[Towertalk] Two killed when television tower falls in western Nebraska

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On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 18:14:02 -0500, Bryan Fields wrote:

> Just curious what a "Dresser" tower is, and why it is so bad?  Why do they 
> fall down more than oter designs?

It is a "brand name", the manufacturer.  I don't know a lot about the
details of why they consider them so bad, but one reason is the fact that
the tower legs all come down to the base, instead of pier point.

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