newbroom on "Death of a tree..."

A power line followed the drainage ditch along the boundary between my place and a grapefruit grove and along that ditch grew a thick line of Australian Pines. After a freeze one year, many parts of the pine tree system died.
Every time we had a good blow thereafter, it would result in one of these trees knocking out the line.
One day they came and cut all the pines along that ditch to a height below the line and let the tops fall into my yard.
It looked like I had been bombed. Eventually I burned it all. I made huge bonfires with thick 4' logs I'd cut them down to, and we had bonfires for weeks.
I'm surprised that no one came to object.