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How is this person alive? That’s a terrifying amount of relatively high frequency energy. And pressurized gasses of some sort.
They say it could cost $70,000 - $100,000 to repair, but I also wonder if they'll have to refund ad buys while they are running at 10 watts and such reduced coverage. Makes me also wonder what kind of insurance broadcasters might have for such incidents when they can't broadcast.
That’s wild. Radio transmission power is no joke. I replaced the 100W FM transmitter on our college radio tower and got in front of the emitter beam for like 10 seconds and my head rung for a week. The amps and power aren’t to be messed with. I can’t even imagine messing with 100K line that’s a solid block of copper
Very lucky not to have been killed by the high voltages or intense RF energy and or suffer severe burns / blindness ....
Assuming between 3-1/8″ - 6-1/8″ diameter.
Somewhere between $1,360 - $6,400 of scrap value. $70k-$100k to repair...
Absurd.
A few brave thieves went after power substations. For some thieves a lack of knowledge was fatal.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017...
That thief should be indentured until he pays it back in full.
Is it too soon to talk about regulating the $#@* out of scrap-metal dealers?
The alleged perpetrator — Paul Crisp Nominative determinism in action.