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STRIKES BACK IN AN UNSCHEDULED STRESS TEST, THE ANTENNA SURVIVED TROPICAL
STORM IRENE.  WHILE THERE WERE GALE FORCE WINDS IN CONNECTICUT, IT SURVIVED
WELL.  BUT THEN CAME THE PRE HALLOWEEN 2011 SNOWSTORM.  THE WET SNOW
FALLING ON TREES STILL IN FULL LEAF BROUGHT DOWN BRANCHES AND TREES BY THE
MILLIONS HERE.  POWER WENT OUT FOR DAYS TO WEEKS TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
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