Rob
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join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
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Re: [General] Some Wilma Shots
said by mikes60  :said by Rob :said by mikes60 :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. 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. Well not a woman. But a man... » www.sun-sentinel.com/news/column···news-colIf it's true, then my comment stands. 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 Whether I said "if it's true" or not, means nothing.
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LightSpan
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join:2004-02-18
Lexington, KY
| I have seen it first hand,all the poles i used to have to climb(one of the few who did:D).Shell rot was terrible on most of the poles.Most of the pole's look okay but are rotten below the ground,as in the pics Splitpair showed.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.Remember those days in the ranches Wanye:D. |
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RJ44
join:2001-10-19
Nashville, TN
| 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. ::shaking my head:: Bad move, very bad. I always took the safety motto very literally, ain't nothing getting me up a rotten pole on hooks, sorry. There's always some other way to get the job done that doesn't involve you ending up in the ER. |
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TipRing2
join:2001-10-22
New Orleans, LA
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Car on roof | 
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I remember back in my "rookie" days I was replacing a drop from a pole in someone's back yard. I was on my hooks and ready to cut the old drop. I thought the pole was leaning toward the house. It turns out the the drop was pulling the pole towards the house. When I cut it I went on the wildest ride of my life. It went from a 7 to 10 degree lean towards the house to a 7 - 10 degree lean away from the house. The only reason it didn't go all the way down was the power drop. |
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bogey780
join:2004-03-19
Here | Everyone's done some variant of that. Usually involving a mid-span clamp though.
I couldn't stomach working in St. Bernard after Katrina. The smell was just too awful in some places. The dust and such burned up my sinuses. |
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