said by Rob :

FPL's failure to properly maintain their wood poles have caused many residents to be without power. I hope they get slammed with some hefty fees.

said by mikes60 :

And I'm sure you have all the proper documentation of their failure.

Besides what one woman "claimed" in a Sun-Sentinal article I aw today.

The picture of a concrete pole broken in half shows how powerful the winds actually were.

said by Rob :

Well not a woman. But a man...

»www.sun-sentinel.com/news/column···news-col

If it's true, then my comment stands.

said by mikes60 :

In your original comment, you failed to say, "if it's true"

I have one personal rule- never assume newspaper columnists and politicians are telling the story accurately. One has to sell papers, the other has to get re-elected.

Not exactly the best reason for unbiased comments.

By the way, here's the one from a woman:»www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/···eadlines

said by LightSpan :

Before i used to climb i would take my long straight blade screw and jab the pole below ground level,and if it went all the way down to the handle thats bad,but i use to climb it anyway cause you couldnt get a ladder to it,or a bucket truck.

said by mikes60 :

By the way, here's the one from a woman:»www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/···eadlines

said by mikes60 :

And I'm sure you have all the proper documentation of their failure.

The picture of a concrete pole broken in half shows how powerful the winds actually were.

said by Rob :

FPL's failure to properly maintain their wood poles have caused many residents to be without power. I hope they get slammed with some hefty fees.

said by ackman :

That's the most ridiculous and uninformed statement I've ever read. I experienced Hurricane Andrew back in 1992, and all of our healthy and good condition power poles snapped like toothpicks in my neighborhood's back yards with the winds that hit us in Cutler Ridge, just north of Homestead. Bear in mind that the wires being held up by these poles are extremely heavy, so there's not much chance that they would stand up too long under a 100mph wind onslaught. I have to give props to the boys from Georgia Power, who came down to help with reconstruction. They had our new poles up and electricity turned on just 3 weeks after the storm. It was absolutely amazing and we were grateful for their efforts.

said by Rob :

Andrew: Cat5
Wilma: Cat1-2

Nuff said.

said by ackman :

Um, "Hurricane"... nuff said.

said by Splitpair :

Na I was involved in Andrew and the damage was what one would expect from that intense of a storm. With Wilma the damage was IMHO way beyond what should have happened. In my area many poles failed as does our power in 40 mph winds way before the storm was actually here.

Wayne

said by Rob :

Kinda of OT but, in the areas that BellSouth has their lines above ground, do they use the same poles with FPL?

said by Splitpair :

Yes.

Wayne

said by Rob :

So then if you have to do service work on the line, do you have to call FPL out there just incase something goes wrong?