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Concerned about the state of Long Island's T&D



Most of the T&D here dates back to the 50s, and hasnt been upgraded.
And as bad as I thought LILCO was, LIPA is letting the system fall
into shambles. Tree limbs on sagging 3 phase primaries are everywhere.
Poles are tilting. And if thats how they treat primary wires I'd hate
to see how they do with secondaries!
I have taken some photos linked below

Leaning 
pole:http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/p2f58c764170e8eb6a432437d1036ca9d/fb0d802d.jpg

3 phase in a tree
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p20563640f2010eb5090ac5a5c19c99e2/fa6e41f1.jpg

Tree branch sagging on part of a 3 phase
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p283436486a70d7091e134d28c05acb10/fa6e41ff.jpg

More unrepaired damage to a 3 phase line
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid89/p08382d92e0f4ff7a69f9ffc593c128bb/fa83f698.jpg

The last one is kind of fuzzy so I'll just say the wires to the right
of the crossarm are both off their insulators and sagging. LIPA has
been contacted several times but has not fixed the problem.
None of the above problems have been fixed yet. No wonder today there
was a closure on 25A in Great Neck because a pole was just about to
fall on the road.



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