LOL...you've obviously never lived in Washington state. The Washingtonians LOVE their trees. Power outages from tree limbs on lines were ubiquitous in winter weather. Fortunately, the guy who built our house equipped it with a propane fireplace, which kept the whole house toasty. With LED, propane and kerosene lanterns and a couple of butane one-burner stoves, we survived nicely.
After many, many, many complaints, the local REA utility is now "undergrounding" the transmission lines.
All new builds are underground.
At least from the street to your house.