"Dee Flint" wrote in
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"Steve Bonine" wrote in message
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some snippage

And all the logic in the world won't help if the local building
official insists on using the worst-case scenario or local laws
demand it. Frankly, if I was the local building official, I would use
the worst-case scenario. The primary responsibility of a building
inspector is public safety, and invoking the worst-case scenario
seems appropriate in this case.

73, Steve KB9X

No it isn't appropriate. There are telephone poles near my house that
if they were to fall will destroy my house. My neighbors TREES could
do the same. Yet most people do not see these as significant hazards.
They are used to seeing them so do not think of them as hazards.

Of course. People are used to things like Power poles and even think
nothing of hurtling at each other in automobiles carrying liquids that
are almost explosively flammable. In no way does that make either
actually "safe".

They are not quite so used to radio towers however. People have a
fear of the unknown, especially in thies days of safe rooms in houses,
and burglar alarms in gated communities.

And in these days of safety taken to stupid extremes, and housing
developments that won't allow you to have a clothesline in your back
yard, I'm not about to go complaining about that one little restriction
on a potential tower.

- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -