Why they need to go away
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April, 2018
The recent fires in Napa are a testament to what power lines could do to our “Village in the Forest”.
After reading many articles on the possible cause of the recent fires in the Napa area, it is clear that the likely cause was power lines. There are many investigators looking into the cause, there are many lawsuits weaving their way through the courts and finger pointing going on between PG&E and what may have been private power lines/systems.
Regardless, it is clear that having high tension power lines in close proximity to trees, much less trees that are weakened by many years of drought, are an accident waiting to happen. With the right combination of humidity and winds and the high possibility of limbs breaking off of diseased and weakened trees, there is a high probability of Carmel suffering a catastrophic event such as happened in Napa last year.
There is a reason why you see PG&E hiring tree trimmers to trim trees that are within 5 feet of their high tension lines.
Davey’s crew cutting an older cypress tree last week. They left 5 minutes later. This can’t be good for the tree.
What is the cost of trimming all those trees over the past 30 years? Or, the cost of all the power outages and repairs required over the same time period? Clearly, it is substantial. And, we will spend that amount again over the next 30 years unless we do something about it.
“What is the cost of trimming all those trees over the past 30 years?”
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