Comments on: Ice, Trees and Power, Part I http://www.kimmerer.com/ice-trees-and-power-part-i/ Tree Biology and Plant Science in a Human-dominated World Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:54:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: KatyDidsCards http://www.kimmerer.com/ice-trees-and-power-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-42 KatyDidsCards Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:44:35 +0000 http://www.kimmerer.com/ice-trees-and-power-part-i/#comment-42 Great stuff! We moved to KY six years ago from northern MN, and are still surprised at the differences in the way the states handle storms like this. Obviously, in the north you get many more, but hardly a year has gone by without one big ice storm here in KY, and I am not sure why better preparations aren't made. However, I will congratulate Bluegrass Electric for their foresight. Several years ago after a big ice storm they came through and were very proactive about trimming the trees around the power lines. I think it made a big difference since then, as we have yet to lose our power (knock wood!) for more than a day or so. During the last big storm (the one you blog about above) we only lost power for about an hour, presumably while they took the grid down to replace a junction box or something. You can see some of our images from the storm here: http://www.pathfindersfarm.com/Icestorm09.html Laura Great stuff! We moved to KY six years ago from northern MN, and are still surprised at the differences in the way the states handle storms like this. Obviously, in the north you get many more, but hardly a year has gone by without one big ice storm here in KY, and I am not sure why better preparations aren’t made.

However, I will congratulate Bluegrass Electric for their foresight. Several years ago after a big ice storm they came through and were very proactive about trimming the trees around the power lines. I think it made a big difference since then, as we have yet to lose our power (knock wood!) for more than a day or so. During the last big storm (the one you blog about above) we only lost power for about an hour, presumably while they took the grid down to replace a junction box or something.

You can see some of our images from the storm here:
http://www.pathfindersfarm.com/Icestorm09.html

Laura

]]> By: Kathy Ostman-Magnusen http://www.kimmerer.com/ice-trees-and-power-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Kathy Ostman-Magnusen Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:45:16 +0000 http://www.kimmerer.com/ice-trees-and-power-part-i/#comment-41 Very interesting! Happy day, Kathy Very interesting! Happy day, Kathy

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