Every bolt is meant for me. God just has really bad aim.
Steve Jones wrote:
I was on a concrete grain bin 120 foot up once. A storm showed up. The
other guy was chucking toolbags and breaking gear. I laid flat on the
concrete top. I got wet. He went down the ladder like a bat out of
hell, how he didnt slip, i dont know. I just kne2 if lightning struck,
it was more likely to hit that 120 foot long metal cage than my wet ass.
Ive always looked at lightning to people hits as a predestined
outcome. You already pissed that god off, it didnt matter where you
were, but why draw attentiin to yourself
On Jul 10, 2017 7:18 PM, "Jeremy" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I was working on a 60' tower and some afternoon clouds rolled over
the mountain. Wife and kids were my ground crew on this day.
First strike of the day was a cloud-to-cloud strike DIRECTLY above
the tower. Scared the crap out of me. I yelled for them to go to
the car, and you've never seen anybody climb down a tower so
fast. Still wouldn't ever consider riding a guy wire down.
That's just crazy. The odds of that specific tower taking the
strike are still less than the odds of something going wrong with
any other crazy method for getting down.
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 5:56 PM, Steve Jones
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
never been on a tower with lightning closer than a mile or so,
but, realistically, given the slim chance that your tower that
you happen to be on and the massive chance of serious risk or
injury from riding a guy (or wire) down a tower, Id think just
climbing down is your safest bet.
On that note, if you were on a well grounded tower that was
struck, aside from the lightning hitting you direct, would it
hurt you, like those helicopter guys who bond to transmission
lines
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Rory Conaway
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Or "hold my beer"...
Rory
-----Original Message-----
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2017 1:35 PM
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tech’s condition is stable after he
allegedly rode guy wire down
Mine will probably be "knock yourself out".
-----Original Message-----
From: Layne Sisk
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2017 2:31 PM
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tech’s condition is stable after he
allegedly rode guy wire down
I have lived in fear that my last words will be, "Hey
guys, watch this!"
Layne Sisk
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-----Original Message-----
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Jay Weekley
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2017 8:30 AM
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: [AFMUG] Tech’s condition is stable after he
allegedly rode guy wire down
Tech’s condition is stable after he allegedly rode guy
wire down from an ATC Texas tower
"A tower tech is reported to be in stable condition and is
expected to be released from a hospital tomorrow after
reportedly using a guy wire to descend from his work
station on an American Tower Corp. 300-foot guyed tower
off of Highway 183 in Cuero, Tex."
http://wirelessestimator.com/articles/2017/techs-condition-is-stable-after-he-fell-from-atc-tower-in-texas/
<http://wirelessestimator.com/articles/2017/techs-condition-is-stable-after-he-fell-from-atc-tower-in-texas/>
I assume this is a case of "hey y'all....watch this!"
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