Yesterday was a long day setting up the instrumentation. We drove from Tallahassee to Pensacola, to this remote naval training airstrip in Alabama, just west of Pensacola. About 1 out of every 10 buildings downtown was boarded up. Lots of people headed east out of Pensacola.
It was hard going to set up these towers. We had to install these mobile home anchors in the ground with an electric auger attached to a generator. We snapped one of the anchors trying to get it in. Then there was pinning 4 sinter blocks to each leg. It was just a challenge to get things lined up and make it all fit. The first tower took us about 3 1/2 hours to put up.
This project for us is still in the beta testing phase. There is another group making wind measurements with standard wind anemometers from Texas Tech. They swung in with 3 huge 4wd trucks and trailers, erected their tower in about 45 minutes and left for their next site.
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Now that's what I'm talkin about!
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