BigLoad
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Post by BigLoad on Jun 4, 2017 19:20:02 GMT -8
It's coming up on five years since Hurricane Sandy ripped up the power grid here, and I've posted a couple times since about temporary repairs that were never made permanent. One involves replacement utility pole that was stabilized by being tied to trees and guardrails with nylon ropes. One of special interest to me is the quarter mile of utility lines behind my house that weren't attached to the new poles, but have spent the last 4 1/2 years tied by nylon ropes to trees as the poles stood empty. The power company patrols the street every month or two, but I guess fixing this was never a priority.
Well, one of those trees split in half yesterday afternoon, breaking all the lines and causing a transformer explosion. About 10 hours later, everything was finally put right. The repaired lines are on their poles and he unsecured pole is now properly guyed with wire rope. My power, landline, and cable no longer rely on a half dozen fraying nylon ropes. Woohoo!
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Post by Deborah on Jun 5, 2017 4:45:17 GMT -8
It seem that tree splitting was a good thing.
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Post by johnnyray on Jun 5, 2017 4:53:05 GMT -8
1st world countries bury powerlines these days.
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Post by Coolkat on Jun 5, 2017 7:25:04 GMT -8
Sometimes nature has a way of forcing a fix.
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Post by msdoolittle on Jun 5, 2017 12:47:14 GMT -8
We have a Mountain Broadband cable, Centurylink Telephone wire and Centurlink DSL cable attached to an Aspen trunk about 15" in diameter. The last snow storm took out the top of the tree right where those cables connect to it. That was 3 weeks ago and thankfully our DSL is stable... until the top part of that tree shifts.
We were initially waiting for things to chill out from post-storm emergencies, but I think it's about time to call Centurlink and get it addressed.
Glad you've finally had your issues fixed!
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Post by BigLoad on Jun 5, 2017 13:01:36 GMT -8
We have a Mountain Broadband cable, Centurylink Telephone wire and Centurlink DSL cable attached to an Aspen trunk about 15" in diameter. The last snow storm took out the top of the tree right where those cables connect to it. That was 3 weeks ago and thankfully our DSL is stable... until the top part of that tree shifts. We were initially waiting for things to chill out from post-storm emergencies, but I think it's about time to call Centurlink and get it addressed. The practice must be more common than I thought. I hope yours gets straightened out soon.
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Post by msdoolittle on Jun 5, 2017 14:28:15 GMT -8
We have a Mountain Broadband cable, Centurylink Telephone wire and Centurlink DSL cable attached to an Aspen trunk about 15" in diameter. The last snow storm took out the top of the tree right where those cables connect to it. That was 3 weeks ago and thankfully our DSL is stable... until the top part of that tree shifts. We were initially waiting for things to chill out from post-storm emergencies, but I think it's about time to call Centurlink and get it addressed. The practice must be more common than I thought. I hope yours gets straightened out soon. I learned a lot about utility lines and where they are feeding from this last snow storm. dancechicken
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