BREAKING: Massive Windspill Reported In Southern California

[Hissyspit]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/5/2/862447/-Massive-windspill-reported-in-Southern-California.

Massive windspill reported in Southern California.
by JeffLieber

Sun May 02, 2010 at 01:01:16 PM EDT

I'm-- I'm so sorry if this is disjointed (WHOOOSH) or confusing (WHOOSH), but-- I find myself the middle of a disaster of unprecedented proportions (WHOOOSH) and -- oh the humanity -- I'm having a hard time understanding how we progressives (WHOOOSH) (WHOOOSH) could ever let this happen!?

You see, I live in Southern California... just north of the Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm... and this morning a lipstick lesbian biker gang lost control of their motorcycles and CRASHED into one of the turbines and now...

THERE IS (WHOOOSH) FUCKING WIND (WHOOOSH) EVERYWHERE!!!!

JeffLieber's diary :: ::

There's wind on the ground and over the water and filling the sky in a way God never, ever, intended (WHOOOSH) and -- as it spills out uncontrollably -- blowing at speeds (WHOOOSH) fast enough to lift up cows and houses and allegorical crones on bicycles I'm reminded of the opening scene of the environmental disaster film The Wizard Of Oz. (In fact FEMA is (WHOOOSH) dispatching the Army Corps of Engineers just in case someone gets trapped (WHOOOSH) under a house!)

We got cell phone calls all over the ground... fax transmissions smashed through the windshields of cars... and iPhone data strewn from Sacramento to the Mexican boarder.

How in God's name (TUMBLEWEED BLOWS BY) are we going to breathe with all this air in the air?

- snip -

But the worse part... I know find out that some asshole in the GREEN MOVEMENT allowed these WIND FARMS to be built right near SOLAR FARMS and so (WHOOOSH) what is going to happen if all this extra wind somehow manages to DESTROY THE SOLAR FARM and (WHOOOSH) next thing we know... we're dealing with THE FUCKING SUN SPILLING ALL OVER THE DESERT!

WHY DIDN'T WE LISTEN TO THE REPUBLICANS AND STICK WITH A SAFE ENERGY SOURCE LIKE OIL!?!?!

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[Bluebear]

1. BLOW, BABY, BLOW!!!

[flvegan]

13. LOL! +1000

[Bluebear]

27. =))

[happygoluckytoyou]

71. i remember walking to school in 2 feet of windshine... uphill both ways...

[cliffordu]

32. Well...

:rofl:

Best.response.evah!!!!!

:bounce:

[RetroLounge]

33. LOL!

:rofl:

RL

[Maru Kitteh]

40. That's almost as funny as the OP! lol.

[Divine Discontent]

41. oh my Gay heart...

stop, or you'll get an arrhythmia goin' in me!

[madmax]

48. ROFLMAO + 1 nt

[stlsaxman]

62. dude- i am SO stealing that! Graphic coming soon (now here)...

:rofl:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

63. OMFSM

:rofl:

[redqueen]

77. +1

[Wednesdays]

70. I wonder what the job market for that would be like

:shrug:

[jobycom]

86. Blow here blow now?

:rofl:

[uponit7771]

87. Amen!!

[racaulk]

92. Win!

:rofl:

[grahamhgreen]

95. I'll be repeating this one!

[BlooInBloo]

104. If I had a nickel every time I said that....

:D

[louis-t]

2. Kinda like a drive-by knifing.

:hide:

[Duer 157099]

3. Santa Anas Baby, Santa Anas! n/t

[Duer 157099]

4. A wind spill isn't NEARLY as much a problem as a SOLAR spill!

So count your blessings!

[meow mix]

8. get your sunglasses

catagory 6 light spill!

[Duer 157099]

15. Yummy! Vitamin D! n/t

[MadMaddie]

31. Hey send some of that up to the Seattle area!

[Raven]

5. Yeah, on Cape Cod too...these windfarms will lead to total disaster.

The beautiful people who have opposed the Cape project should have been looking at the Gulf.

