[BC] Towers down in St. Luois

[Kent Winrich]

I am SO glad thew towers guys made it.  I think I would have filled 
my pants if that happened to me!!!  I gather there was no 
elevator.  If that storm blew over semis, imagine hanging on to a 
tower through that... at 1000'!!

Too bad about the KTRS site.  Quite a nice layout for us tower 
geeks.  If anyone is interested, I have pics of the site before the damage.

Agreed about the IP connectivity!  Thats where the IP cell phone 
comes in REAL handy!!


On 7/22/06, Mike McCarthy <<mailto:Towers at mre.com>Towers at mre.com> wrote:

One other note on the STL storms....a tower crew working on the 1100 ft.
community tower just south of downtown replacing an antenna ended the day
not long before the storms hit.  One observer noted that had they not come
down when they did by simply ending their day, there is no way they could
have made it down, nor survived the storms 90 MPH winds, hail, and driving
rain while on the tower.  The storms approached THAT fast...from a
direction rarely seen...the NE.

As a matter standing policy for our group, if there is a chance of
thunderstorms or severe weather, either I or someone is monitoring the SPC
web page and local radar hourly mid-day through then end of the day's work.
We doing so more often if there are watches issued and/or any storm
activity noted on radar.  This is where having IP connectivity/internet
access at the TX could save a life...or a few.