Staff Battle Hurricane Force Winds

Over the weekend Telecommunications got calls from our TV viewers that the channels were not working. Monday morning a couple of staff members went up to our Crown Mtn tower and the winds had blown the huge microwave dishes ajar. Staff climbed the tower and adjusted the dishes in the ongoing wind. They also traveled to the Williams tower and yesterday made it up to the Sunlight tower which still has 4 feet of snow around the tower and a good ways down the primitive road getting up there. The Sunlight tower visit was exceptional because staff had been monitoring the wind before they went up there and The National Weather Service had clocked a 186 mph gust up there! That is a category 4 Hurricane strength wind! Unfortunately the wind didn’t calm down much after they got up there and they were climbing the tower with 50mph gusts. They managed to get the work done but today they were feeling a bit frazzled. Continued monitoring and trips are planned for the coming days.