[CTSARA] TS Hermine - Lower Dipoles or Not?

[Tom Alessi]

What Day/Time are we expecting the wind to start?  I haven’t been paying
attention….
Tom

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On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 6:49 AM, Jonathan Solomon <jon at thesolomonhouse.com>
wrote:

> I've always loosened the tie ropes (added slack) with very good luck.
> Lowering all the way could potentially breaksomething  with the swinging
> that might occur.
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> Sent from my mobile device.  Please excyse the tie pose and ottocorrect!
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> On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 6:00 AM -0400, "Jon Perelstein" <
> jon.perelstein at gmail.com> wrote:
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> It's becoming fairly certain that we will be getting strong winds in the
> Stamford/Norwalk area - at the very least (see below).  Probably just under
> tropical storm strength, but still sustained winds at 20-30 mph with gusts
> up in the high 50s.
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> Would it be best to completely lower dipoles all the way to the ground, or
> is it sufficient to drop them 10 feet or so to give them enough slack for
> branches to be bending/trees to be swaying?
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> 73
> Jon, WB2RYV
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> P.S.  AT 6AM LOCAL ON SATURDAY MORNING, SOME MODELS ARE SUGGESTING THAT
> HERMINE WILL STRENGTHEN BY THE TIME IT GETS TO OUR AREA THUS GIVING US FULL
> TROPICAL STORM WIND SPEEDS (58-73 MPH)
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