hillybilly 18-06-2021 - "Btw for those who missed it damage numbers coming in from last week. Crazy damage. I can’t recall there ever being a Vic wind storm in the modern area like this. The number of houses lost is nearly three times the 1997 Dandenong bushfires, for example
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Re DECLARED POWER EMERGENCY - Suppliers operate almost entirely on a REACTIVE policy re the trees that are taking most lines out of commission, ie after the lights go out they wander off and clear it, then the linesman puts it all together and away we go again until the next wind event - South being the most damaging IME
If the "old" day commonsense policy of PROACTIVE line protection was ever implemented and no trees were close enough to fall over lines then major wind events would cause nowhere near the damage that happens now.
My theory, with Greenie pressure to save the ants (or whatever) and less cost to be REACTIVE then they go with that course, which gives higher profit in short term.
Bugger the consumer, our bottom line is looking great
This sounds like a rant, apologies - but PROACTIVELY clearing lines of potential problem trees after decades of neglect (will cost bulk $$) is a simple answer from where I sit.
IT AINT ROCKET SCIENCE