{"id":1585,"date":"2013-12-31T14:44:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T20:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2013-12-31T18:38:59","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T00:38:59","slug":"fake-plastic-trees-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=1585","title":{"rendered":"Fake Plastic Trees, Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It lasted three and half years.\u00a0 Then it broke in half.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1588\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cell-0507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1588\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1588\" alt=\"Top half of cell tower blew off in windstorm.\" src=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cell-0507-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cell-0507-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cell-0507-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cell-0507-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cell-0507.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top half of cell tower blew off in windstorm.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The tower initially hosted AT&amp;T in 2010. Verizon added their equipment about a year and half later.\u00a0 So now the town is without cell service.\u00a0 My guess is that it will take at least a month to get it 100% operational again.\u00a0 It probably could be done sooner, but I&#8217;m guessing the corporations will have to work out some bureaucratic issues.\u00a0 I question whether they should fix this thing or replace it with a stronger tower.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edited to add: Today they put up some temporary antennas.<\/strong>\u00a0 Pretty good service from a large corporation on New Year&#8217;s Eve!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1586\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cell-0508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1586\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1586\" alt=\"Top portion of antenna bay lying on the ground.  It looks like the tower severed at one of the seams. \" src=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cell-0508-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cell-0508-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cell-0508-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cell-0508-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cell-0508.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top portion of antenna bay lying on the ground with it&#8217;s fake pine branches. It looks like the tower severed at one of the seams.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For now it&#8217;s back to landline here at home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=21\">Fake Plastic Trees, Part 1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=132\">Fake Plastic Trees, Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It lasted three and half years.\u00a0 Then it broke in half. &nbsp; The tower initially hosted AT&amp;T in 2010. Verizon added their equipment about a year and half later.\u00a0 So now the town is without cell service.\u00a0 My guess is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=1585\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-1585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-observations","tag-cellphones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1592,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions\/1592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}