[truedelphi]

6. I live about ten hours north of the Windspill and

local Emergency response teams are advising that we look out for huge wind turbulence later today.

Luckily none of the California Solar Panel installations have broken loose at the same time, or this state might have felt a solar China Syndrome of unimaginable proportions!

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Skinner, pin ths one to the top of the Greatest Page!

[DUgosh]

9. The sky is falling the sky is falling

[uppityperson]

10. k&r for OMG!!!!1 The birds! Think of the birds!!!111

[Cleita]

11. Or nuclear plants. nt

[cornermouse]

12. Lots of wind in Kansas too.

They even used to have small personal use windmills on some of the farms for stock waterers and stuff.

[BrklynLiberal]

14. OMG! OMG! I live right on the ocean..what can I do??????

:scared:










:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[GreenTea]

16. It has been awfully windy & sunny here in northern California, are we next?

[lupinella]

17. I... I... think I love you....

Can't stop giggling madly, which is such a nice change from the impotent toddler-fists-of-rage I've been doing at the BP stations.
Thank You!

:spray:

[annabanana]

18. Alas, Poor, poor Mary Poppins. . . . . n/t

[cachukis]

19. The Best!

[AnArmyVeteran]

20. I love it!!!

[Jackpine Radical]

21. Sailboats Investigated for Deliberate Windspills

Happened again the last time I went sailing, as a matter of fact. I had my buddy's ol' schooner heeled over pretty good, no water coming in over the gunnel (not quite), and he started getting a litttle nervous. "Spill some wind out of the sail," he says. I told him he'd have to file an environmental impact statement before I could in good conscience do that.

[npk]

22. You had me at "lipstick lesbian biker gang."

:D

[Dappleganger]

23. *snort!* nt

[progressoid]

24. And over at freerepubelickers they are posting pics of wind farms

Implying they do horrible damage to the landscape. :eyes:

[gmoney]

43. The source of the hot air has been traced to Rush Limbaugh

[pundaint]

47. Just when I was thinking that hot air might be benign...

[Javaman]

82. Obviously, you haven't been to our own energy/environmental forum...

there are some individuals over there that post much of that same bs.

[progressoid]

108. Now that you mention it,

I do recall seeing a few posts like that.

[V_Byl]

105. Well...

In their mind the only way to improve a landscape is mountaintop removal mining...

[rug]

25. Think of the dandelions!

:cry:

[joeybee12]

26. Wonderful! KNR

:applause:

[puebloknot]

28. K&R Truth and Humor got married and are having babies! nt

[alittlelark]

29. OMG! I'm driving thru the pass tommorrow

on my trip to New Mexico..... What a clusterf*ck! Sun and wind everywhere...

[Liberal_in_LA]

39. solar spill! n/t

[Cresent City Kid]

52. Solar spill clean up is easy

With out solar panels to catch them, trillions of photons hit the ground, just lying there to be picked up by plucky volunteers. The wind spill is worse, it justs goes all over the place, plus it's invisible!

[niyad]

30. WHERE is sister bertrille???

[LWolf]

34. This must be why my friend,

who lives about 25 miles south of those Tehachapi wind turbines, posted a complaint on facebook about the wind today. I had to grin, knowing that the wind has been blowing from the southwest without ceasing for at least the 2+ decades I lived there. But now I've got the answer; it isn't just the regular wind. It's a WINDSPILL!

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

36. LOL. Then we must get coastal runoff every afternoon

up here in the east hills.

[OxQQme]

35. Pentagon withdraws objection to Oregon wind farm project

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/30/AR2010043002485.html

<snip>

The Pentagon has withdrawn its objection to what promises to be the world's largest wind farm, allowing for construction to move ahead on the Shepherds Flat project in Oregon.

