Wind Farms Can Appear Sinister To The Weatherman

[kwame k]

To Pink Floyd playing in the back round? Wizard of OZ flashbacks???

Or that movie that had Helen Hunt in it and a shitty soundtrack

[sadaist]

Back in my younger/dumber days I even went chasing them. Yes, drugs were involved.

Did that with a hurricane about 20 years ago. We don't get them on the west coast, but one was heading into Baja. A friend & I drove down to a small coastal fishing village and checked it out. Massively powerful.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

A quick question.......wind farms aren't in residential areas or even populated areas are they and if so, I imagine they're fenced off or guarded, right?

Well, obviously not close to "towns".... But in areas where they've been up and running for several years now, there's no need for fencing, in fact there's very minimal impact to agriculture...

[kwame k]

Well, obviously not close to "towns".... But in areas where they've been up and running for several years now, there's no need for fencing, in fact there's very minimal impact to agriculture...

Cool, never have seen one or researched anything about where they are located, thanks.

[FORD]

The only objection I've ever heard of to windmills came from Native Americans who were opposed to building them in the Columbia River Gorge. The Gorge is windy as Hell, so it would be a natural location, but the Natives were afraid that eagles (sacred in their belief system) would fly into the blades and get chopped up. And chopped eagles wouldn't be good for anyone

I'd like to believe eagles are smarter than that though. If they can see a fish or a small animal from several hundred feet in the air, they can certainly see a big spinning blade in front of them.