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kqcrna said:Well, imagine how your neighbors would be affected if your giant tree brought down the power lines. When my neighbors lost power due to my weeping willow being struck by lightning, my neighbors were not happy without electricity. I understood. We were young when we bought this house and planted that tree. I know better now.

Crews are trimming trees in our neighborhood now. I'm glad. I don't like being without electricity.

Karen

Sorry but I don't think there is anything wrong with planting a tree even if it may bring down a powerline in the future. I would rather enjoy the 50 years that the tree doesn't bring down the power line, I had my power out for a week due to a snow storm just before Halloween bringing down large numbers of trees and limbs a few winters back and I still choose trees! They had tree crews out for months after trying to prevent the problem from happening again in the future.
I say the tree would never have been a problem if they buried powerlines! Put the money towards that instead of tree crews.