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"PS9" (PS9) 05/18/2017 at 10:31 • Filed to: None

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This would be a lot more fun to look at if I weren’t so close to it.

crowmolly > PS9 05/18/2017 at 10:32

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Apparently this is a “thing” with wind turbines.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > PS9 05/18/2017 at 10:35

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*Weeeeeeeh*

nerd_racing > PS9 05/18/2017 at 10:38

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Looks like a braking mechanism failure. I’ve seen video of them running away with speed until they reach bursting speed and the vanes explode.

DipodomysDeserti > PS9 05/18/2017 at 10:39

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Is this a metaphor for the state of our executive branch, or is this literally happening near you right now?

E92M3 > PS9 05/18/2017 at 10:39

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Went too long on the oil change interval...

EL_ULY > PS9 05/18/2017 at 10:40

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COOOOOOOL!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > PS9 05/18/2017 at 10:40

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Smoke on the windmill, fire in the sky?

BeauM > PS9 05/18/2017 at 10:44

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Somewhere there is a very confused Indian.

-not an original comment, but my fav for this gif.

ttyymmnn > DipodomysDeserti 05/18/2017 at 10:44

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Honestly, I was expecting to click the link and find another Trump story.

ttyymmnn > PS9 05/18/2017 at 10:45

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Is there another one smoking in the background?

Edit: Yup.

hike > nerd_racing 05/18/2017 at 10:45

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Which in this case is a very cool yet incredibly terrifying failure. It looks great until it blows and the vanes are flying all over.

nerd_racing > hike 05/18/2017 at 10:48

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Fortunately they are composite vanes and they tend to be brittle.

PS9 > DipodomysDeserti 05/18/2017 at 10:54

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Yes.

user314 > nerd_racing 05/18/2017 at 11:14

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Yeah, though I’m not sure why the tip of the one blade is burning too, unless something from the hub fell off just as that blade went past?

boredalways > PS9 05/18/2017 at 12:13

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News Linky???