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Title: WV TV tower takes a hit Post by: Paul, K2ORC on July 28, 2005, 08:15:11 AM Photos of the lightning strike are toward the bottom of the page.
http://wvlightning.com/july272005.shtml Additional info about the photos and the tower strike appears here: http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7591 Title: WV TV tower takes a hit Post by: K2FW on July 28, 2005, 08:39:00 AM A very neat picture Paul!!! I guess it's a good idea to properly ground your Ham Tower!
Title: WV TV tower takes a hit Post by: wa2zdy on July 28, 2005, 09:34:02 AM I remember driving south on I-35 near Waco Texas during one particularly rough summer afternoon. The TV towers out there in central Texas are 1500-2000 feet some of them. This day we watched as nearly constant lightning bolts shifted among a few towers that were near each other and at times we actually saw bolts from tower to tower. Certainly an awesome yet terrifying sight. AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
On another note, I don't like to gain humour from folks who are down, but they DID name the town "Hurricane . . . " "Nearly continuous storms resulted in flash flooding in southern Putnam County, particulary on Hurricane Creek in Hurricane." |