Re: MOUNT WASHINGTON BURNS

[Ben Gore <ben@hrdent.com>]

Scott Fybush Wrote:

 >one wonders, also, if whatever started the fire would have been caught 
- and quickly - if channel 8 were still up there and the building were 
still manned >24/7.

That's what I was wondering. I'm sure there's no way that things could 
have been as well maintained with no one babying those generators every 
day since WMTW left. The fire just a few days over a year since WMTW 
shut down from there.

According to a message being broadcast on WOKQ, the State of NH is going 
to try to place a generator there tomorrow, but I can't imagine how they 
will protect it from the elements up there. They would have to have some 
kind of shelter or place it in a building, then they would have to do 
something about maintaining or rotating it out on a regualar basis until 
permanant replacements can be installed. Then the logistics of getting 
fuel and tying in electrical distribution in those conditions sounds 
like a nightmare.

-Ben