Senior Defense Department officials called Oregon Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on Friday to say they will update the radar system near Fossil, Ore., so that its operation would not be affected by the 338 turbines that will be installed as part of the project. Both senators had lobbied fiercely for the $2 billion project, which could generate 16,000 jobs nationwide, after the Pentagon held up a permit that needs to be granted by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Construction had been slated to begin Saturday.

[LWolf]

37. Good news is always welcome.

We'll weather whatever "windspills" this project may incite. ;)

[awoke_in_2003]

88. "which could generate 16,000 jobs nationwide"

which nation? I hope they are buying domestic wind turbines.

[Liberal_in_LA]

38. ha ha! +20

[whereaminow]

42. Those windspills fan massive brush fires

I think we should put up big walls. Poor Iceland with its lavaspills.. Hot!totototot! And just wait till the big EARTH spill when California and/or the Canary Islands breaks off

[kestrel91316]

44. Well, as somebody who suffers through the annual blast furnace

aka the Santa Ana winds, I happen to think we could use a little LESS wind. And this has been a very cold and windy winter and spring in SoCal this year........

But yeah, it beats hell out of the oily alternative......

[Hekate]

45. THAR SHE BLOWS!

[Naked_Ape]

46. Laughed so hard I

had a little "windspill!"

[DRoseDARs]

49. We invaded Wellington, New Zealand, for this? NO MORE BLOOD FOR BLOW!!!

[Union Yes]

50. Sucked me right into your evil trick! knr

:hi:

[XOKCowboy]

51. My new Facebook status....

BREAKING NEWS! Massive windspill in Wyoming. Mountains, trees, wildlife inundated. No end in sight for this natural disaster!

Hope ya don't mind the plagiarism. Let's see how people respond.

[Zambero]

53. It's better to SPILL wind than to BREAK wind!

Gawd knows the methane cows are already causing enough trouble. No more PLEASE!!!

[gleaner]

57. Hey!

The right to break wind is a strongly held American value. Ben Franklin held forth at some length on this inalienable right in his essay "Fart Proudly." Everyone should read it before dismissing the practice out of hand. Besides in the right place that could also be an alternate source of energy.

Just look at how quickly people move when someone cuts the cheese.:bounce:

[awoke_in_2003]

89. I wonder if Ben...

ever asked the grandchildren to pull his finger? Of all the founding fathers, why is he the only one that would seem capable of that? You would never imagine Jefferson or Washington doing that.

[gleaner]

102. I think Ben was a lot more of a free spirit ...

than the other founders. He had a raucous sense of humor that shows through in his writings and anecdotes about him which have survived the years.

He probably did have the grandchildren for assistance. Teaching aid. ;)

When we were driving my father used to tell us to roll up our windows quickly in a very alarmed tone of voice. We did, and then talk about a wind spill. Gaaaaaah.:wow: I have to wonder about us kids though. We fell for it every time. And he would be laughing his head off in the relative safety of the front seat with my mother. That brings forth another source of potential wind energy. Fathers in cars with their kids. Worth considering.

[awoke_in_2003]

106. He is the one founding father...

that actually appears approachable. He was every bit as important as Washington and Jefferson, but there is something different about them. Ben was common and uncommon at the same time. Maybe being portrayed on the side of a mountain has something to do with this. If you haven't yet, read the biography by Walter Isaacson- it was pretty good.

[gleaner]

107. Thanks for the tip ....

I'll check it out. Ben was also the founder who cracked a joke at the signing of the Declaration of Independence. I think it was, "Gentlemen, we must hang together or we will surely hang alone." ;)

[peekaloo]

60. FART FREE OR DIE!

*shakes fist*

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

54. I had to look twice

to see Hissyspit's cartoon at bottom of post.

It seems so long ago that little GW was king.

[Swamp Rat]

55. k&r

[Chisox08]

56. This just in...

The FAA has grounded all air traffic over California until the wind spill is cleared up. This could last for months bringing California economy to a standstill.

