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On April 27, 2004 in the afternoon a sudden freak storm hit the lower Puget Sound region. My friend W7CL Frank had a Rohn 45G at about 130 feet that was propagated with many Force-12 monobanders. The storm did not knock the tower over, but it did knock over an 80 foot tree that fell into the guy wires on one leg and this caused the tower to buckle, bend and break. The pictures here were taken by me a couple of days after the event and a lot of cleanup has already started. A professional tower rigging company has already given estimates for replacement to be in excess of $35,000.

What Frank's tower and antenna system looked like before the storm.

All that is still standing of the tower. Note one half of his KLM spotting beam is still there.

What is left of 4 Force-12 monobanders.

Where the Rohn 45 bent over and broke

The twisted mess that is still standing. What is there is severely bent and probably not usable.

The top of the tower with rotor still in it. Note the bend on the 3/4 inch thick walled steel mast.

The 80 foot tree that blew over that knocked the guy wires down that caused the tower to come down. It is still resting on the one set of wires that is holding what is left of the tower up there.

Additional view of the mess of beams as they came down.

More and closer view.

Last View of what used to be some good contesting and DXing antennas. Reduced to rubble in a matter of a few seconds.