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[4 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 559 views]
BBC News: Turbine off after ice falls

A giant wind turbine near Peterborough has been switched off after its frozen blades threw shards of ice crashing into nearby homes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7763900.stm

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[2 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 439 views]
Wind Turbine’s deadly ice shower

Residents were left fearing for their safety after shards of melting ice fell on homes and gardens from the blades of a giant wind turbine.

For about four hours people in King’s Dyke, Whittlesey, had to take cover as huge lumps – some two feet long – showered them from the 80 metre high tower on Saturday morning.