Wind turbine blade at Little Cheyne Court near Brookland bent and broken in lightning strike during storm
Kent Online|Sam Lennon|Nov 11, 2014
This wind turbine blade has been bent back like a spoon - despite being a colossal 44 metres long and weighing 275 tonnes.
This wind turbine blade has been bent back like a spoon - despite being a colossal 44 metres long and weighing 275 tonnes.
This wind turbine blade has been bent back like a spoon - despite being a colossal 44 metres long and weighing 275 tonnes.
It was the result of yesterday morning's lightning storm which struck one of the 26 turbines at Little Cheyne Court near Brookland.
Neighbour Caroline Solly said: "I heard a giant crash of lighting at about 6am and then the whole earth seemed to rumble.
"When I went to look I saw a whole turbine blade bent over. It was incredible."
The anti-wind farm pressure group Sombre (Save Our Marsh - Block Rural Exploitation) says these turbines should be kept at least 2km from properties.
Almost 80 homes were left without power due to the storms.