[PVRCNC] tornadoes

[Howard Hoyt]

In process of raising 10m tower to 130'. I had temp guys on at 120'.
The entire tower went over and took out the s.e. guys on the rohn55 15m tower.
Watta mess.

Working to stabilize the r55 now.

73, Howie

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 8:37 AM,  <NX9T at aol.com> wrote:
> Thanks for thinking of us Jim!
>
> Just getting back on line...power has been out but we are back up and
> running.  Damage all around...but we are thankfully ok at this qth.   Lots of
> rain and wind...and of course branches down all around the house but no  house
> damage.  Other than power outage (which we did get out our old  generator
> to help out with)....things went well.  Quad  and rotatable  dipole still on
> top of tower (which is amazing).
>
> 73-Jeff NX9T
>
>
>
> In a message dated 4/17/2011 5:56:10 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> k4qpl at nc.rr.com writes:
>
> Anyone  heard from Jeff, NX9T in Rolesville? TV reporting major damage
> there.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Stroud"  <aa4xx at bellsouth.net>
> To: <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent:  Saturday, April 16, 2011 9:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [PVRCNC]  tornadoes
>
>
>> The big one in S Wake County skirted abt 5mi to my  West, closer to
>> AA4NC.  That one left a lot of  homes
>> damaged as it worked its way into downtown Raleigh.  Line  crews are
>> untangling lines
>> and trying to restore power  to those areas.  I was surprised to see
>> all my wire  antennas still
>> up after the heavy winds--a good testament to how  durable weed eater
>> line is.
>>
>> 73,   Paul  AA4XX
>>
>>>
>>> CNN reporting 100 tornadoes  in Raleigh area, not good.
>>> Hope everyone is  ok
>>>
>>> 73, Howie
>>>
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>>>
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