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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem by giardini on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:45PM (#26189864)
Usually the fallen trees are removed, aren't they? Isn't that an improvement?
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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem by WalterBright on Friday February 19, 2021 @12:32AM (#26190107)
The next year another tree falls. It's a continuous process. Trees grow faster than one thinks - in 25 years it's big enough to threaten the lines.
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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem by m_eiman on Friday February 19, 2021 @03:30AM (#26190874)
Which is why you spend a lot of time maintaining the ”power cable streets”, whatever that is called in American.

See https://www.slu.se/globalassets/ew/org/centrb/cbm/bilder/for...

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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem by Xylakant on Friday February 19, 2021 @06:13AM (#26191844)
using a glorious flying saw attached to a helicopter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MpD-sootTs (classic german kids tv show)

I'd have loved to be in that design meeting: "Look, we could just build a huge saw and attach it to a helo." - "Ok, sounds fine, what could possibly go wrong?

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