[RFI] Crepe Myrtle growing into power pole RFI Why?

[Jim Brown]

On 5/26/2021 9:59 AM, Mike Martin wrote:
> The urgency for clearing trees is because they become energized when they're wet and the step potential around the tree is increased.

There is another urgency here in the west, where excessive new growth of 
large and small trees, brush, and grass fuels the wildfires that kill 
peoplel and destroy hundreds of homes. Four local hams, including CQ 
Hall of Fame Contester K6XX, lost everything in July fires that started 
with a massive (and rare, for this area) lightning storm. That fire 
stopped just across the road from us. We've spent more than $10K 
clearing all of that our 8 acres of forest, leaving the old growth 
redwoods untouched.

73, Jim K9YC