Jim, K4OJ,
For the very reason that when Opal and Erin hit my place on the Gulf
Coast head on and several guyed towers around here came down, but my crank
up (cranked down but not tilted over) survived perfectly intact--I have more
confidence in my crank up survivng such a storm than my guyed tower.
73 and hope neither one of us gets smacked with a hurricane this year!
Tom K4RV