[BC] Pictures from the Fargo area flood of 2009

[Broadcast List USER]

There is NOTHING wrong with building a AM site in a flood plane.

You just need to plan for the flood.

WHMC in Gaithersburg, Maryland has ALWAYS had their towers in the  
flood plane.  The feed points were elevated.

Later the transmitter was moved from the studio, high above the  
flood, to a building on elevated above the tower bases.

When they went from 1 kW to 50 kW, they did nearly the same thing,  
but the transmitter was still above where the water might reach.

I think I would have left the transmitter(s) at the studio, but that  
is just me.

Putting a tower field down by the river is GOOD for coverage.  It is  
BAD for water, but THAT can be protected.

--chip

On Mar 30, 2009, at 10:52 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

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> If these shots don't convince a manager or owner the wisdom in  
> building
> everything above the 250-500 year flood plain of a river or creek,  
> nothing
> will.
>
> Mark..show some shots of the tower bases at sites already  
> surrounded by
> water.  The closeness of the water to the pier or bottom of the tower
> would be MOST convincing...presuming you can get out there.
>
> And now I hear of another crest coming end of next week just as  
> high, if
> not higher than Sunday's crest.
>
> MM
>
>> http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc216/markborchert/
>>
>> Some of my broadcast photos on from the Fargo Area flood of 2009
>>
>> All of our sites are safe, and the studio has been protected by a  
>> dike.
>>
>> Even though the crest has started, we are now in the midst of a  
>> raging
>> blizzard.
>>
>> Mark Borchert
>> Chief Engineer Go Radio LLC
>> 2720 7th Avenue South
>> Fargo, North Dakota