08-05-2014, 05:41 PM
Some common trees here are very fast growing with soft wood and shallow roots. It doesn't take much for them to go. Albizzia, and ficus is another one. In my area, African tulips.
I've asked HELCO to cut the trees back from the main trunk lines on my road, but they won't cut them back farther than five feet away, and if the trunks are not in the HELCO easement, then they are County trees, and the two go back and forth declining responsibility.
So when we get abnormal wind, there are hundreds and even thousands of trees near power lines that can interrupt the power, down live lines on the road, start arcing.
There was a big piece of dead tree in a road cut on the Scenic Route that was literally detached and help up with only vines around it, a very busy road, and it took months to cut it.
Sorry about the rant, but if the trees go, it won't be any surprise. Basically they prefer to do clean up than preventive trimming. It's cheaper.
I doubt the wind in my area gets much over 30 mph at any time, so I hold my breath to see what will happen. On the west side I lived with strong wind on a regular basis, but different trees grow in leeward Kohala (to an extent). It's odd that there's much higher wind in leeward Kohala than in windward Big Island.
I've asked HELCO to cut the trees back from the main trunk lines on my road, but they won't cut them back farther than five feet away, and if the trunks are not in the HELCO easement, then they are County trees, and the two go back and forth declining responsibility.
So when we get abnormal wind, there are hundreds and even thousands of trees near power lines that can interrupt the power, down live lines on the road, start arcing.
There was a big piece of dead tree in a road cut on the Scenic Route that was literally detached and help up with only vines around it, a very busy road, and it took months to cut it.
Sorry about the rant, but if the trees go, it won't be any surprise. Basically they prefer to do clean up than preventive trimming. It's cheaper.
I doubt the wind in my area gets much over 30 mph at any time, so I hold my breath to see what will happen. On the west side I lived with strong wind on a regular basis, but different trees grow in leeward Kohala (to an extent). It's odd that there's much higher wind in leeward Kohala than in windward Big Island.