Originally Posted by hobo2000

Washington DC and metro area is known for its beautiful big old trees. Well, with all of the fallen trees, broken electrical lines during the winter & summer storms, they are going thru the city and literally cutting the entire side of the tree closest to the power lines. It looks horrible, I will take some pictures & post tomorrow. Huge trees cut to the main stem on one side. I truly understand why after spending a week with out electric in 100+ heat but put the power lines underground would be easier and safer. It took them 10.5 hours to destroy one side of one tree laying wire actually goes faster with that machine thing and its a more permanent solution. Oh well!