One blade broke – it was three hundred fifty feet long;
everyone knew – something clearly went wrong.
But the sun was bright,
no storm in sight.
The windfarm was humming,
power up and running –
future was close
off of Nantucket’s coast.
And then they lost power
from the almighty towers
that worshipped the wind
with their powerful spins.
When the windfarm shut down
the people in town
became green power spoilers
and fired up their boilers.
The damage and cost had a far and surprising reach,
including fiberglass shards and foam on the beach.
Why rush to kill our power from fossil fuel?
We need fossil fuel for backup – let’s not be fools.
(The Random Poet:07202024
therandompoet.com)
<<<<selected sources include: utilitydive.com/news – Vineyard Wind 1 halts operations after blade breaks, scatters debris along Nantucket – Diana DiGangi – July 19, 2024; boston25news.com/news – Nantucket residents outraged over broken wind turbine: ‘It’s dangerous’ – Lisa Pappas – July 18, 2024; cbsnews.com/boston/news – ‘300 foot piece of broken wins turbine blade falls into Atlantic Ocean off Nantucket’ – Mike Toole – July 18, 2024″ >>>>
By Mike Toole
Updated on: July 18, 2024 / 1:08 PM EDT / CBS Boston