TruemorsIt's very apparent the crews repairing the electric lines in New Orleans after Gustav blew through have no landscape architecture training. One area in the Seabrook neighborhood in Gentilly, along Franklin Avenue have gigantic gouges taken out of 50+ year old live oak trees to allow electric lines to be unencumbered. Is the US the only country that doesn't bury its utilities, such as power lines?
beautiful live oaks butchered by power crews, post-Gustav
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at 18:32 on September 26th, 2008
There are millions of miles of Power lines in North America, and all over the world. That "Beautiful " oak tree proves only that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Look at the thing. It is probably scaping moving vans, buses, fire trucks etc.The thing should have been cut to the ground. During a major power outage, the most important thing is to get power restored. Clean up the mess later. Those guys worked their tails off to get everything back to normal, and all you can whine about is my "Ugly Tree".
at 19:31 on September 26th, 2008
Bruce,
Thanks for commenting on my posting. You may be right...cut the damn thing down rather than leave an eyesore. I believe the solution is underground placement of the lines. The technology for doing that is well-developed and if you factor the number of times the lines will need replacement from year to year hurricanes, the higher cost (which I think is debatable) would be a bargain.