* On 2016 06 Apr 19:03 -0500, Kathy Bookmiller via TowerTalk wrote:
> I have one question. I've always heard that when a really tall tower
> comes down, it basically collapses onto itself and doesn't fall as one
> solid unit extending out the height of the tower. Watching this, I see
> many of the towers didn't collapse into one small area but went down
> as a full unit. Kathy
>From the few that I have seen, if the guys are cut it falls over to one
side toward the remaining guys.
With the guys attached it tends to corkscrew down.
I'm sure there are variations of the above.
73, Nate
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