Thought the reflector might be interested in this clip from the latest Newsline hardcopy edition. If you already get this, sorry for the dupe. -- -73- Jerry KG9JD http://www.si-net.com/~jefray/homepa
This is indeed an unfortunate happening, but this story also lacks credibility as to the facts involved ( with no disrespect to Jerry who posted it ). There is simply no way I will believe a 2000' to
Ed - Hmmmm, so you doubt the story eh? Well, your doubt noted. But keep in mind that this was a DIRECT quote from Newsline and I doubt if the would print a substantial story like this and it be false
I had a problem with this statement also. The documentation that I've seen shows that guyed towers typically fall in a circle approximately 30% of their height which in this case would have been 600
Hi Steve - Yep, I had a hunch too after a couple of hot replies on the subject that a simple typo was made and a zero dropped off making the 700' radius into a 70' radius. But I am not (nor claim to
Hi, Jerry -- Yes, it was of interest and thanks for posting it. It's these kinds of sobering real stories that will encourage ALL tower owners and builders to do the best job they can. Didn't mean to
Author: jfeustle@uoft02.utoledo.edu (Joseph A. Feustle, Jr.)
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 15:35:13 -0500 (EST)
For what it's worth, this item appeared on the local evening news here in Toledo the day it happened. Given the magnitude of the disaster reported, I expected to see a followup on the ABC evening new
Not surprising! The mass media isn't interested in this type of disaster. I remember when a North-Central Air passenger liner hit a guy on a 1500 foot tower at Sioux Falls, S.D. Outside of the local
Believe it ... it happens. Iwo Jima, Volcano Island, Japan - 1965 During routine maintenance (replacing a corroded horizontal member) on a 1350' tower, the workers incorrectly calculated the force ve
I just talked to K5GHK in Monroe, LA (an old friend of mine from back in the mid '50's. Although Ernie (K5GHK & a Microwave & other types Tower Installer) was working on another tower miles away, he
<< Apparently, the tower basically just collapsed down on itself; therefore the 70' area for the tower wreckage is the accurate figure. >> The idea that a large tower might fall in a very limited are