From KEPRTV
by Megan Magensky Sunday, July 21st 2019
KLICKITAT COUNTY, Wash. — KLICKITAT COUNTY, Wash. — The Juniper Fire is now 40 percent contained, according to a press release. The fire is mostly burning in the Pine Creek Drainage area south of Bickleton, WA.
As of Sunday evening, the fire has burned 242 acres.
39 structures are threatened by the fire but no structures have burned. The Pine Creek Drainage area is under a level three evacuation.
Crews fighting the fire are up against 28 mph wind gusts and low humidity.
201 total people are working the fire. Resources will continue to arrive overnight, according to a press release.
Officials said the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Video from Youtube account The MustangFan13
(sorry about the music)
https://youtu.be/r9KdKG_2orI
Wildfire in Southern Washington caused by wind turbine that caught fire
Updated Jul 22, 11:35 AM; Posted Jul 21, 2019
By Peter Talbot | The Oregonian/OregonLive
UPDATED Monday, July 22: S. Washington blaze caused by wind turbine that caught fire now 30% contained
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A wildfire in southern Washington that has burned more than 350 acres was caused by melting sections of a wind turbine that fell to the ground after the turbine’s generator caught fire, fire officials said.
Around 1:40 p.m. Saturday, smoke was reported to be coming from the generator of a wind turbine south of Bickleton, Washington in Klickitat County, according to a new release from Klickitat County Emergency Management.
Fire engulfed the turbine 300 feet above the ground, causing melted pieces to fall to the ground, igniting grass and brush, according to the release. Gusting winds helped spread the wildfire, called the Juniper Fire, to between 350 and 500 acres by Saturday evening. By 10 p.m. the fire was estimated to be about 20% contained.
Three residences were put on level three evacuation notification by the Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office. Firefighters were stationed at the residences overnight.
HT/Steve Oregon, and MCR
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There isn’t any video, but if you want to see a whole field of destroyed wind turbines, Google Fajardo Puerto Rico wind turbines.
Or:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/photos-show-renewable-energy-took-a-beating-in-puerto-rico
Eventually it will become undeniable that worth-less-than-nothing wind and solar junk power is nothing but “grid poison” and should be “landfilled” (most of the material is non-recyclable). Combined cycle gas turbines now & small scale modular nuclear when it’s available (soon).
Renewable power problems:
Voltage regulation (magnitude and frequency)
Voltage sags and swells
Harmonics and inter harmonics
Real and reactive power
Sub synchronous resonance issues due to interaction of the electric network
and the complex shaft/gear system of the wind turbine.
Another thing to think of is a grass or scrub fire around or in a wind-farm has to be dealt with by ground crew as fire bombing is out of the question due to the obvious blade risks and also dropping huge amounts of water/retardant onto the windmill could cause major damage or collapse.
The “wind farm” in Klickitat County is in an area called the Horse Heaven Hills. These gorgeous rolling grasslands are east of the Cascades (in the rain shadow) and overlook the spectacular Columbia River Gorge.
Lewis and Clark passed through the Horse Heaven Hills (twice) guided by the Sahaptian and Salishan people who, by their account, have been living in the area for 800 generations.
Once home to one of the largest bald eagle populations in the lower 48, the “wind farm” has killed hundreds (if not thousands) of these magnificent birds.
btw, the Windy Point/Windy Flats project is the largest wind farm Washington State consisting of 90 square miles and spanning 26 miles along the Columbia River. It is owned by Tuolumne Wind Project Authority – a California joint powers agency formed by the Turlock Irrigation District and the Walnut Energy Center Authority. Their headquarters are in Turlock, CA.
I would be happier to read that a several hundred acre grass fire ignited a number of wind turbines.
That’s OK. Sometimes burning down of wind turbines makes place for more, greater, newer ones.
Must have been because the grass was so dry from droughts and intense heat due to climate change.