Ripped Siding Power Line

You could be responsible much of the power pole and wire damage across the state since the weekend storm doesn t stop at the street.

Ripped siding power line.

Elder said winds blew over trees flipped cars downed power lines ripped up road signs and tore roofs off buildings some of which caught fire. Insert the hook of a vinyl siding removal tool into the buttlock of a panel you want to snap back in place. The power company owns the overhead conductors and the clamps that connect them. If this happens it s considered an immediate safety hazard.

The one exception is if a tree branch falls on to one of the overhead power lines. Power line contacts involving concrete pumps seem to occur during the take down phase. It took out the main power. Exposed conductors shock hazards.

The chances of making contact with the 220v 100a power line are good enough that i ve got to assume it will happen either through direct contact which is pretty unlikely or more likely indirect contact via a piece of tin siding wood trim or a paintbrush or some such thing. Trees and power lines are down throughout the entire city cedar rapids on monday night issued a 10 p m. Lines pulled from house. In many cases wires are ripped right.

A good sized hole four feet long by one foot wide in the side of our house where the original wood walls foam insulation sheets and vinyl siding were ripped off. Xcel energy will take care of this issue at no charge to the owner. Curfew that will continue until further notice as crews work to clean up fallen debris. A shutter was torn off the side of our house and the line to the meter was also nearly torn off.

Storms in the tri state area took down trees and ripped siding from some houses as seen on megan barber s home thursday april 9 2020 in hurricane w va. Including siding and roofs damaged he said.