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- ShootTheCore, on 02/24/2008, -3/+416That was so much cooler than what I expected (A windmill falling over basically)
- wildfire, on 02/24/2008, -4/+238Must have reached 88MPH...
- obliviousfool, on 02/24/2008, -1/+217I wonder if this was a test or an accident. Wind turbines have clutches inside of them that generally prevent this sort of thing from happening.
- ghee, on 02/24/2008, -2/+187Because a windmill just died. RIP windmill.
- Y3T1, on 02/24/2008, -3/+166that video NEEDS a slow-mo
- Redzin, on 02/24/2008, -2/+163It was an accident, it happened in Denmark (which is where I live) on Februrary 22. Basicly we had a "storm" and the security thing that was supposed to stop the mill failed, so it just kept accelerating. It was in the news and *****. ;)
The movie clip is in realtime btw, it really did go that fast :P - chadillak, on 02/24/2008, -3/+150if you turn it up loud enough, you can hear the windmill yelling "oh *****, oh *****, oh *****, oh *****" just before it dies.
- Awspire, on 02/24/2008, -3/+149According to the title, it was a "run away", so I'm assuming the breaks failed during high winds, hence why it was being video taped. They must of known something catastrophic was about to happen.
- anagoge, on 02/24/2008, -3/+112Must...resist...
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID - xxTazxx, on 02/24/2008, -2/+109That windmill sacrificed itself to save the earth. Have some heart people.
- rasman32, on 02/24/2008, -9/+106Holy cow! that was incredible! Look at the power, and the size of that thing! Excellent submission!
- Peko, on 02/24/2008, -0/+92Power output: 1.21 jigawatts.
- Flarble, on 02/24/2008, -5/+861.21 gigawatts!!!!!
- inactive, on 02/24/2008, -0/+74Yeah, there's a strong market going for faked windmill destruction videos.
Doof - wardrox, on 02/24/2008, -0/+68At that speed? Well over 9000.
- HeDiggMe, on 02/24/2008, -6/+70Why did I get a "mature audiences" warning for that?!
- themastersb, on 02/24/2008, -0/+64I wonder how much energy it made there.
- inactive, on 02/24/2008, -22/+80Holy crap! Thanks for bringing back old nightmares - when I went to college, there was a windmill on our campus (it generated power for the science building). But man, I was always freakin' terrified of it, especially when the winds got really strong, because I was afraid of precisely what happened in the video. Oh, and it's totally irrelevant, but I went to Macalester College - hence my screenname being macweirdo42 (just wanted to clear the air, there, as people always assume I'm just an Apple fanboy - can't stand Apple products).
- CloseYetFar, on 02/24/2008, -0/+55There may be other windmills watching on LiveLeak.
- levitron, on 02/24/2008, -2/+52Alright.
- dienaked, on 02/24/2008, -0/+50None, it just converted a bunch.
- roadtripper, on 02/24/2008, -2/+51Don Quixote would be proud.
- qwkredfox, on 02/24/2008, -2/+43I live in Palm Springs by all the wind mills- and we had a big storm going through the pass last night and i wondered why they shut the mills down- thank you for the explanation!!! Awesome vid.
- Archaic1, on 02/24/2008, -2/+41ExCeLlEnT sUbMiSsIoN!!!! A+++++++ Would Buy Again!!!!
- falstaff, on 02/24/2008, -3/+41"I need more power!" "She can't take much more of this, captain!"
- Ajenthavoc, on 02/24/2008, -1/+38Very gory video. Viewer discretion is advised.
- ramises, on 02/24/2008, -1/+38A Windmill crushes grain. This is a Wind Turbine.
But yeah, really cool video... - AllLitUp, on 02/24/2008, -17/+54See, burning US currency would be a much cheaper, safer and easier form of energy generation.
- bmarc, on 02/24/2008, -5/+40must of done a crap load of generation just before it broke.
- hoogie, on 02/24/2008, -2/+35Let's use the much safer options of coal and oil, right?
Wait... *remembers coal mine cave-ins, oil spills and gas explosions* - lordenlil, on 02/24/2008, -4/+36So awesome. For a second there I thought it would just take off...
- aethelberga, on 02/24/2008, -1/+33This vid is going to be hauled out of mothballs every time someone wants to stop a windmill being erected in their area, guaranteed.
- inactive, on 02/24/2008, -1/+32Because its sscccccarrrryyyy!
- Fracture98, on 02/24/2008, -0/+30Not as much as it'll take to rebuild it...
- aussieNickuss, on 02/24/2008, -0/+30The same way a comment like your generates negative diggs.
- rovsky, on 02/24/2008, -0/+27its a reference to back to the future....aka awesome.
- tas08, on 02/24/2008, -0/+27For once, I was actually hoping there would be one too.
- roseman5285, on 02/24/2008, -3/+30that blew!
- Jozer99, on 02/24/2008, -0/+27Oh god the fiberglass... the FIBERGLASS!
- diggcensors, on 02/24/2008, -8/+34Well... guess that wont work... back to coal.
- drgmdp, on 02/24/2008, -1/+27indeed, it shows the windmill guts
- icemanxp, on 02/24/2008, -0/+25WHAT 9000!
- H1tchh1k3r, on 02/24/2008, -0/+24Great Scott!
- overtoke, on 02/24/2008, -0/+24It depends on your definition of reality.
- 2point71, on 02/24/2008, -6/+30wonder how much power it was generating when it reached max.
- NikoKun, on 02/24/2008, -5/+28Yay Nuclear power! Yeah I'm for that too... but too many people are blindly/ignorantly against it, because of the scares of the past... -_-
It's a lot safer now than it used to be... - qpingu, on 02/24/2008, -0/+22"collapses" is an understatement.
- ethon, on 02/24/2008, -1/+23Yeah, you ruined it.
- Andrewbot, on 02/24/2008, -1/+23Tornadoes would be too random and infrequent to build devices to harness their energy.
- playscape, on 02/24/2008, -0/+21that made me laugh.
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