Sunday, September 11, 2016

Bethesda TV tower dark for second night

The Crown Castle telecommunications tower in the 5200 block of River Road in Bethesda remained blacked-out last night. This was the second straight night the aircraft warning lights on the 850' tower failed to operate, and the fourth night in the last 21 months.

While most planes would not fly that low near the tower, we do have a high amount of helicopter traffic in Bethesda, primarily related to the military. A Notice to Airmen is supposed to be issued by the FAA during a tower light outage.

13 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:55 AM

    Dyer, could you please explain your previous claim that these failures are somehow related to the color of the lights - white vs. red?

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  2. Anonymous8:20 AM

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    1. 8:20: Simple - they had an unethical quid pro quo deal where the business can't answer questions from Robert Dyer in exchange for something not made public. Not what I'd call journalism, punk.

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    1. 8:36: #BestOfWatergate EDITOR'S CHOICE

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  4. Anonymous8:46 AM

    Dyer's fanboy is b-u-s-y this morning!
    Love is in the air haha

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    1. Anonymous8:53 AM

      8:46am does Dyer's secret anonymous 8:20 & 8:36 admirer want to be Dyer or be with Dyer? He is obviously obsessed with Dyer and needs help.

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  5. Anonymous9:01 AM

    @ 8:46/54 - How are things at the Fairmont Plaza these days?

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  6. Anonymous9:13 AM

    Does dyer live there? I thought he lived in his moms basement in westbard?

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  7. Anonymous9:19 AM

    Dyer's obsessed fan is refreshing Dyer's blog most of today...begging for attention from Dyer. How far will he go with his passion for Dyer? Dyer's stalker needs a psychological evaluation.

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  8. Anonymous12:27 PM

    I'm 8:46AM. What is Fairmont Plaza? I haven't been south of Wildwood in months.

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  9. Anonymous7:01 PM

    Dyer, do you ever plan to explain your theory that white lights are somehow more failure prone than red lights, and caused the entire structure to go dark?

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  10. 7:01: I already did - the red lights never went out in forty years. The white flashers have now gone out multiple nights.

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