Hey NOAA... ☺ -- Major Kong 07/10/2017 9:17PMThe fishing would be better at either place.It's the structure that matters
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They are building wind turbines 27 miles off the coast of VA Beach. The -- Hoakie82 07/10/2017 6:16PM Hey NOAA... ☺ -- Major Kong 07/10/2017 9:17PM Kennedys blocked a wind farm of the coast of cape cod -- MEHOKIE 07/10/2017 8:58PM Remember that... -- `lag 07/11/2017 10:15AM Actually, you'd lose sight at 23.5 miles per my calc., BUT...I'd see them -- 48zip 07/11/2017 07:51AM Proposal was for 6 miles offshore. -- MEHOKIE 07/11/2017 08:16AM Sorry, I thought you meant the VB site.. And...towers are now taller. ** -- 48zip 07/11/2017 08:35AM People casting lines near spinning impellers...what could go wrong. -- USN_Hokie 07/10/2017 8:15PM Just not going to happen, blade tips will be 350 ft above the water. -- MEHOKIE 07/11/2017 10:48AM I think they look cool but even if you don't like the look there's a big -- Hoakie82 07/10/2017 8:25PM You are just wrong, sorry. -- USN_Hokie 07/10/2017 9:54PM The fishing would be better at either place.It's the structure that matters -- 48zip 07/11/2017 07:31AM I said 4-8 which was purely a guess that they would be far enough out to -- Hoakie82 07/10/2017 10:19PM Wasn't there opposition from DOD? -- Newt 07/10/2017 8:01PM Seems that would be easy to overcome; more of a consideration -- jmanatVT 07/11/2017 10:30AM True dat. ** -- IB4TECH 07/10/2017 8:09PM Kill birds and have a high cost to maintain -- HokieDan95 07/10/2017 7:50PM But it's green! -- EDGEMAN 07/11/2017 09:29AM People build them for the subsidies. -- YardBird 07/10/2017 8:00PM So wind power isn't cost effective. Got it. Rolling my eyes. Lol** -- Hoakie82 07/11/2017 2:06PM Edit this post. -- YardBird 07/11/2017 5:37PM Sorry, for the typo. It's fixed now. ** -- Hoakie82 07/11/2017 8:21PM When did that change ... -- VaTechie 07/10/2017 7:49PM Looks like they have a foreign partner that will make it work -- 133743Hokie 07/11/2017 08:55AM Does that belong to the Commonwealth? -- RoswellGAHokie 07/10/2017 7:43PM I thought the international agreement is 3 miles ** -- TomTurkey 07/10/2017 8:03PM It's 9 miles in Texas and the gulf coast of Florida -- TexasGobbler 07/10/2017 8:15PM Well aren't they special? ** -- Hokie`79 07/10/2017 10:07PM If the Chinese can build islands miles off the coast, then the original -- VaAkita 07/10/2017 7:53PM Virginia has had man made islands for quite some time. I think 4 of them -- Hokie`79 07/10/2017 10:09PM Did Virginia install a runway and surface to air missles too? ** -- EDGEMAN 07/11/2017 09:28AM NIMBY-ism is a strong force, hurt nuclear power nationally -- Manbearpig 07/10/2017 7:14PM I have really good eyes. ** -- Stork 07/10/2017 7:01PM I have special eyes. ** -- TexasGobbler 07/10/2017 7:08PM So ... -- TomTurkey 07/10/2017 7:22PM Okay...... -- TexasGobbler 07/10/2017 8:06PM Perhaps it'd be easier on avian populations as well** -- astrohokie 07/10/2017 6:37PM That's understandable but they should say that is why. ** -- Hoakie82 07/10/2017 6:57PM That is NOT why.. That far out, they are not visible due to the curvature - -- HOKIERIT 07/10/2017 7:49PM My point was for the Governor to say they were put out there solely for -- Hoakie82 07/10/2017 8:04PM 92M people die every day from ****! No time to debate this! -- USN_Hokie 07/10/2017 8:19PM He's not naive, he's duplicitous. In the case -- CPRVHokie 07/11/2017 07:54AM I know him a little and it doesn't surprise me one bit-> -- HOKIERIT 07/11/2017 09:01AM Bout 7 mile as far as u can see on open water ** -- astrohokie 07/10/2017 7:57PM You could see a turbine quite a bit further than that. -- USN_Hokie 07/10/2017 8:20PM For 6 ft tall person a 300 ft tall tower is not visible at about 25 miles ** -- 133743Hokie 07/10/2017 10:36PM Right. In the distance is further unless you're standing on the beach -- USN_Hokie 07/11/2017 5:14PM There is a light tower 10 miles out that is pretty tall that you can't see. -- Hoakie82 07/10/2017 8:32PM Chesapeake light? It's not that tall at all and you can... -- USN_Hokie 07/10/2017 9:50PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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