evidence: In mid-June 2021, Snopes readers inquired about memes posted to social media that purportedly showed a wind turbine that had melted in scorching Texas heat (some versions sent in by readers claimed the turbine was melted in Nebraska). It's true that states in the Southwest, including Texas, were experiencing a heat wave in summer 2021. It's also true that the turbine in the image above is located in Texas. But the turbine was not melted by the heat wave.