>>908789>lightningThat's why I was up there. This year was really bad - lots of storms took out a lot of equipment.
Generally don't even want to be on the site during a lightning storm - the towers are heavily grounded, but stray voltage can still kill you. Safest place is usually in the doghouse, since the tower's grounded, EGB outside, MGB inside, and pretty much everything in the shack is grounded. A few sites even have lightning shelters nearby.
Being a contractor I can negotiate my rates... I make it worth my time.
>be me, get a phone call from $AGENCY asking about availability and rates to change a light bulb and check a few other small items>maybe 2hrs of work>don't want to do it, have other stuff going on>never turn down work>send quote, charge about 3x my usual>$TOWER_COMPANY can send a crew of two guys out and have it done in the same time for a quarter of the cost>no way they're going to take that bid>donald_trump_wrong.wav>fuck, uhm, okay?>out there in the morning a few days later>up the tower>bulb's shot, hatch plate needs repair>dealwithit.gif>lights work>plug laptop in, fix the little shit>check I got in the mail a few weeks later made everything worth itAlso, most sites have cameras on them...
