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Lots of graphics. so BE PATIENT! (For the story behind these pictures click here.)
Danielle sits on a huge, twisted, leg.
She points at the solid leg of the tower.
Bessie, my wife, wonders at the damage.
Another view of the disaster sight.
This is (was) a run of 6 inch (diameter) hardline.
This is what's left of a simulsat dish. These dishes are normally HUGE!
The replacement tower stands on the same concrete pier which supported the old tower.
For the story behind these pictures click here. Is tower-collapse a rarity? Thursday October 23, 1997, the WLBT TV-tower near Raymond Mississippi collapsed, killing at least three Canadian workers. These brave men were working at 1500 ft. when the tower came down. At 609,3 m (1999 ft.) WLBT TV-Tower was the tallest structure in Mississippi and one of the tallest structures in the USA. A tragedy like this raises the question: How tall can we go? And if this is the result of building 2000 ft. tv-towers, shouldn't we draw a line somewhere? The point is, this disaster is no rarity. Tower-collapse happens more often than you think. In 1978 the 491 m (1610 ft.) WJJY-TV Tower in Illinois was hit by an extremely strong winter storm. Watch what happened ... In 1996 disaster struck in Montgomery when the 242 m (793 ft) WCOV-TV Tower was totally destroyed by a tornado. In 1997 another extremely tall structure collapsed. A 606 m (1989 ft.) tower came down, killing at least one man. |
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