[SADXA] Last nights East side Storm

[Darrel]

I didn't actually lose my antenna, but did have some minor damage. We 
had hail stones which broke the bulbs of our outdoor floodlights. We had 
an inch of rain in less than one hour. My little weather station 
recorded winds over 71 km/h (44 mph) and increasing, but then the power 
to our house went off.  The weather station sends its data over the 
Internet connection which went out when the power went out, so I don't 
know how high a speed the wind eventually reached. Our power remained 
off for 6 hours.

    The copper wire of my rhombic antenna beam is still unbroken, but 
ended up tangled in the top of a 30-ft tree that's about 30 feet away 
from under the antenna.  I don't understand how it got there.   One of 
the guy ropes to one of the poles holding up the antenna also broke, but 
it's a redundant guy rope so shouldn't have caused the other problems.

Apparently several electric power poles were down in and around Tucson, 
causing the power outages.  I don't feel so bad about my own antenna 
problems, if the power company can't keep their lines in the air either.

    Cheers,
               Darrel, aa7fv, on Soldier Trail by the Agua Caliente wash.


On 8/3/2021 16:51, Jerry Wothe wrote:
> Did anyone loose any antennas last night in the violent storm the East side had. There were many trees uprooted near Tanque Verde and Soldier trail as well as North of there along Soldier trail.
>
> At my QTH things got blown around but the antennas all made it through OK. Heavy rain also rearranged a lot of dirt and gravel on  the roads, and yards.
>
> W6XI
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