WIDER LANDSCAPE since the turbine can be very tall.

MAY BE LOWER-COST since it may use timber and other cheaper things.

ELUDES HURRICANE FORCE since the V-type folding blades automatically close.

NO FIRE since it is kept cool.

HELPS THE WIND-ENERGY COMPANIES since it is FREE FOR ALL.

[mattyboy442]

@motormouth1000101

It was the tail end of an American hurricane.

[mattyboy442]

@grangersmith

most Americans stay inside during a hurricane. not us we go out in the wind and pretend that fuck all has happened :L

[MisterScottishPerson]

This was a really really bad week. Where I live in Glasgow, trees fell onto cars, also falling onto roads leaving huge 2 meter wide, 30cm deep dents in roads. Peoples houses damaged, roofs caving in and everything. Horrible.

[TheServiceWeb]

WORLD RECORD: BIGGEST WIND TURBINE

Visit: windturbinecarriedbywheels.wee­bly.com

ZERO-NOISE from gears and generators since they're sealed underground.

SAVES THE BIRDS AND BATS since slow-moving.

DOES NOT NEED TO OCCUPY A WIDER LANDSCAPE since the turbine can be very tall.

MAY BE LOWER-COST since it can use parts of junked trucks, etc.

ELUDES HURRICANE FORCE since the blades automatically close.

NO FIRE since it is well-cooled.

HELPS THE WIND ENERGY COMPANIES since it is FREE FOR ALL.

[TheServiceWeb]

WORLD RECORD: BIGGEST WIND TURBINE

Visit: windturbinecarriedbywheels.wee­bly.com

ZERO-NOISE from gears and generators since they're sealed underground.

SAVES THE BIRDS AND BATS since the turbines are slow-moving.

DOES NOT NEED TO OCCUPY A WIDER LANDSCAPE since the turbine can be very tall.

MAY BE LOWER-COST since it can use parts of junked trucks and others.

ELUDES HURRICANE FORCE since the blades automatically close.

HELPS THE WIND ENERGY COMPANIES since it is FREE FOR ALL.

[MrScotia]

In England when the wind reaches gusts of up to 25mph the rest of the world has to sit down and draw long faces and flap their ears forward and pray for them.