"Danny D." wrote in message
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dpb wrote, on Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:06:58 -0500:

You also need to consider how much side load this is putting on those
trees and how large they are at that point to handle the lateral load
plus how well their root systems are capable of that additional
continuous load, particularly when the ground gets saturated when it
finally does rain again...

This is a good point, in that sometimes it pours out here, and this is a
steep slope, so the runoff could be great.

We just had a half inch of rain over the weekend, and this is a shot of
the cables and the people on the decking (the dog won't go on the deck):

Animals have a sort of 'sixth sense' about this sort of thing. Perhaps this
should tell you something ... d:-}

Arfa