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Haggard Celine

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4. I don't know much about these things,

Reply to Paladin (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 22, 2022, 11:44 AM

Jul 2022

but I'm thinking that maybe they could make the blades collapsible. Of course, if you do that, you want to be able to control it remotely. It wouldn't work to have them so that they need people to go out there and bring the blades down themselves, not when a hurricane is coming. It would need to be state-of-the-art. I'm suspicious about who does the job as well. It'll probably be somebody's brother-in-law who gets the job, and he'll probably fuck it up. Such is life on the Gulf Coast. If the company who gets the job is in any way tied to the oil industry, it will probably be sabotaged.

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Offshore wind farm proposed for Gulf of Mexico near Galveston could power 2.3 million homes [View all] TexasTowelie Jul 2022 OP

I think this is great. Please please please be hurricane proof. jimfields33 Jul 2022 #1

That was my first thought, too. Haggard Celine Jul 2022 #2

I'd love to see a plan that allows an offshore wind farm to survive a Gulf hurricane. Paladin Jul 2022 #3

I don't know much about these things, Haggard Celine Jul 2022 #4

That's what I thought too. How well will they survive a Cat 5?. Thats 157 mph or greater.nt mitch96 Jul 2022 #5