May 5, 2019 3:28 AM
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jansenart
@OP Well, apparently they didn't.
ProxyPlayerHD
this is why overground powerlines in cities don't exist anymore... atleast here in germany. it's just not worth it and unsafe
WuntchtimeIsOver
It would appear that they don’t trim the trees around power lines in your area OP
Bonchoman
This is how those trees are trimmed tho
WarBearGrrrrrrr
This is what happens when you don’t pay your universal phone bill, Asgardian connection is intermediate.
StealTow
well that's one way to trim the trees
SithShit
Why trim when fire do trimming for you? *thinking*
DancinNinja
Those home owners better leaf soon!
notaturdherder
Must new a California thing
PinPointSnarkuracy
I think you accidentally a word there.
PotatoFaminePart2
not just in your area
Pescadeus
I also support squirrel capital punishment...
NuArcher
And the camera just happened to be perfectly positioned to capture this?
OdinYggd
Usually when it happens once it happens multiple times before the arcing burns off the offending tree branch. Camera setup is easy.
ellert0
Notice the smoke at the start. Likely some smell and sound that came from it beforehand.
Simusar
No, clearly this was started by a lit cigarette
ZeroDucksToGive
Looks like the power lines are taking care of things
MadMike75
In your title you should change “why” to “how”. Just sayin’
sausagepunsarethewurst
v
nolittleplans
Yeah someone should lose their job for this
[deleted]
You believe my statement reasoning was because of a comment section or rather the possibility of a fire that can spread to homes.......?
greetingspeasants
where is the sound
C0mtraya
assymcgee7
I’m honestly surprised this hasn’t happened where I work. It’s a lodge in the woods with tons of power lines and unkept trees
openbobspls
All that HOA you pay monthly and you got a tree BBQ and a hot tub pothole.
Kahneolus
EDM music intensifies
LavChaos
Oontz oontz oontz.
amnjml
I was an intern at our city power dept one summer, and get sent on rounds looking for anything remotely like this. I was amazed that one...
couple got upset after we explained what we were doing. These idiots insisted that the tree was their property and we had no right to ...
send a crew to cut it back from the lines. With the size of their yard, it almost certainly would hav burned their house.
tyrfin
Yep, happened right down the street from me. I called it in and the FD thought I was kidding because I wasn't freaking out enough.
Not THIS incident, but powerlines set a tree on fire down the street.
isetprettygirlsonfire
Just PG&E things.
FubarJunkie
We have a lot of that shit in WA as well
Gilgamech
Just Michael Bay things.
BeeCups
Moses, you have a message on line one
...ah shit... uh sorry guys, I gotta take this...
ilikeyourfaceandstuff
The negligence of this... damn.
zombiebatman
Someone probably moved the powerline there as a prank
barnwolf
Power company might just be too poor to fix it, and prevented by law from raising their prices.
kingkongkeom
eagleandy93
I've stopped reporting trees over power lines after the first year and no action
MrCheezypoofs
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BadMako
Exactly what it is, too
universalcode
A branch is laying across two power lines, causing them to arc and set fire to the tree.
Isorikk
The fact that someone was ready with a camera to film it makes me think it was a little expected.
missingdodo
totally. it's not like most people walk around with cameras in their pockets these days.
Daaaaaaaaale
I haven't heard someone say that for years
teakdecks
You can see right at the start it's smoking slightly, probably what prompted someone to film it.
PG&E christens another summer.
RamenAndSuperglue
Lol the season to light up the trees
HD2composer
WeAreStevo
Most underrated comment
flavivsaetivs
Tell your damn utility to keep Diablo Canyon open. Also get your damn DOJ to investigate the illegal closure of San Onofre.
(No offense to you personally).
I would but Seattle City Light doesn't have jurisdiction there.
