Re: Shame
...abd don't forget it's not "normal" atmospherics causing the corrosion...Puerto Rico is very "tropical" and being an island, there's a lot of salt in the air, as Arecibo is just 18 deg North of the equator...
And even well made 60 year old support cables will not last forever.
The pity is that a lack of funding failed to be invested in the maintenance of the facility over time and eventaully something was bound to happen.
Fortunately the issues in August and November was just enough to cause some safety fears to eb rasied and this ensured that no-one was working on the site...as without those storms, it is quite possible it may have collapsed on it's own anyway. :-(
Biting the hand that feeds IT
