Once, I went up Pelican Butte in Oregon with a companion engineer to see why our intercity microwave had failed. We found pretty deep snow at 8000 feet in winter, had to abandon our snowmobile and hoof it on snowshoes the last quarter mile. As expected, the problem was simply the four feet of snow accumulated horizontally on the usually slick receive antenna radome. Giving a couple of knocks to the tower didn't do anything. We pondered what to do next as the sun came out and warmed everything around us.
Accidents are such raw events, happening lightning fast with life-altering consequences.
God bless you, Adrienne and Heather. Broadcast Engineers Chapter 36 San Diego. Write to P.O. Box 710702, San Diego, California 92171-0702. . Edited by Gary Stigall.