Thank God our electrical lines are underground. However most of us get our trees trimmed every year or two because hurricanes can be nasty to them. I had one tree fall during Irma. Thank goodness it didn’t hit the house.
Here in Atlanta...rarely trim trees....wait til nature takes it down on the power lines or cars. Atlanta seems to worship risky trees.
LIVING RURAL HAS MORE PERKS THAN I REALIZED...
HAVE DONE SO FOR ALMOST 33 YEARS
My city sends in crews to hack back the trees - and I mean hack - the tree on my median is completely deformed from being hacked back by city workers over the years. I had an arborist friend look at it and he said it was beyond hope after being improperly cut back over so many years.
City workers also butchered trees along the median on my street - most of them ended up dead and this year the city came and removed many of the dead or 1/2 dead trees - with no replacements. I live in a very hot city that needs trees for shade.