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protomyth
on March 19, 2015
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Where the Real Skyscrapers Are (Hint: North Dakota...
Calling what happened in 1997 "a freak ice storm" is a bit of an understatement. Most of a state without power and only one of these amazing towers still transmitting. I do wonder if there is video of the aftermath of the fall.
kahirsch
on March 19, 2015
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On December 10, 1989, two of these 2,000 towers collapsed near Raleigh, NC. It was as the ice was melting after a really bad ice storm.
Pictures of the aftermath:
http://www.oldradio.com/archives/warstories/WRAL.htm
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