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MsSage
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ranchy come up to the eastern corner and it blows LOL hmmm I guess you can say in more than one way ;)

Ya know I need to just suck it up and accept it.......God has been telling me to Bloom where planted...and I keep crying for rain...well I got it, frozen BUT I got it so I need to bloom
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Whitewing
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
MsSage wrote:
How many times have I said I am so tired of the wind, sand, no trees, wind, sand, did I say wind?
I will say that its been nice the past couple days only a stiff breeze ...hopefully enough to dry us out hmmm ok gotta melt first Confused

Yeah driving through is one thing but stay here a couple days and you get a good dose of the wind. It doesnt stop just slows down a bit to where you dont notice the stiff breeze anymore.

You have to go a bit south to get to the wind farms or farther north. We have too much wind for one of the farms.


Back in the early 1980's I was up in NE Montana collecting oil and gas samples for a project for a company called Aminoil. I recall the wind the most. It wore me out after a couple of day. I'd put one thing down to pick up another and the first thing would blow away. Confused
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HAY MAKER
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I guess its all those damned yankee transplants coming down here,witha canuckle head thrown in the mix,most of em are windy on both ends Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

PS sorry Miss Tam Very Happy
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TexasBred
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
MsSage wrote:
How many times have I said I am so tired of the wind, sand, no trees, wind, sand, did I say wind?
I will say that its been nice the past couple days only a stiff breeze ...hopefully enough to dry us out hmmm ok gotta melt first Confused

Yeah driving through is one thing but stay here a couple days and you get a good dose of the wind. It doesnt stop just slows down a bit to where you dont notice the stiff breeze anymore.

You have to go a bit south to get to the wind farms or farther north. We have too much wind for one of the farms.


That can be as much of a problem as not enough wind. Too much wear and tear on the turbines and less efficiency when you have hard winds.
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Tam
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
HAY MAKER wrote:
I guess its all those damned yankee transplants coming down here,witha canuckle head thrown in the mix,most of em are windy on both ends Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

PS sorry Miss Tam Very Happy


It doesn't surprise me at all that You live in the windiest state and Oldtimer lives in one of the others. Do you know how to stop the wind Haymaker? Confused Either you stop blowing while Oldtimer stops sucking or the other way around. Either way will work for me but the Secret is you both have to work together on it or it will not work. Wink Laughing Laughing
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HAY MAKER
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tam wrote:
HAY MAKER wrote:
I guess its all those damned yankee transplants coming down here,witha canuckle head thrown in the mix,most of em are windy on both ends Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

PS sorry Miss Tam Very Happy


It doesn't surprise me at all that You live in the windiest state and Oldtimer lives in one of the others. Do you know how to stop the wind Haymaker? Confused Either you stop blowing while Oldtimer stops sucking or the other way around. Either way will work for me but the Secret is you both have to work together on it or it will not work. Wink Laughing Laughing


Hmmm sounds to me like you are speakin from experience,I always knew you were a naughty Lady Very Happy
good luck
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jamiehuggins
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes the wind does blow on the eastern side of New Mexico, and blows and blows. I swear its tornado season all year long. Great for my b/f who is in wind energy though. Smile Oh he also says that the blades aren't made out of carbon fiber, they are made out of balsa wood and fiber glass. Just a little useless knowledge for those who aren't in wind energy.
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lavacarancher
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm wondering if the survey looked only at "favorable" winds. I could be wrong but I think that the turbines only operate over a relatively narrow range of wind speeds (like 10 to 30 mph). Does anyone really know what the survey parameters were?
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TexasBred
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 9:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
lavacarancher wrote:
I'm wondering if the survey looked only at "favorable" winds. I could be wrong but I think that the turbines only operate over a relatively narrow range of wind speeds (like 10 to 30 mph). Does anyone really know what the survey parameters were?


True..anything slower they don't work...anything faster and it's a waste as it would be beyond the capacity of the turbine to produce additional elec.
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jamiehuggins
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
TexasBred wrote:
lavacarancher wrote:
I'm wondering if the survey looked only at "favorable" winds. I could be wrong but I think that the turbines only operate over a relatively narrow range of wind speeds (like 10 to 30 mph). Does anyone really know what the survey parameters were?


True..anything slower they don't work...anything faster and it's a waste as it would be beyond the capacity of the turbine to produce additional elec.


Different turbines operate at different speeds, on average they work with wind from about 6mph to about 55mph.
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Trinity man
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2010 6:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It maybe windy out west, but here in East Texas it don't blow one bit in the summer. Sad I guess all these trees stop it.
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RobinFarmandRanch
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2010 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Trinity man wrote:
It maybe windy out west, but here in East Texas it don't blow one bit in the summer. Sad I guess all these trees stop it.


your right, theres nothing worse than a 98 degree day with 95% humidity and a heat index of 109 with no wind. Even the horses and cattle wont get out of the rice fields and ponds. im just far enough away from the guld to no catch the breezes
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