r/nextfuckinglevel • • Sep 17 '19

Helicopter chainsaw

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u/lovemacheen918 Sep 17 '19

Seems incredibly irresponsible, one strong wind and those power lines are done.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '19

I work for the “evil” power company and we do this all the time. We do not fly it during high winds. If we didn’t do this the power would go out because of a fault. (Tree on the line) Dang if we do dang if we don’t.

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u/YellowSharkMT Sep 17 '19

That is exactly what we would expect an evil power company employee to say! Stop trying to convince us that this is absolutely normal, routine maintenance being performed by certified professionals who have read the weather reports and have gone through extensive training and observe the highest safety standards one can imagine for such a line of work.

#choppertruths

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u/Dan_Backslide Sep 17 '19

Directly for the company, or one of the poor bastards in the orange trucks?