@tmbrown327 oh damn. I was hoping we could get some gofund or other funding
@ucantstop_me I guess it was too far gone for any hope of that. The only option was to tear it down safely. Moot now.
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Definitely a bummer both scientifically and symbolically. It was important for the people of Puerto Rico and the scientists that work there. I did not visit it when I was there several times last year thinking it would be a nice treat in a future trip.
@tmbrown327 I know there was a lot of damage to the support cables, and that gantry weighed about 800 tons
@tmbrown327 today just keeps getting worse
Is there a second confirmation? I had not heard this at all
@AndersonArtwork I posted 2 different sources and @teengee posted a 3rd.
Confirmed