{"id":263329,"date":"2023-06-22T13:42:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T11:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=263329"},"modified":"2023-06-22T13:42:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T11:42:21","slug":"holiday-makers-lucky-escape-after-wind-turbine-blade-disintegrates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=263329","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Makers\u2019 Lucky Escape After Wind Turbine Blade\u00a0Disintegrates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The wind industry calls blade disintegration \u2018component liberation\u2019, survivors call it a terrifying dice with death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks back we reported<\/a> on a wind turbine in a schoolyard near Petersburg, Illinois that decided to \u2018go rogue\u2019, unshackled its blades and sent school kids screaming in all directions. These things are also accomplished at throwing massive chunks of ice<\/a> in all directions, likewise creating a serious threat to life and limb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest dose of daily turbine terror comes from Dear Island, Massachusetts. Where holidaymakers were treated to a little routine component liberation, no doubt content in the knowledge that they were simply part of the inevitable \u2018transition\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Object flies off of \u2018out of service\u2019 wind turbine on Deer Island, prompting closure to public accessway<\/strong>
7 News Boston
Lisa Gresci and Michael Yoshida
29 May 2023<\/p>\n\n\n

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Officials believe an object that was seen hanging from then flying off of a wind turbine on Deer Island may have been the result of strong winds and a broken braking mechanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority said emergency crews and staff were on-site Monday morning after a passerby noticed that one of the two wind turbines at the Deer Island Treatment Plan had \u201csomething hanging from one of the blades.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A witness told 7NEWS it was around 10:15 a.m. when they were travelling near the turbine and heard a noise that caused them to look up and see the object. A piece later flew off of the turbine, in what a witness described as a scene straight out of \u201cFinal Destination,\u201d as they weren\u2019t sure where it would land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckily, no injuries were reported and the public access area near the turbines was soon closed off as the MWRA, police and firefighters responded to the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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