Fair enough lol.
awesomesaur
Top lines are pumping 27,000 volts, you walk near that tree and it could arc from one leg to another. You'd be dead before you hit the groun
Not necessarily... banks will go after next of kin
GondwanaCraton
Here, have a 'd'.
alsoAzrael
Damn, man, this is 2019! You can't just walk around giving people the D without asking! At least buy him a drink first!
I hit the character limit on that one. Couldn't fit the 'd' ?
Anarchduke
It was too big, huh?
*long
Vanamonde
Moses should be chatting this up.
dunkyclone
Bible joke as top comment? I love seeing that.
lietotheelderly
"Hey god how you doing" "New tree. Who dis?"
TTRR86
Best comment I've read in months.
Iaimtomisbehave
Ahem..
PicassoCT
Its actually a miss translation- burning bush - is a synonym for a STD. God outlawed it on the third (pl/d)ate.
IAmNotNSAsodonotbeparanoid
Please, no more new laws. We already have ten that we don't follow!
IllBeDamnedifIGotoHell
“Guys, God just spoke to me from burning bush!” “Sure he did. Listen, Moses, we think maybe YOU’VE been burning some bush.” -Jim Gaffigan
metalfoto
drownthesun
*stomping around the desert* "Oh sure, I get a bush while that guy in Hoboken gets a damn tree!"
CongratsYouAreHereNow
dmt
GeorgePotompkin
Joe "Moses was on DMT" Rogan
nonfungiblybroken
All bushes are trees but not all trees are bushes. Treeometry 101.
DragothMP5
Sounds like you’d be right at home in /r/marijuanaenthusiasts
NooneAtAllIguess
grass -> bush -> tree. Bushes are not trees
What do all bushes and trees have? Branches, trunks, leaf structures, bark. What doesn’t grass have? Don’t beat around my bush tree.
Zreen
Sounds like someone needs... a shrubbery
NI!
jansenart
@OP Well, apparently they didn't.
ProxyPlayerHD
this is why overground powerlines in cities don't exist anymore... atleast here in germany. it's just not worth it and unsafe
WuntchtimeIsOver
It would appear that they don’t trim the trees around power lines in your area OP
Bonchoman
This is how those trees are trimmed tho
WarBearGrrrrrrr
This is what happens when you don’t pay your universal phone bill, Asgardian connection is intermediate.
StealTow
well that's one way to trim the trees
SithShit
Why trim when fire do trimming for you? *thinking*
DancinNinja
Those home owners better leaf soon!
notaturdherder
Must new a California thing
PinPointSnarkuracy
I think you accidentally a word there.
PotatoFaminePart2
not just in your area
Pescadeus
I also support squirrel capital punishment...
NuArcher
And the camera just happened to be perfectly positioned to capture this?
OdinYggd
Usually when it happens once it happens multiple times before the arcing burns off the offending tree branch. Camera setup is easy.
ellert0
Notice the smoke at the start. Likely some smell and sound that came from it beforehand.
Simusar
No, clearly this was started by a lit cigarette
ZeroDucksToGive
Looks like the power lines are taking care of things
MadMike75
In your title you should change “why” to “how”. Just sayin’
sausagepunsarethewurst
ZeroDucksToGive
nolittleplans
Yeah someone should lose their job for this
[deleted]
[deleted]
nolittleplans
You believe my statement reasoning was because of a comment section or rather the possibility of a fire that can spread to homes.......?
greetingspeasants
C0mtraya
assymcgee7
I’m honestly surprised this hasn’t happened where I work. It’s a lodge in the woods with tons of power lines and unkept trees
openbobspls
All that HOA you pay monthly and you got a tree BBQ and a hot tub pothole.
