"Wind turbines had to be switched off...."

[ColinJ]

Has anyone noticed how many people are flicking lit fags out their cars thesedays? Riding along yesterday and saw about 3 people flick them. One by a park, and you can well imagine that will roll over in the wind on to some dry grass.

There was a report about the Ogden Moor fires on Look North last night. A fire officer said that his team were dealing with one fire and they looked down to the reservoir below and saw three children light a fire down there. The wind drove it straight up the hillside in seconds.

Just what the firefighters need - young arsonists lighting more fires just when they are making progress putting the original ones out!

 

[Arch]

There was a report about the Ogden Moor fires on Look North last night. A fire officer said that his team were dealing with one fire and they looked down to the reservoir below and saw three children light a fire down there. The wind drove it straight up the hillside in seconds.

Just what the firefighters need - young arsonists lighting more fires just when they are making progress putting the original ones out!

We can only hope the arsonists get burnt to a nice crisp sometime.

 

[atbman]

The power cables from the wind turbines are underground. The fires go deep into the peat. Where the cables are. Cables then overheat, short circuit and burst into flames. Setting fire to the peat.

Fire then burns deep into the peat. where the cables are...

10 green bottles....

 

[Globalti]

Have you ever seen a burning peat moor? The fire smoulders deep down - the peat can be tens of feet thick - creating voids of ash under the surface, which are dangerous to walkers and animals.

I remember on a night flight from South Africa, looking out of the window of the plane and seeing dozens of strange golden threads of light down on the African veld below. It took me some time to work out that they were bush fires as seen from 32,000 feet.

 

[asterix]

It's going to stay hot for months according the experts (journalists).

 

[Norm]

It's going to stay hot for months according the experts (journalists).

Experts or journalists, you can't have it both ways?