On 7/1/2012 9:59 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> Watching the news made me wonder what kind of morons allow those
> atiquated huge trees right along side their homes. If you were lucky
> enough to escape disaster this time have those trees removed
> immediately, you may not be so lucky next time. Those types of trees
> should never have been planted near a house anyway, there are plenty
> of trees to choose that grow to more appropriate sizes. And of course
> the highway and utility crews are remiss in not doing their jobs
> either, they should be removing all trees that if they fall can take
> down utility wires and/or fall across a roadway. There is no reason
> to plant street trees that will grow fifty feet tall and as wide.
> Those sycamore trees that were planted along your town's streets a
> hundred years ago were cute then, but now they are eighty feet tall,
> weigh over ten tons, and are all rotten inside. Gorgeous but I'd not
> want to live on this street:
> http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/65316/

Most of the trees here aren't on my property so I can't do anything
about it. Besides, in this area, if there were no trees close to homes,
there would be no trees.

Agree about the power companies not doing their job right. One of the
counties worst power companies in terms of reliable service is right
here. PEPCO. They've made a point to say how much they've improved
this year with tree cutting but I'm sure their going to get all the bad
press again after this.

As for not being lucky, it's already happened in my neighborhood where
all of the unstable trees were taken out. TS Isobel in 2004 took care
of that for us.