We had no significant outage of electricity in Battle Road Farm. Of course,
our electric lines are underground.

On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 8:07 AM V Saleme <[email protected]> wrote:

> My daughter and I enjoy the three or four times a year we have to be in a
> hotel for multiple nights.
>
> Would be nice however to create a fund - preferably from those who wish to
> save the trees, to offset the nightly hotel expenses.
>
> I’m happy to set that fund in motion. Thanks in advance
>
> Vic
> Lincoln MA, ‘home of the potholed speed hump’
>
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 6:57 AM Christopher Eliot <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Almost all power outages are caused by falling trees.  The best way to
>> prevent these is to cut all the trees that are near power lines.  However,
>> people in Lincoln want to protect our trees, so it becomes a balance
>> between protecting trees and protecting power lines. The power companies
>> know how to inspect the lines and can identify nearby trees that may cause
>> a problem.
>>
>> Then it is basically one or the other: save the trees or save the power.
>>
>> I expect the company listens to local opinion and chooses a level of
>> trimming based on that. It should really be a town decision how to balance
>> tree trimming vs risk of power loss. If the BOS sent a letter to Eversource
>> asking for more or less trimming, it would probably have an effect.
>>
>> I have a couple of small UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) units. These
>> are basically small battery backup units that look like a giant plug strip.
>> I use them on my internet service and computers to provide a half hour of
>> backup power.  This means nothing has to be shut down or reset during one
>> of the common 10 second outages. A UPS can also be used to recharge phones,
>> but I’ve got a large battery in the garage that can be used to recharge
>> phones.
>>
>> Someone should create a device to convert power from lawn-mower batteries
>> into something useful in emergencies. I keep a couple of those around.
>>
>> > We don't know those towns have no outages. I assumed Eversource was
>> > reporting only on towns they served and had no information about towns
>> they
>> > don't serve.
>> > Leslie Turek
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