said by RadioDoc:...as a 'disaster-proof transmitter tower'. No matter what you do, no matter what you think you've planned for, ma nature will eventually smack you down.
Broadcast facilities in SoCal are built to withstand earthquakes and are hardened against wind and utility outage. You know what's taken the most out in the last decade? Wildfire.
A 1500 foot TV tower was just taken out by a tornado in Florida--a tower designed to withstand category 4 hurricanes. The chances of a tornado that strong hitting the tower are tiny...but it happened.
Anyone thinking this is going to work is in on the payout.
I think the idea is to build a network of 37,000 towers so if a few are taken out by a natural disaster or a terrorist, the network will still function. I don't think they are trying to say each tower will withstand anything thrown at it.
