Dutch Transmission Tower Falls down

Brief BBC Report and Video

see here ……..

WWW.BBC.CO.UK/NEWS
15-Jul-2011 @ 18:30

and a YT Video ...


Pre collapse pictures ....

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WWW.PROJECT1440.COM
15-Jul-2011 @ 18:40

I know no injuries have been reported, but there does appear to be a human body falling from it at one point!

Just as well DTT never caught on much over there, isn't it?

Cable is king over there isn't it? It sounds like radio is the bigger issue there at the moment - another site, Lopik was shut down due to an unrelated fire yesterday too, therefore and estimated 70-80% of the Netherlands is now without national FM radio.

Some great pics of Hoogersmilde here:
http://www.112groningen.nl/Groningen/nieuws/14584/tv-toren-hoogersmilde-bovenste-30-meter-ingezakt-update.html
I've read elsewhere that they shut the mains power off only for the backup generators to kick in and keep the thing powered

And a good blog post about the situation here:
http://criticaldistance.blogspot.com/2011/07/mediumwave-back-up-to-cover-two-fires.html

Some good close ups here:-

http://www.kilroynews.net/special/2011-07/20110715.htm

SloMo of the collapse.