>>12980517 (p/b)

>Looks like Texas shut down the wind generators around Feb 8th, long BEFORE the storm hit. There's some fuckery going on

WIND GENERATORS AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN IN SUSTAINED HIGH WIND AND IN HIGH GUSTING WINDS

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-24706238

"….. turbines only shut down with continuous wind speeds of between 62mph and 76mph, depending on make and model."

(This would be at the height of the turbine, not ground level…)

https://www.turbinegenerator.org/wind/what-is-wind/wind-speed/

"Anemometers are often attached to wind turbines to control the start-up mechanism of wind turbines in low wind speeds, and also the shutting down of wind turbines in dangerously strong winds."

The same thing applies to individual home turbines used to charge batteries, and for windmills used to pull up water from wells.