http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061217/ap_on_re_us/northwest_storm
While we experienced some very high winds, very little damage was done locally. Somewhat lesser windstorms are relatively common here in northeastern Oregon, and so there's not a large mass of damage that gets done by the "big" ones. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East Washington email me at mark at neofast dot net 541-969-8200 Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mac Dearman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 10:22 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] DAY FROM HELL!!! > I hate y'all are having storms and even worse that it has knocked y'all off > line at different towers. > > It's been "almost" intolerable here too: > > http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/71269?from=yest_bottomnav_undeclared > > > > Mac > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark Koskenmaki > Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 10:19 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] DAY FROM HELL!!! > > The storm here on Thursday night tore one of my sites down. > > ONE 2 foot dish and one sector, were not able to be supported by the > galvanized pipe just 7 feet. The wind bent it over at 20 degrees... and > then the guy wire snapped in the upwind direction, causing the whole thing > to snap off... The guys were below the sector, which was directly below > the dish, and it bent 2" pipe (I think it was 2, maybe 1.5"). Either way, > it bent over that pipe like nothing. The site had been through many 70+ > mph storms without even being tweaked. > > For comparison purposes, I set up a 1" pipe and jumped on the middle, > supported at the ends and could not bend it like that... (and I'm 275 > lbs ) > > The guy wire was tension wire sold for holding up orchard trees! The > pulling tension capability was way beyond 1000lbs. > > The site's still down, as yesterday, the wind was still screaming along at > 40 mph, and we would not even attempt to raise the masting. It's under 20 > feet above the barn roof, but we were afraid to get on the barn ourselves, > much less attempt to raise 18 feet of pipe, antennas, and guy wires into > place up on top of it. Hopefully by Sunday, the wind has died and it has > not snowed again :(. > > When we left at 4:30 last night, the wind was still at 30-40 mph and it was > well below freezing. > brrrrrr... > > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East Washington > email me at mark at neofast dot net > 541-969-8200 > Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Nash - Lists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:02 PM > Subject: [WISPA] DAY FROM HELL!!! > > > > Wind storms came through last night. Power out at 6 sites this morning, > > various power companies. Started at 6 this morning...Put in 2 generators, > > purchased 8 marine batteries and patched them into my APC UPS units. 2 > > sites now still running on batteries, 2 on generators. Will be a late > night > > I think... > > > > George, I would imagine you guys had it worse out there on the coast... > > > > Mark Nash > > Network Engineer > > UnwiredOnline.Net > > 350 Holly Street > > Junction City, OR 97448 > > http://www.uwol.net > > 541-998-5555 > > 541-998-5599 fax > > > > > > -- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
