Police advising to AVOID ALL TRAVEL in Central & Lothian & Borders areas from 2pm-9pm

Windle · 8 Dec 2011 at 15:56

Jonny ///M said:
I'd love to see how much power these wind turbines could make if they span rapid.

I think they are locked down once the wind picks up though?

My shed door got blown open had to go jam it shut using a big stick lol. It really is big gusts!

It's blown my shed roof in

Skillmister · 8 Dec 2011 at 15:56

Jonny ///M said:
I'd love to see how much power these wind turbines could make if they span rapid.

I think they are locked down once the wind picks up though?

My shed door got blown open had to go jam it shut using a big stick lol. It really is big gusts!

Biohazard · 8 Dec 2011 at 15:56

Windle said:
Yup it's crazy, i think they do have a maximum wind speed operating limit but they can operate to quite high levels but then the grid can't take the extra power generation and in today's crazy world it means the national grid has to pay compensation to the windfarm companies for not being able to take the extra power generation.

Because the grid isn't the producers responsibility.

Glaucus · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:00

Windle said:
Yup it's crazy, i think they do have a maximum wind speed operating limit but they can operate to quite high levels but then the grid can't take the extra power generation and in today's crazy world it means the national grid has to pay compensation to the windfarm companies for not being able to take the extra power generation.

They shut down for their own structural safety.

PhillyDee · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:05

Skillmister said:

AWESOME! That really is catastrophic failure!

Biohazard · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:08

PhillyDee said:
AWESOME! That really is catastrophic failure!

It is pretty eye catching, but an expensive show if you let it happen that's for sure.

Kennysevenfold · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:13

[TW]Fox;20748857 said:
It's embarrasing how much we overreact to everything in this country

Yeah lets just keep bridges open and let the high sided lorries tip over. :confused:

Skidder · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:14

Why not save everyone the disappointment and advise not travelling to Scotland, ever.

Craig1981 · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:16

Skidder said:
Why not save everyone the disappointment and advise not travelling to Scotland, ever.

No whisky for you! :mad:

cheets64 · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:17

[TW]Fox;20748857 said:
It's embarrasing how much we overreact to everything in this country

You try to hard to be like Jeremy Clarkson

Warnings are just warnings, why not warn people that high winds are in effect.

Wind can be devastating

Skidder · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:21

a lot of dodge and chevy trucks in Wigan these days?

cheets64 · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:27

Skidder said:
a lot of dodge and chevy trucks in Wigan these days?

No its Joplin, a lot of people didnt heed the warning of a possible tornado hitting, a lot of people killed in their cars and at work.

I suppose living in tornado alley and you dont have a tornado for years its easy just to ignore the sirens and think "it wont happen"

Craig1981 · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:29

^^^ Damn! All those poor people! It looks like a nuke hit the place

hitmanuk · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:31

batsy said:
Put the code that comes after v=

Biohazard · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:32

Craig1981 said:
^^^ Damn! All those poor people! It looks like a nuke hit the place

Too much left standing for a nuke. Look at the Japanese photographs for the effect of nearly 70 year old technology.

Tefal · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:33

[TW]Fox;20748857 said:
It's embarrasing how much we overreact to everything in this country

yeah, advising people they should probbaly avoid an area experiencing severe weather conditions is a shocking overreaction.

Skidder · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:34

cheets64 said:
No its Joplin, a lot of people didnt heed the warning of a possible tornado hitting, a lot of people killed in their cars and at work.

I suppose living in tornado alley and you dont have a tornado for years its easy just to ignore the sirens and think "it wont happen"

I lived in Florida for a couple of years in my early 20s and I had a call from my dad early one morning (from the UK) waking me and sounding really tense saying "are you OK?"

A Hurricane had passed through Central Florida and made the news in the UK when I went outside it was carnage (although worst of it was a couple of miles away).

Bennie-Mac · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:34

cheets64 said:
No its Joplin, a lot of people didnt heed the warning of a possible tornado hitting, a lot of people killed in their cars and at work.

I suppose living in tornado alley and you dont have a tornado for years its easy just to ignore the sirens and think "it wont happen"

Which will happen over here at this rate, the more you warn people of something that turns out to be not as serious as implied, the less attention people will pay when there actually will be some danger.

Tefal · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:35

Biohazard said:
Too much left standing for a nuke. Look at the Japanese photographs for the effect of nearly 70 year old technology.

well no, look at the Japanese photographs for the results of fire on a mostly wooden city....

Tokyo looked almost identical after the fire raids.

Dave85 · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:37

lights flickering on and off is never a good sign. They had a problem with cables a few weeks hope the damn power doesn't go off.