[TowerTalk] Tower lawsuit

[Randy]

This is a pisser, too... you can't go outside, or drive down the street, 
without seeing wooden poles
with jumbo voltages on 'em... but people don't understand 
THAT...NIMBY... Not In My Back Yard...
If the wind comes up, or somebody didn't maintain the eqpt... yeah, THAT 
is acceptable, THAT is
the norm and acceptable, just the price of having juice.

73
Randy
KZ4RV


On 2/4/2012 9:17 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
> The rules on setbacks  upsets me.  To have a tower  fall full length and still remain on  your
> own property is pretty tough if a ham lived on a typ city lot..like 50' x 120'  or  similar.
> Freestanding towers, like Trylons  are designed to break at the 40' level..and not at the base.
> They will not  fall full length.   A UST  crank up is the same deal, they break 3 x sections up.
>
> Now if a 100' tall tree on my own property, falls  down on my neighbors' house, the neighbors'
> own house insurance covers the damage.   If the neighbor does not have insurance, he is outa
> luck. My insurance does NOT cover my neighbors' home.  Same deal with my tower.
>
> later... Jim   VE7RF
>
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