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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: DefiantMassRINO on August 01, 2022, 04:50:03 pm

Title: Wind turbine loses blade in Gloucester (Massachusetts)
Post by: DefiantMassRINO on August 01, 2022, 04:50:03 pm
They don't make wind turbines like they used to.

http://thelocalne.ws/2022/07/31/wind-turbine-loses-blade-in-gloucester/ (http://thelocalne.ws/2022/07/31/wind-turbine-loses-blade-in-gloucester/)
Wind turbine loses blade in Gloucester
By A Correspondent - July 31, 2022

GLOUCESTER — No injuries were reported after a wind turbine lost its blade in Gloucester this morning.

Gloucester Fire Department responded at around 7 a.m. on Sunday, July 31 after it was discovered that one of three blades on a 492-foot wind turbine at Applied Materials on Dory Road fell off the turbine. ...

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Title: Re: Wind turbine loses blade in Gloucester (Massachusetts)
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on August 02, 2022, 01:15:49 am
Maybe it didn't fall off but a big bird was murdered as it flew through and knocked it off.
Title: Re: Wind turbine loses blade in Gloucester (Massachusetts)
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 02, 2022, 01:23:03 am
Makes me wonder what was in the drums that got squashed...

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55 gallons ---greater than 1 bbl of oil (42 gal) would be a 'major spill' and reportable on any oilfield site.
Title: Re: Wind turbine loses blade in Gloucester (Massachusetts)
Post by: EdinVA on August 02, 2022, 01:28:15 am
No worries... just haul the debris to the landfill   :smokin:
Title: Re: Wind turbine loses blade in Gloucester (Massachusetts)
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 02, 2022, 01:29:42 am
Quote from: EdinVA on August 02, 2022, 01:28:15 am
No worries... just haul the debris to the landfill   :smokin:
In Wyoming....wonder what that carbon footprint is?
Title: Re: Wind turbine loses blade in Gloucester (Massachusetts)
Post by: EdinVA on August 02, 2022, 01:44:17 am
Quote from: Smokin Joe on August 02, 2022, 01:29:42 am
In Wyoming....wonder what that carbon footprint is?
If you paint it green first then the carbon goes away
Title: Re: Wind turbine loses blade in Gloucester (Massachusetts)
Post by: mrclose on August 02, 2022, 06:06:39 am
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Title: Re: Wind turbine loses blade in Gloucester (Massachusetts)
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 02, 2022, 10:14:52 am
Quote from: mrclose on August 02, 2022, 06:06:39 am
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Truly in the spirit of Gary Larson and others... 888high58888