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My dad just made a funny comment: " It wouldnt be so bad if they put them in the North sea, when they catch fire they will fall over and put themselves out"

I thought it was considerably more than that!

Wrecked by gales again as windfarms get £300,000 to switch off...in high winds
By Tamara Cohen - Last updated at 11:29 PM on 6th January 2012

15ft-long turbine blades flew off three structures in 112mph winds
Concerned villagers fear someone could have been killed

First there were the wind farms that had to be shut down if it got a bit blowy.

Then there was the turbine that burst into flames in a gale a month ago.

And now three turbines have been wrecked in the latest bout of rough weather – sweeping away any remaining illusions that strong winds simply mean more electricity being generated.
Danger: The firm which made these damaged turbines in the Hepworth and Upper Cumberworth areas of Huddersfield has promised a full investigation after villagers saw blades being flung off in high winds

One of them stands – rather forlornly now – off a country road called Windmill Lane.
The damage raises yet more questions about the ability of such machines to cope with serious weather, let alone produce very much electricity.

Adding to such concerns will be the revelation yesterday that wind farms in Scotland were paid nearly £300,000 in the first five days of this year to close down because it was too windy.

The three damaged turbines all stand within a mile of one another in the countryside around Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

The one in Windmill Lane in the village of Upper Cumberworth lost one of its three blades, and another in the same village lost two.
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