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2023-10-05 12:04:48 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

This was in Texas, mid June 2021. The Houston National Weather Service confirmed “damage to a wind turbine near Wadsworth in Matagorda County from a storm”. Reuters confirmed “The damage to the turbine was definitely NOT related to heat or high temperatures.” https://x.com/nwshouston/status/1404594541861163010?s=46 https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-windturbine-texas-idUSL2N2O31P7

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• This was in Texas, mid June 2021. The Houston National Weather Service confirmed “damage to a wind turbine near Wadsworth in Matagorda County from a storm”. Reuters confirmed “The damage to the turbine was definitely NOT related to heat or high temperatures.” https://x.com/nwshouston/status/1404594541861163010?s=46 https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-windturbine-texas-idUSL2N2O31P7