This fell the same way that the 2000' Raleigh TV tower fell ten or so years
ago, straight down, crushing itself as it went. The guys never came loose,
with equal pull, even as falling, especially with a foot of ice on the guys,
so there was no tree-cut-at-the-bottom fall.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Hopengarten" <k1vr@juno.com>
To: <mcgirr@interaccess.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>; <jcorini@snet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: KYTV, Channel 3 - Springfield, MO - Television
tower topples]
>
>
> On Sun, 02 Dec 2001 02:15:48 -0600 K9AJ <mcgirr@interaccess.com> writes:
> >
> >
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> > >Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 23:51:55 -0500
> > >Sender: MARCO On-Line Rounds
> > <MARCO-LIST@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU>
> > >From: Brad Banko <bbanko@NEO.RR.COM>
> > >Subject: KYTV, Channel 3 - Springfield, MO - Television tower
> > topples]
> > >
> > > http://www.ky3.com/newsdetailed.asp?id=1706
>
> K1VR: The photos at this URL stand for the proposition that the tower
> did not fall the length of its height.
>
> Fred Hopengarten K1VR hopengarten@post.harvard.edu
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