I can only take your 2X2 and 3X3 estimates, and compare them to the realities surrounding a flag that large.
Missed the part that said “it could be”?
It was just an example, not a specific proposal.
All I meant was, I don’t think they needed to import some magic engineer from Texas, as the article described.
I’m pretty sure there was someone local, who could handle the flag pole footing.