Shave and a Haircut... two bits???

Poor trees!

photo: google

Okay, I know that our area has had several very bad ice storms in the past few years. 

 photo: US Dept of Health & Human Services

Hundred$ of thousand$ if not a few million dollar$ 

has been spent to restore power 

when trees have damaged power lines.
  But really, is this necessary?  

What I'd really like to know is, 

why can't we join the 21st Century 

and go underground?  

You know we're going to have another storm eventually!!!

You can see where the homeowner 

begged the tree trimmers to save the tree:

 

Hey there... you're next:

Sorry I didn't get my car out of the shot, I stopped though!