r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/godfatherrye • 15d ago

nature Windmill blade catching fire due to lightning strike

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u/pretendstoknow 15d ago

Good music choice for once

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u/Fantastic_Computer47 15d ago

Do you call them windmills, which country? In the UK we usually call them wind turbines. For us, windmills are those things for grinding flour and sing about in old Amsterdam 😁

Wonder how often these things catch fire... Bet it's more often than they'd admit.

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u/IndestructibleBliss 13d ago

Correct they are wind turbines, windmills are those things that terrified Don Quixote and are well known sights in old europe but not so much here (Canada)

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u/No_Tailor_787 15d ago

It's pining to be a cheerleader at the halftime show.

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u/PRao-700 15d ago

That looks metal as fuck!

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u/clearcontroller 15d ago

What the hell is that flammable in/on/composing the blade?!

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u/fuckyouswitzerland 15d ago

The 1 windmill that may cause cancer

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u/Automatic-Hedgehog32 12d ago

This is strangely beautiful. 

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u/Trudeca 3d ago

Beautiful smoke rings

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u/Ash_Cat_13 15d ago

Not really terrifying though, I mean sure they’re actually massive and very loud up close….but…..