Kahneolus
EDM music intensifies
LavChaos
Oontz oontz oontz.
amnjml
I was an intern at our city power dept one summer, and get sent on rounds looking for anything remotely like this. I was amazed that one...
amnjml
couple got upset after we explained what we were doing. These idiots insisted that the tree was their property and we had no right to ...
amnjml
send a crew to cut it back from the lines. With the size of their yard, it almost certainly would hav burned their house.
tyrfin
Yep, happened right down the street from me. I called it in and the FD thought I was kidding because I wasn't freaking out enough.
tyrfin
Not THIS incident, but powerlines set a tree on fire down the street.
isetprettygirlsonfire
Just PG&E things.
FubarJunkie
We have a lot of that shit in WA as well
Gilgamech
Just Michael Bay things.
BeeCups
Moses, you have a message on line one
PinPointSnarkuracy
...ah shit... uh sorry guys, I gotta take this...
ilikeyourfaceandstuff
The negligence of this... damn.
zombiebatman
Someone probably moved the powerline there as a prank
barnwolf
Power company might just be too poor to fix it, and prevented by law from raising their prices.
kingkongkeom
eagleandy93
I've stopped reporting trees over power lines after the first year and no action
MrCheezypoofs
BadMako
Exactly what it is, too
universalcode
A branch is laying across two power lines, causing them to arc and set fire to the tree.
Isorikk
The fact that someone was ready with a camera to film it makes me think it was a little expected.
missingdodo
totally. it's not like most people walk around with cameras in their pockets these days.
Daaaaaaaaale
I haven't heard someone say that for years
teakdecks
You can see right at the start it's smoking slightly, probably what prompted someone to film it.
Gilgamech
PG&E christens another summer.
RamenAndSuperglue
Lol the season to light up the trees
HD2composer
WeAreStevo
Most underrated comment
flavivsaetivs
Tell your damn utility to keep Diablo Canyon open. Also get your damn DOJ to investigate the illegal closure of San Onofre.
flavivsaetivs
(No offense to you personally).
Gilgamech
I would but Seattle City Light doesn't have jurisdiction there.
flavivsaetivs
Fair enough lol.
awesomesaur
Top lines are pumping 27,000 volts, you walk near that tree and it could arc from one leg to another. You'd be dead before you hit the groun
[deleted]
[deleted]
PinPointSnarkuracy
Not necessarily... banks will go after next of kin
GondwanaCraton
Here, have a 'd'.
alsoAzrael
Damn, man, this is 2019! You can't just walk around giving people the D without asking! At least buy him a drink first!
awesomesaur
I hit the character limit on that one. Couldn't fit the 'd' ?
Anarchduke
It was too big, huh?
PinPointSnarkuracy
*long
Vanamonde
Moses should be chatting this up.
dunkyclone
Bible joke as top comment? I love seeing that.
lietotheelderly
"Hey god how you doing" "New tree. Who dis?"
TTRR86
Best comment I've read in months.
Iaimtomisbehave
dunkyclone
Ahem..
PicassoCT
Its actually a miss translation- burning bush - is a synonym for a STD. God outlawed it on the third (pl/d)ate.
IAmNotNSAsodonotbeparanoid
Please, no more new laws. We already have ten that we don't follow!
IllBeDamnedifIGotoHell
“Guys, God just spoke to me from burning bush!” “Sure he did. Listen, Moses, we think maybe YOU’VE been burning some bush.” -Jim Gaffigan
metalfoto
drownthesun
*stomping around the desert* "Oh sure, I get a bush while that guy in Hoboken gets a damn tree!"
CongratsYouAreHereNow
dmt
GeorgePotompkin
Joe "Moses was on DMT" Rogan
nonfungiblybroken
All bushes are trees but not all trees are bushes. Treeometry 101.
DragothMP5
Sounds like you’d be right at home in /r/marijuanaenthusiasts
NooneAtAllIguess
grass -> bush -> tree. Bushes are not trees
nonfungiblybroken
What do all bushes and trees have? Branches, trunks, leaf structures, bark. What doesn’t grass have? Don’t beat around my bush tree.
Zreen
Sounds like someone needs... a shrubbery
nonfungiblybroken
NI!