[JNelson6563]

58. Brilliant!

:toast:

[edwinmathews]

59. Maybe not so brilliant

http://www.wind-watch.org/documents/wind-energy-%E2%80%94-the-case-of-denmark/

[JNelson6563]

65. I see opportunity to improve

and fail to see the natural disaster here.

I agree we can't rely completely on wind but we can make much better use of it than we do. And, I believe the point in the OP, is the lack of disaster due to harnessing wind power. Did you miss that part? The parody thing in the OP which is pretending there is a catastrophic "wind spill"?

Little slow on the uptake today? Or just looking to squeeze in an agenda anywhere possible?

Julie

[tekisui]

75. They are most certainly an agenda squeezer.

Had that one on my "buddy list" for a while now.

[tekisui]

74. What a bullshit anti-wind site.

Here are some responses to that shit:

http://www.lioffshorewindenergy.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=13

[olegramps]

80. Isn't that the state of Raceonia?

[liberal N proud]

61. LOL

[Mad_Dem_X]

64. K&R - thanks for the smile

this dreary Monday morning. :)

[The Old Creak]

66. THIS IS GOOD

...this is REALLY good.:toast:

[tomp]

67. error: unrec by mistake. add 2 to total.

hilarious and poignant.

[Iggo]

81. You can have my rec.

Man, that was funny.

[varelse]

68. Awesome

:thumbsup:

[Historic NY]

69. Breaking wind will give you all the gas you need.....

:spray:

[FailureToCommunicate]

72. "Blowback"! Another unintended tragedy... (Thanks for the smiles, Hissy!)

[KansDem]

73. Quick, the shutoff valve! ACTIVATE THE SHUTOFF VALVE!!!

What? No shutoff valve? DAMN!!! How could this have happened?

[DesertDiamond]

76. ROFL!!! Hissyspit, this kicks butt! :-D

[geardaddy]

78. Excellent!

Thank you!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Ridge#Wind_farm

[paparush]

79. THIS belongs in the DU Hall of Fame!

[Hissyspit]

96. Just to be clear, I did not write this.

Jeff Leiber at Daily Kos did. The link is in the OP.

[olegramps]

83. Thanks!

But Limpballs says there is nothing to fear it will be taken care of naturally like the oil spill. Check and see if he hasn't been in California that wind bag could be the source of your problems.

[Joanne98]

84. BWHAHAHAHAHA!

[pipi_k]

85. Yeah, well... to hell with all you naysayers!!!

I'm headed out there later today to bottle up some of that windspill and sell it at obscene prices to people who don't have any wind!!!!

[El Supremo]

90. Similar minds >>

[deacon_sephiroth]

91. makes me think...

sources like wind are called "clean energy"... so what are we calling sources like oil? It needs a new name like "filthy, dangerous, hideous, world destroying disaster-courting energy for idiots"

[Froward69]

93. It is not THAT the wind is blowing...

it is WHAT the wind is blowing! getting hit by a flying volvo will ruin your day. and it does not matter how many sit up's you did that morning... ~~Ron White

[catzies]

94. I'll remember this as I drive to Palm Springs Friday night

[greencharlie]

97. hehehe... well done. nt

[feslen]

98. LOL

good one.

[h9socialist]

99. Well John Boehner and Mitch McConnell have been blowing enough hot air

. . . to make a major, toxic windspill inside the Beltway . . . and. Fox Noise has create enough additional wind to spread it to the rest of the country. Of course, that's miniscule compared to the Megadittoes Hot Air Spill.

[slackmaster]

100. It's died down some today, thank God

It was messing up my hair.

[valerief]

101. Brilliant post!!! Thanks for the laugh!

:rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

103. Funny snark is funny.

:D

[KT2000]

109. Ha! This is great!

[rpannier]

110. Why indeed

A true ecological disaster

Unlike that chocolate milk spill off the coast of Mississippi