On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:40:45 -0600, Nightcrawler® wrote:

I have a simple question that might clear some things up. The
two hot wires, are they wrapped around a bare cable that is
secured at the house and the power pole?

I do not know the answer to that question, but, I do know that
all the hot wires on the distribution power poles are supposedly bare.