Posted on 07/01/2023 7:45:30 AM PDT by rktman
I am sure Mother China will be more than happy to sell them new solar panels. At the old price. Just adjusted for inflation and Bidenomics.
Other, higher angle photograpic angled images showing the entire solar array confirm about 95 - 90% of the panels are destroyed by hail. These two panels next to each do exist - they are on the edge of the whole solar farm and so are easily viewed up close.
If you go about 18 rows up from the bottom one in the picture in reply #33, there’s like a half of a row of panels that came through unscathed.
Yes, but not frequently.
I can’t say exactly when but I believe it was in the ‘90s, when I was living in central florida. There was a hail storm in Seminole County that did so much damage to so many cars that body shops 60 miles away were booking people three months out plus to do any work on their cars.
A friend of mine owned a Body Shop Supply business and he was ecstatic. He was making money hand over fist for a while lol
Eastern Colorado and Wyoming and western Nebraska are “hail alley”, which is why hail research projects are ongoing there. Uplift from the front range cools water vapor to form hail that then comes down on the plains areas. Anyone should know this would be a bad spot for a solar farm. If they need a clue, stop one of the hail research teams and sk them.
I should have left Wyoming off the list, it’s NE and CO that are #1 and #2 for hail losses: https://insurify.com/insights/states-most-vulnerable-to-hail-damage-2023/
Dad and Mom took us on a summer trip in 1976 to Mount Ruhsmore and down to Colorado and back home. We were driving in desolate Wyoming heading for Chugwater. We came over a hill and the ground was white in front of us. When we got up there we discovered it was hail and it was good sized and as I said totally covered the ground. Good thing we didn’t get to that spot 15 to 30 minutes sooner.
😁. Driving from NM back to MS one time in the summer I noticed it was dramatically cooling down. As I got into Muleshoe TX, there was about eight inches of hail piled up for a couple miles. Glad I got there after it came down.
“ In Texas, there’s no way I would install solar panels with all the hailstorms we get here.”
There is a big steel plant in Midlothian that just installed what has to be over a hundred acres of solar panels. When the next Mayfest storm hits it’s going to be a mess.
Liberals are very good at solving imaginary problems. Real Problems are usually caused by their solutions.
Why do car dealers leave cars on the lot when they know there are Tornadoes, high winds, and hail? We had Golf ball size last Sunday, and this week is setting up with high heat, humidity, and T storms predicted through July 5th. We are just cleaning up from that one, it took out our Navy Base even. Only Pharmacy opened Thursday. Idiots plant shallow root trees, over power lines, and don’t trim them, Blue County.
A sonic boom shattered one of our panels.
“The Federal Emergency Management Agency ranks this area in its highest category for hail risk on the national index.”
Saw these in the Scottsbluff area as I live near. BEFORE this happened were they actually saving anyone any money? The other question is...are the damaged panels (most of them) capable of any output, or are they just reduced output? I always thought this solar array was a big mistake when I first saw it. Now, the builders must consider another few questions... Do they rebuild/replace now? Do they relocate? We may well have other hailstorms after this as it is not the end of the season & then again, there is always next season as well & hail(as can be seen) is not unheard of in this location.
Something just entered my thoughts. Maybe NPPD should have named this program “OTHERWISE”. To those who might be wondering about the broken glass...I think it is covered with plastic of some sort above the glass so the broken glass might be fairly well contained; not certain of this. Also..pretty sure that NPPD can make up for their losses through increased electric bills for their customers.
“ How about the 1000’s of gallons of glycophosphate weed control necessary to keep the panels functioning. It will be a toxic waste dump.”
With weed and grass killers come erosion. A big rain will wash the soil from under the panels. If you live next door to one of these things you might get flooded with debris from the flood. The displaced soil could really mess up natural drainage!
I have to believe that a tornado would also do a lot of damage to an instillation like this let alone to a wind farm.
I like two teaspoons in my morning coffee.
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