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Three days later, he told her a storm had knocked out his wind generator and he would try to return to Acapulco.

As the storm cranks up Monday, it will turn into a big wind generator, which could cause blowing and drifting snow on the storm’s cold side.

Last week, solar and wind generator company Nextera exceeded the market value of oil giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron, who have topped the charts of most-valuable energy companies for several decades.

He brought electricity to the ranch by building a 12-volt wind generator while he was still in high school.

Years ago, when he was fit and trim, he said, he climbed about 60 feet up a nearby tree and installed a 300-watt wind generator for the bus.