Wind Turbine Fails

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Wind turbines are supposed to shutdown in high winds. Not only did the brakes fail, but the turning of the blades to have just an edge in the wind must have also failed. This is the best NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) argument I have seen. Normally it takes a few seconds for the propeller to make a complete revolution.

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A wind turbine near Crowell, Texas, caught fire during a storm on Friday, July 22, creating large rings of smoke. Brent Havins via Storyful
Tim Fuller: Carbon-fiber blades.... Carbon burns but also conducts electricity (at great resistance) thus making them not only huge lightning rods by their conductivity, but when struck they ignite due to their resistance and natural flammability. So, basically that wind turbine had a coal fire.

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Wind Turbine Catches Fire from Lightning Strike today in Crowell, Texas!
Permission: Chris Lopez