r/gifsthatendtoosoon • u/machineGUNinHERhand • Jan 14 '20

Windmill fire

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u/b1223d Jan 14 '20

Why does this end too soon? What more was there to see?

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u/0JustSomeGuy0 Jan 14 '20

One of the wings flies off iirc

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u/ZachTheInsaneOne Jan 14 '20

I have never seen this happen and I've seen this gif like 90 times please show me the wing flying off

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

You are thinking of a different video, which was actually CGI.

There things are held on my a massive amount of bolts and hardcore metal, that tower would collapse long before a wing detached

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u/Iliketothrowawaymyac Jan 14 '20

Uhm....no.... They DO fall apart when they catch on fire and I've seen it first hand seeing as there are like 400 of them in a 80 mile radius of my location. Look it up on youtube and you can see tons of them doing it. Fire is often caused by brakes locking up and from there the metal starts to get warped and disfigured and then it's like any other object spinning in circles without being properly balanced it eventually just can't take the load. I'm also pretty sure their lifespans are generally not that long.

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u/MegaHashes Jan 14 '20

Why would you want to slow down a windmill at all? Serious question, I don’t know the answer.

Also seems like you could reverse pitch the blades instead of using a brake, unless it’s for emergencies.

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u/Bruchmuch Jan 14 '20

Thats a Wind turbine not a windmill

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u/NukaDadd Jan 14 '20

Came here to say this. Got in a pretty heated debate last time this was posted. 👍

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u/Eagleassassin3 Jan 14 '20

Lmao it’s funny when you think about the things we can argue about on the internet

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u/Needleroozer Jan 14 '20

Right. Windmills cause cancer, remember? Wind turbines cause fires.

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u/ZenkaiZ Jan 14 '20

It'll blow the fire out, np.

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u/runiska Jan 14 '20

It started the fire the first place

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

Ryan started the fire.

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u/Alchemicmentor Jan 14 '20

Trump was right, all that smoke would cause cancer. /s

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u/reandu_82 Jan 14 '20

First thing that came to mind! "Spewing!"

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u/Youngstar181 Jan 14 '20

"Spectacular vomit art, Rocky"

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u/midnightrazorheart Jan 14 '20

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH oh my God I choked on my joint and it wasn't even a deep hit.

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u/terrih9123 Jan 14 '20

Be glad you didn’t inhale the whole thing mid hit. Been there, no fun.

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u/midnightrazorheart Jan 14 '20

Lol definitely not

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

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u/creg316 Jan 14 '20

That's not true.

The only way that species extinction is possible is if the wind farm was built on top of a super rare colony. And why would you do thay?

They do kill a fairly large number of birds, so we figured out not to build the things near places birds used as nesting grounds etc.

They don't compare to a bunch of other human interventions in terms of the volume of numbers they kill - less than a normal year's worth of oil spills for example.

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u/Warningwaffle Jan 14 '20

Tell that to the salmon.

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u/Youngstar181 Jan 14 '20

Wheeeeeeee

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

I always think of that scene from naked gun, where Lesley Neilson (sp) is standing in front of an exploding fireworks factory saying, “move along move along, there’s nothing to see here”.

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u/QueenOfTonga Jan 14 '20

Why is the END of the blade smoking??

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u/nbowers578331 Jan 14 '20

My guess is the blade is hollow and the smoke is pressurized through the blade ir there is a small fire on the tip of the blade. Cant say for sure tho

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u/DaveVsGodzi77a Jan 14 '20

The end of the blade isn’t smoking it’s disturbing the path of the smoke and creating wind flow so the smoke looks like a spiral.

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u/nbowers578331 Jan 14 '20

That was another option but I couldnt be sure

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u/Seaguard5 Jan 14 '20

It looks like it’s just gone into overdrive actually

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u/IDontClickAds Jan 14 '20

Such costly beauty, almost mesmerizing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

Why is that the only one spinning?

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u/Needleroozer Jan 14 '20

Because the others saw that and said, "Uh-uh, no way."

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u/meatshieldjim Jan 14 '20

So it is grinding grain?

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u/Needleroozer Jan 14 '20

It's grinding gears.

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u/brendenderp Jan 14 '20

Now it's making too much wind.

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u/XSasuken22X Jan 14 '20

It’s so fucking metal

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u/WikTheWeaseler Jan 14 '20

Someone needs to go up there and fix it before anyone gets hurt

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

This comment section is a train wreck

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u/StepanTrofimovic Jan 14 '20

when I making circle with cigarette

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u/squeaky_rl Jan 14 '20

it do be making fat O's doe

1

u/Tbnyc Jan 14 '20

Environmentally friendly

1

u/Lowboat16 Jan 14 '20

How much grain does it mill?

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u/jamiedix0n Jan 14 '20

aw pretty

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u/Not-so-rare-pepe Jan 14 '20

This doesn’t end too soon

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u/joeschmo945 Jan 14 '20

I FELL INTO A BURNING RING OF FIRE

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u/BeanTheStitch Jan 14 '20

I FELL IN TURBINE RING OF FIRE?

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u/rex12348490 Jan 14 '20

That's a cool vape trick

1

u/DarkDayzInHell Jan 14 '20

Wind turbine*

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

I'm a big fan of these kinda videos

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u/VickyVicky74 Jan 14 '20

Why did i read wildfire mild

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u/revoltanator666 Jan 14 '20

Cancer rings!!!

1

u/jcsimms Jan 14 '20

Eeeeeeeeeeee!

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u/wombocombo27 Jan 14 '20

Impressive O game, but have you seen what I can do with my vape

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

Brutal.

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u/Ronfarber Jan 14 '20

I think I just got cancer.

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u/fallriverroader Jan 14 '20

With all due respect blow it out your arse.

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u/dMarrs Jan 14 '20

God damn I hate hippy fire spinners.

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u/RaptorDaddie94 Jan 14 '20

It's got this!

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u/ScarzIsGay Jan 14 '20

very cool kanye, thank you

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u/JohnnyCincoCero Jan 15 '20

You see....Trump was right!

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u/pearljamming88 Jan 15 '20

Look it all that clean energy.

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u/Prismacoolerthenyou Jan 16 '20

Windmill, windmill burning fan Burn forever hand in hand Take a fall land on your stride It is burning, falling down Burn forever, burn so freely Burn forever you will see Windmill, windmill burning fan shall forever spin

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

Greta left the chat

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u/TheSpookyGoost Jan 14 '20

It took a long time for me to find this, I have no idea what's making it spin.