Chuck52
Veteran Member
I have to check, but as I said before, my insurance apparently will pay to remove a tree damaged by lightening. I assume the tree must pose a danger to covered property.
Chuck
Chuck
the electric companies themselves do not do anything for preventive maintenance other then random tree removal without any practical theory. They came through with "extensive cutting" last year. What a joke dead trees leaning towards tthe lines left, cutting the limbs off large trees but on the opposite side from the wires leaving the tree heavy on the wire side. And if they cannot drive the bucket truck directly under a tree forget it completely. If the hot wire were insulated most outages would be eliminated, before cost is mentioned to be a reason look at the cost of repair and constant trimming.
Hurricane Sandy transforms into a sub-tropical storm - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
I deal in the real world, a few tree limbs and power outage are not new. Because it happens in the NE doesn't make it bad. It was not the storm of the century as touted by media, it was a weak sub tropical storm.
HS
For some reason, this statement bothers me. I hope there are lots of residents already "doing."
On Long Island, there was a profound sense of isolation, with whole towns cut off from basic information, supplies and electricity and people in washed-out neighborhoods saying the felt increasingly desperate. "I just keep waiting for someone with a megaphone and a car to just tell us what to do,..."
It makes for good news, but I wouldn't indict all of the humanity on Long Island based on that comment. Consider that there are things happening to these people that are beyond their frame of experience. They have losses, and maybe can see no way to make up for them. Their world has been turned upside-down, they are in shock really.
For those who grow up in rural areas, we are "in-training" of sorts our entire lives, we have reasonable ideas on what is needed, and some of the skills needed to accomplish our needs. If I dumped a rural person onto the sidewalk in a large city and said, " you are homeless, jobless and penniless", I think they would be a bit bewildered and in shock too, and have some learning curves ahead of them on how best to survive.
It is all contextual.
dave1949 said:It makes for good news, but I wouldn't indict all of the humanity on Long Island based on that comment. Consider that there are things happening to these people that are beyond their frame of experience. They have losses, and maybe can see no way to make up for them. Their world has been turned upside-down, they are in shock really.
For those who grow up in rural areas, we are "in-training" of sorts our entire lives, we have reasonable ideas on what is needed, and some of the skills needed to accomplish our needs. If I dumped a rural person onto the sidewalk in a large city and said, " you are homeless, jobless and penniless", I think they would be a bit bewildered and in shock too, and have some learning curves ahead of them on how best to survive.
It is all contextual.