Tony Hwang wrote:
HeyBub wrote:
My home backs up against a 200'-wide high-voltage power line
easement. After Ike, looking across this field, I can see maybe
thirty fences knocked down by the high winds. Every one of these
downed fences was erected using wooden posts.

On my side of the field - for reasons passing understanding - every
one of the fences remained intact and every one of the fences was
erected using metal poles.

In the interests of full disclosure, we did have one break on our
fence; the wind, using the pickets as a sail, fractured one
cross-member, but the poles on either side of the fracture remained
upright. Maybe the construction technique using the wooden posts was
flawed,
I can't say for sure. But the metal post method survived the storm
and the wooden posts didn't.


Hi,
Identical picket material between two fences? If not, your conclusion
is flawed. Near the HV power lines? Not a good location to live.

Virtually identical material (cedar of PT pickets). As to location, it has
it's advantages.

1. No neighbor behind me to throw garbage over the fence.
2. Conversely, I can throw garbage over the fence and no one complains.
3. My cats can prowl to their hearts content - very little hazards like
cars.
4. It's kinda cute to watch glowing bunnies, at night, hopping around,
taking care of their bunny-business (odd, though, my cats don't glow as much
as the rabbits).