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50kW of RF would definitely tickle their innards.
I suspect there's a lockout on the access hatch they went through, which cut off power when it was opened.
Well, that wouldn't be nice if that cut off emergency communications.
The multiple TV and FM stations on that tower switched to standby antennas at a lower level on the ESB to save their asses from getting fried. I don't know how much prior notice they had.
As @old_tv_nut pointed out, the antennae are used for TV and FM radio stations. No emergency comms were interrupted.
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
I wonder why there isn't a pile of dead birds on the antenna platform?
spicer
Lunatic Member
I'd be willing to bet they are avoiding the high frequency, high energy electrical and magnetic fields being generated. We can sense it and they, birds, are sensitive to it.Darwinian genetics?
Survival of the most EMF sensitive! Those who don't have this sensitivity become fried food for those who do.
spicer
Lunatic Member
I remember being on Mt. Wilson, the antenna farm for Southern California. Totally swamped out the tuner of the car radio. I could sense it... strangest feeling, a most unsettling stillness, most unpleasant. I don't know how the transmitter people could live in that on a daily basis. There were no birds in sight.Survival of the most EMF sensitive! Those who don't have this sensitivity become fried food for those who do.
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
I sure hope it's true that internal sensors steer the birds cleat of such hazards. I know from living near a million windmills that they could NOT sense that danger and countless birds bit the literal dust in and around the giant "blenders."
Damn, this irks the hell outta me.
"since 1970, the world has lost approximately 29% of its bird population, which amounts to nearly 3 billion birds."
SolderIron
Addicted Member
Shes's right about "feeling something is missing". She missed the "you did not do perfect"
spicer
Lunatic Member
Living things are bioelectrochemical in nature so I would assume it would be sensed. I certainly sensed it and left for that reason. Windmills, that's kind of like a deer jumping in front of a car, it sees it but not in relation to speed and distance.
I was sitting out on the front yard watching the crows digging up nuts that the squirrels had just buried. The birds will follow the squirrels around and dig up the nuts, as they were being buried.
Then, one squirrel ran across the street to bury some nuts in the neighbor's yard and got run over by a car. The crows immediately went over and started eating the dead squirrel.
Life is full of ironic lessons. No?
Then, one squirrel ran across the street to bury some nuts in the neighbor's yard and got run over by a car. The crows immediately went over and started eating the dead squirrel.
Life is full of ironic lessons. No?
spicer
Lunatic Member
The squirrel's usefulness expired.I was sitting out on the front yard watching the crows digging up nuts that the squirrels had just buried. The birds would follow the squirrels around and dig up the nuts, as they were being buried.
Then, one squirrel ran across the street to bury some nuts in the neighbor's yard and got run over by a car. The crows immediately went over and started eating the dead squirrel.
Life is full of ironic lessons. No?
I look at it this way. For the human equivalents, there are the squirrels in life, and there are the crows.
spicer
Lunatic Member
I'm not fond of either one. The owl has the right eye acknowledgement. Aye.I look at it this way. For the human equivalents, there are the squirrels in life, and there are the crows.
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
Crows are just phenomenally smart and cool. I am wishing I could find a crow as a backyard pet. Our new location doesn't feature much of a crow population like our last location did.
Considering the crow brain is 1/1200th the size of a human, they are one of my favorite OVER achievers! The most obvious implication is that humans haven't really tapped into their brainpower yet.
Considering the crow brain is 1/1200th the size of a human, they are one of my favorite OVER achievers! The most obvious implication is that humans haven't really tapped into their brainpower yet.
