[Lowfer] Loop Gone

[Mike Andrews W5EGO]

On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 07:41:48AM -0500, Peter Barick wrote:
> All,
> 
> It's first dawn ... all's quiet now ... all's a mess here too. Last
> night's high winds took its toll on the area, the town and most
> importantly the big loop. From the rear window I watched it whip,
> bend and struggle with the guy ropes but winds up to 80mph cracked
> the 12foot upright and down she came.
>
> Got to get out now to clean up tree limbs and other debris. Geez,
> almost 2 weeks of work down the drain. Only got to use it 2 days, 2
> nice and calm days. Well we've already has two "100 year floods" in
> these parts, I can guess this was the 100 year wind storm. Ha. Very
> unusual, esp. this time of the year and a storm like that.

What a bummer. It happens. I'm very sorry to see that it happened to you. 

We had a very strong downburst over our house not long ago, with winds
measured at 95 MPH close to us. I didn't have any antennas up at the 
time, but got to chase 6'x8' fence panels; some wound up a couple of 
blocks away, and the nearest were about 100' from the fenceposts they 
had been nailed to. They're _bolted_ to the fenceposts now. 

Best of luck with the cleanup and reconstruction. I'm very glad you
weren't hurt. 

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin