A 260 foot wind turbine collapsed in County Tyrone, Ireland. Reportedly this occurred during wind speeds of only 15 MPH.
https://twitter.com/leondowney/status/551700204924465153
The wind turbine that fell near Omagh last night is said to be 80 metres in height. Is this the tallest in the country ever to collapse?
— Barry Whyte (@BarryWhyte85) January 3, 2015
Wind turbine collapse at #Screggaghwindfarm #fivemiletown #windturbine #Fintona #mountain pic.twitter.com/hFfrJwwhuj
— Sandra Armstrong (@sandraaphotos) January 3, 2015
Major investigation launched into collapse of Tyrone wind turbine: http://t.co/fbJYKkeo7p pic.twitter.com/akusMZ97P0
— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) January 4, 2015
@leondowney @RandallHoven LoL – Well at least those birds are safe a while longer.#Wind #BirdChoppers
— Tom (@BoreGuru) January 4, 2015
An investigation into what caused a wind turbine, worth £500k, to collapse near Omagh on Friday night is continuing pic.twitter.com/svzwVmdwcB
— Barry Whyte (@BarryWhyte85) January 4, 2015
Tyrone turbine sets new world record – killer shard shot half a mile after turbine collapse http://t.co/GhGhtfATFf pic.twitter.com/0IZfKIL8Gy
— haretoday (@lowreturn) January 4, 2015
Tyrone turbine collapse – nothing like this has happened before – Oh yes it has http://t.co/caYvHiqfN9 Full info on turbines collapsing.
— haretoday (@lowreturn) January 4, 2015
Wind turbine collapse in Ireland interesting- one off I hope but wld be good to know how old turbine is & if likely to happen at other farms
— Roisin Miller (@roisinmiller) January 3, 2015
@leondowney @Jami_USA Just like the global warming argument, it has fallen on its face. #ClimateFraud
— FlyFisher_AKY (@FlyFisher_AKY) January 4, 2015
@leondowney @DrTeckKhong in tandem with Green Party protagonists….buckles under natural day to day pressure.
— PonteJack (@somersetlevel) January 4, 2015
@leondowney Synonymous with the whole climate hoax?
— Smallism.org [Localism vs Government] (@Smallism_org) January 4, 2015
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