Wind – trivia

[DiogenesIIParticipant @diogenesii]

Doesn't that video shows the collapse of a turbine that entered service in December 1996 and failed in 2008 while under repair in high winds off the Danish coast – probably the very reason it was being videoed?

Oooer, has dropped 5mb in three hours here now.

Edited By DiogenesII on 18/02/2022 09:48:46

[MadMikeParticipant @madmike]

The pictures from the collapsed turbine which were on last nights news did not show the bent and collapsed mast that appears on that video. the turbine housing with blades, while obviously damaged, appeared to be still connected and did not appear to have exploded like the one in the video. Conclusion? Old Dodgy Knees is absolutely correct in his comment about the video.

EDIT: Hornslet is of course a Danish town.

Edited By MadMike on 18/02/2022 10:01:20

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

This was logged starting Wednesday and ending late morning. I've had the logger running with a clock as well since yesterday morning, will be interesting to see the results later in the day! Wind so far well below forecast – fingers crossed!

[CirclipParticipant @circlip]

Oh dear, all that wasted Balsa.

Regards Ian.

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

Posted by DiogenesII on 18/02/2022 09:46:14:

Doesn't that video shows the collapse of a turbine that entered service in December 1996 and failed in 2008 while under repair in high winds off the Danish coast – probably the very reason it was being videoed?

Oooer, has dropped 5mb in three hours here now.

Edited By DiogenesII on 18/02/2022 09:48:46

It was indeed being serviced and a noisy gearbox noted and due to be investigated further. It was the brake system that failed (much like the windmill stories I started with). As the blades spun faster and faster it was thought one struck the tower and caused them to explode. The video was by occupants of a nearby farmhouse rather than on-site engineers.

As for today's wind warnings – well so far gusting a lot less than 2 days ago..

pgk

[DutchDanParticipant @dutchdan]

It's been very windy here, we've lost a pane of glass on the greenhouse which is laying (shattered) about 10 feet away. Hopefully that will be the full extent of the damage as we only have one spare pane. Fingers crossed.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Getting worse here: more wind and heavier gusts plus rain. Light stuff blowing about, and a builder's bag has landed in my garden! Interesting rather than alarming, I don't think it's bad enough here to remove tiles. (Fingers crossed!)

Area warning has been reduced from RED to AMBER, but local radio is reporting trouble in South Wales. Forecast says expect peak in this area a bit after midday.

Dave

[SamsarandaParticipant @samsaranda]

Hi Dutch Dan, hope your greenhouse survives ok, back in the hurricane of 87 a section of guttering came off the corner of our house and landed in the greenhouse which promptly exploded with the wind pressure and spread itself across three neighbours gardens, hopefully it will not be as severe as then. Dave W

[DiogenesIIParticipant @diogenesii]

Well, unless there's an unpleasant surprise in the tail, it seems to be easing here.. ..fascinating, the glass has risen 3 4mb since the 'trough' (982.?6 or so) at 10.30.. ..interestingly I see birds are stirring out in the garden again, they were all conspicuous by their absence earlier.

Edited By DiogenesII on 18/02/2022 11:58:23

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

Storm Eunice has not been quite as bad as I feared, I have just been down to the front at Weston Super Mare, and there is no evidence of any overtopping of the low sea defences during this mornings spring high tide with the storm surge. I live 2 1/2 miles inland at 6 metres, and local tides go to 14 metres. Pressure here at present is 1002mb.

Edited By old mart on 18/02/2022 15:33:27

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Picture this …

**LINK**

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/could-high-flying-kites-power-your-home-180979894/

MichaelG.

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Huge potential. It's certainly taking Occam's Razor to the generation of power. As easy as flying a kite!

[J HancockParticipant @jhancock95746]

Being somewhere at sea off Cap Wrath , MV Menetheseus , Jan '68 , in the worst ever recorded weather in the UK was quite exciting too.

[J HancockParticipant @jhancock95746]

Correction that should read Menestheus !

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