[TowerTalk] towers/liability/permits/wind speed

[Byron Peebles]

We had 50+ gales run through here in the last 48 hours and
I must say there was a little extra traffic passing by the house to
see if that "eyesore" fell down.  Little do they know if will outlast
the house itself; their house, too.

When I researched the permit, I found there are engineering specs
for wind survival in most codes - the 100 year max sustained wind
here is something like 75 MPH, so my ~125 mph install seems secure.

That didn't keep me from checking it, too, though, just to be sure.

Byron
At 18:52 2000-12-13 -0500, The Tolberts wrote:
>Food for thought next time a zoning
>board, insurance company or homeowners association questions the ability of
>a properly erected amateur tower to sustain heavy winds.

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