On Aug 30, 2011, at 14:31 , Charles Robinson wrote: > On Aug 30, 2011, at 16:14, John Sessoms wrote: >> >> Put the utilities underground where they belong and you don't got to worry >> about trees falling over on them. >> > > Much more difficult to repair when lightning strikes 'em though (yes, still > happens when they're underground). Tons more expensive to put 'em there, too!
One of my constant bitches for many years has been the refusal to put utilities underground by the most of the power companies in the last 50 years. They are doing it, but usually only in new developments where there is nothing in the way, like newly cleared ground. The only time I've ever had that luxury was in Fredericksburg Virginia, buth in my original townhouse purchase, and later in the house we had built in an area that was forest, then the roads and utilities were put in, finally the houses. I champion bringing all utilities underground over the next 50 years, if for no other reason than the aesthetic. And kids will stop wrapping their cars around them. Sky divers won't get hung up in them. Nor Balloons. Our view will be improved greatly, photographically and by appeal, as we no longer will have to look at expensive pairs of sneakers dangling from them. DOWN WITH THE WIRES, AMERICA!!! (and everywhere else) (think what a bounty of jobs that would become available if the go'mint formed a DWW whose goal was to transition overheads to buried, ojne street at a time. Tell your representatives, local, state, and federal about this plan. Improve the economy with me! Joseph McAllister [email protected] THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and The eyesight to tell the difference. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
