03-02-2025, 07:14 PM
"You understand that some of the trees are entangled with the live power lines?"
No they're not. Helco would never allow trees to grow up into those 3 high voltage lines at the top of the poles. The trees could be touching a telephone line lower down.
The biggest worry is that high winds will break their 19th century poles and the wires will drop onto the trees.
Look at the freaking picture!
They should be worried more about all of vegetation growing to the left of the firebreak in the picture.
No they're not. Helco would never allow trees to grow up into those 3 high voltage lines at the top of the poles. The trees could be touching a telephone line lower down.
The biggest worry is that high winds will break their 19th century poles and the wires will drop onto the trees.
Look at the freaking picture!
They should be worried more about all of vegetation growing to the left of the firebreak in the picture.