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| [Serious] Howsabout cutting down trees near powerlines+houses? This idea will probably get the tree-huggers up in arms, but Sandy demonstrated that having tall trees near powerlines and houses is a bad idea. Wind blows, takes tree down, tree takes down powerline, or crashes into house. We really need to look at all trees, and apply a simple test.. if it falls down, will it take out a powerline or crash into a house. If the answer is yes, get rid of it now. How many more people need to be killed by falling trees, how many more unnecessary power outages do we have to suffer? |
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| Re: [Serious] Howsabout cutting down trees near powerlines+house When was the last hurricane in Thornhill? |
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bt
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That seems..... excessive.
They already do trim around power lines to mitigate the risk, and that's enough for me. The number of trees that would have to go to completely remove the risk is far too high in my opinion.
Edit: I don't think there'd be a single mature tree in my neighbourhood if that was done. That would be horribly depressing. |
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 donoreoPremium
join:2002-05-30
North York, ON | said by bt:That seems..... excessive.
They already do trim around power lines to mitigate the risk, and that's enough for me. The number of trees that would have to go to completely remove the risk is far too high in my opinion.
Mine too. It is worth the risk. |
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 elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
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HarperLand
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| reply to urbanriot
said by urbanriot:When was the last hurricane in Thornhill?
These are just from around Toronto |
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| said by elwoodblues:said by urbanriot:When was the last hurricane in Thornhill?
These are just from around Toronto How many people died in that Toronto hurricane? |
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said by elwoodblues:said by urbanriot:When was the last hurricane in Thornhill?
These are just from around Toronto Tress fall over all the time. Dead limbs fall all the time.
Shit happens.
More shit happens in a wind storm.
Two lines -one drawn through Vaughn-St. Thomas/Windsor and from Goderich to Barrie more or less defines Ontario's "tornado alley".
Mebbe we should pre-emptively bulldoze the all houses in tornado alley and rebuild with all services and homes underground. Oh but wait ...... what if there's a flood....all those underground homes will be swimming pools and people will drown... Ok...then we force everyone to have a boat too....but then they'll fall out of the boat.....so we have to teach everyone how to swim......... |
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| Can't have basements in case of an earthquake. You don't want everything fall on you and then getting stuck with out way out and suffocating without air.
Also, houses can't be build with anything that's flammable or it'll burn down.
All houses should be exactly 1 story high, no basements, and built from non-flammable materials only (100% asbestos would be great! And Ontario can get it pretty cheap too, I bet.) . And there can be no trees, lamp posts or sign posts near by. |
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| said by ekster:Can't have basements in case of an earthquake. You don't want everything fall on you and then getting stuck with out way out and suffocating without air.
Also, houses can't be build with anything that's flammable or it'll burn down.
All houses should be exactly 1 story high, no basements, and built from non-flammable materials only (100% asbestos would be great! And Ontario can get it pretty cheap too, I bet.) . And there can be no trees, lamp posts or sign posts near by.
Actually, structures built with base isolation (lots of techniques for this) will do fine in an earthquake. |
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elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand | reply to urbanriot
One that I can think off. And that is the results of Sandy's winds |
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donoreoPremium
join:2002-05-30
North York, ON | said by elwoodblues:One that I can think off. And that is the results of Sandy's winds
Yes, woman hit by a Staples sign. |
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elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
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| said by donoreo:said by elwoodblues:One that I can think off. And that is the results of Sandy's winds
Yes, woman hit by a Staples sign. Used to be my old working 'hood too just up the road.
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No, I didn't. Honest... I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake....... |
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said by donoreo:Yes, woman hit by a Staples sign.
So I guess that would mean we should remove all tall signs too eh? |
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North York, ON | said by agtle :said by donoreo:Yes, woman hit by a Staples sign.
So I guess that would mean we should remove all tall signs too eh? That I would be ok with  |
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said by donoreo:said by elwoodblues:One that I can think off. And that is the results of Sandy's winds
Yes, woman hit by a Staples sign. All right then, we need to eliminate trees and signs from Toronto in the event of hurricanes. |
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Gami00
join:2010-03-11
Mississauga, ON | wouldn't it be better if we just remove "Toronto" in the event of a hurricane.
that way, everyone is safe. |
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| reply to Walter Dnes
There is a plan in the works but it means everyone will have to buy large amounts of bleach:
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwxl_-DHqKo |
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 digitalfuturSees More Than ShownPremium
join:2000-07-15
BurlingtonON
kudos:2 | reply to Walter Dnes
Cost benefit? How many trees vs how much to cut down vs how much money lost to an infrequent power failure caused by a falling tree.
Priorities. |
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| reply to Walter Dnes
We keep a lot of tree's away from power lines already, but here's the thing... the tree near the power line to YOUR house is... your responsibility as soon as it hits your property.
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