<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Tim wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:1250708959.14857.2.camel@suspishus.lan.cameratim.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 11:17 -0700, Paul wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Being near them is almost frightening just from the sheer size of the machinery and noise of 1200 cubic meters (over 42,000 cubic feet) per second of water driving it all. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> There is something somewhat unnerving about standing next to huge generators. Whether it's an awareness of the power being generated, or just the sheer force of what's going on inside the casing you're right next to, I couldn't say. But you sure get the feeling that you should keep your distance and don't touch. </pre> </blockquote> You know it's not likely to suddenly shred itself (and you, like a bug in a high speed turbine - oh wait, it IS a high speed turbine), but you also know that it _could_. It's that sense of imminent danger, like peering down at the water between the dock you are standing on and the 35,000 ton battleship moored mere feet away from you, knowing how easily you could become nothing but a stain on the weathered wood. Cheers :) <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Paul</pre> </body> </html>