Dan Norman KJ1N wrote:
>
> The article I read said the gin pole fell on a top guy cable creating a
> chain reaction. The explosions/fires could have been attributed to the
> high-power TV/radio antennas shorting when the collapse occured. Either
> way this is a horrible event.
> Dan KJ1N
The fire were attributed to power lines being severed by the falling tower.
Also, a transformer in a nearby utility shack blew causing the shack to burn.
> > According to newspapers the tower had failed before in 1969 and in 1987
> > a jet had
> > flown into one of its guywires and crashed but the tower stayed up.
> >
> > Also according to the newpapers the tower was wind rated to 70 MPH. This
> > seems
> > incedibly low considering the size of this tower and this part of the
> > country.
I also was VERY curious as to why the low rating; surely the reporter miss-
quoted the official. We frequently have winds that high, and you know they
have to be much greater at the 1000-foot level.
73
Mike Cowart
WA5CMI
cowart@convex.com
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