Well we just had our first "Hurricane" induced problem - LOL...
Neighbor came over and told me a tree was sparking. Sure enough a dead pine (on county property) was just touching the wire. It was sizzling periodically as the 16mph winds rocked it to and fro.
I called Florida Power & Light - The first time I called I selected "tree trimming" from the phone menu and they said, "No tree trimming requests until the hurricane is over" - I dialed back and selected wire down. I spoke to a human who said they would send a lineman. I told her to make a note that we need a tree cutter and she did. A couple hours later a lineman showed up - no tree cutter.
He was a real piece of work and not concerned about the sparks or the small fire that kept popping up. At one point he said, "That's not a problem for us and it'll keep." - WTF??? I told him it was a problem for me and that I was gonna call the fire department next.
He said, "They are just gonna call us and fire departments can't make FPL do anything." He did say he would report the condition "up the chain" and they would probably send a tree crew at some point.
So taking matters into our own hands I have my kid go up the tree. We cinched a rope around the limb and used a come along to pull the tree away from the wire. The stupid thing was the lineman (with a bucket truck) watched us setting up the ladder and all and didn't even offer to help with his bucket - a$$holes.
We had just finished around 5:15pm when a tree truck showed up. Asplundh then made about 1 1/2 hours work out of that big limb and another limb in another spot that had broken but not fallen.
They've left all the debris on my property for my to section up and dispose of. Would be nice if they took it away.
Tree spark video