They all are not maintaining their lines and infrastructure to Save Money and make Bigger Profits.

Especially neglected are rural areas and that's where the wildfires start.

Here we have above ground power and phone lines because of the sharp shale rock covering most of the land. But with the usual heavy rains, everything grows overnight. I had a tree on the edge of a steep slope overhanging a very large power line, phone lines and the road. It was a huge thorny honey locusts that had died about 3 years ago in a drought. It was ready to fall.

I called a tree removal company. They wouldn't touch it because it was too close to the powerlines. I called the electric company and they looked at it and said it was fine. I called the phone company they said it was the electric companies responsibility. I called road maintenance and they said they only cut brush and weeds.

So, I called the electric company again and said I was filing a complaint. They came out in 3 days. Then they said they would only take the top off and I had to sign some form saying I did not expect them to take the entire tree down. And they left the top in huge pieces on the slope ready for the first rain to come and wash it onto the road. So I called the tree removal guys again and now that power lines were not involved, they charged me to cut the rest of it and haul it away.

It took 6 months to get one dangerous tree removed. And while the electric company was here they noticed another dead honey locusts, on my neighbor's property, that was ready to fall on their power lines. It's still there.

There was a tornado that touched down about 60 miles from here. The winds here took off some siding and our power went out. It's just a matter of time before that tree takes out their electric lines.