THIEF RAIDS WIND FACILITY; CRIME SHOWS TECHNO-SAVVY.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Someone with a technical knowledge of windmills The List of windmills is a link page for any windmill or windpump. Collections
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Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. County officials said the thief needed special gear and knowledge to disconnect disconnect - SCSI reconnect the electrical circuit breakers Circuit breakers Measures instituted by exchanges to stop trading temporarily when the market has fallen by a certain percentage in a specified period. They are intended to prevent a market free fall by permitting buy and sell orders to rebalance. and other equipment without injuring himself. ``You have to wear protective clothing, know how to switch the machines off and where to cut the wires,'' said Kern County sheriff's Sgt. Mike Lackey. ``It takes technical knowledge to do this.'' Sheriff's officials said the thief entered the farm on Tehachapi Willows Springs Road one mile south of Oak Creek Oak Creek, city (1990 pop. 19,513), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee, on Lake Michigan; inc. 1955. Electronic, plastic, paper, metal, and concrete products; machinery; computers; chemicals; and transportation equipment are made there. Road over the New Year's weekend by cutting through a fence. The thief's actions disconnected the wind farm from California's power network, and some of the windmills have yet to be reconnected, said Joel Brust, owner of Windsong Energy. Stolen were high-voltage breakers, devices called contactors and copper wire. ``I think it was the same person who stole copper wiring from us last year,'' Brust said. ``It was the same time of the year.'' Brust believes the thief lives in the area, knows an alternate route An official alternate route is a bannered highway that provides an alternate alignment for a highway. Originally, the term for these routes was "optional"; but in 1959, the designation became alternate. into the facility and took opportunity of the holiday and the frosted-over roadways to commit his crime. ``We're normally there twice a day,'' he said. ``We didn't know for two days because of the ice and snow on the roads.'' Since 1990, Brust has owned the farm, which consists of 50 wind turbines. ``I won't be able to bring some of these turbines back online,'' he said. ``It will be some time before I can recover the loss financially.'' Brust is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the apprehension of the individual or individuals involved. He can be reached at (805) 822-3210. |
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