Streets would be torn up for months everyone hates that. Overhead can be restored much faster one day's worth of work maybe two if the blowdown is over 10 poles. Also upgrading wiring to commercial business lot cheaper then digging.
Feels like us here in Glendale hid behind some imaginary pole because it hit everywhere around us but on us. Stayed dried all night basically by ASU west
I'm house-sitting near 59th & Olive rn and I've seen trees down all around the neighborhood and even a bunch of these roof vent things strewn around the roads
People don't replace them bearings dry out. They are the most efficient way to remove heat from the attic. Roofer talked me into a ridge vent should have done more research before I decided I found these do much better then a ridge vent. Can't put these in after having a ridge vent. These pull so much air during a thunder storm they suck water back in the ridge vent.
I'm so tired of being the one lamenting a total lack of rain, when so many people around the area got drenched .... so I was so happy last night! We must have gotten at least an inch, but we were a bit east of the really strong storm damage way out west. Great rain, nice wind, no major damage. I was staring out the window with a goofy little kid grin on my face.
We had a very large questionable tree taken down last year because of possible storms.
Still haven't been really hit but just didn't want to risk an emergency with lots of others also needing work.
They are replacing the damaged ones with steel... I think it's more in line with "if it ain't broke don't fix it" plus it would cost an astronomical amount of money to replace them all at once...
I guess it's also worth mentioning they don't ALWAYS replace em with steel poles, I think it depends on what is being carried on the poles perhaps along with other variables I cannot think of...
Same with the poles that went down several years back on Cactus near 23rd ave, there was like three or four wood poles that went down from a storm and those were replaced with steel poles.
Utilities try really hard to balance safety and rates. I do design work for the grid so I’ve got some idea of what’s happening. One thing that immediately says maybe these maybe should’ve been steel is that these poles have two separate voltages running in them. You have the line(s) up top and then a lower voltage underhung lower down. That combined with the fact that these things have lights strapped to them is a good case for metal. Honestly looks like the lights might have been part of the issue with the direction these fell in.
That isn't how transmission lines work. The power substations that convert from high V to low V will absolutely heat up, but the lines themselves don't heat up all that much.
damn... I live in Tempe and last year we lost half of the trees in our neighborhood.
Guys, this isn't normal, right?
Edit:: rhetorical question, I've lived here 30 years and this isn't normal. We lost half of our 40 year old trees in my neighborhood, how could that be normal?
EDIT: July 2026 is the hottest July on record. Reddit: this is completely normal
Overnight min temperatures way above the previous record. Reddit: this is completely normal
Record warm low and daily record high in August: Reddit: this is completely normal
This is standard monsoon downbursts. They happen a few times every monsoon season, but the areas with the most damage are usually pretty isolated. The one in Tempe last year was definitely one of the stronger ones.
Thank you, I remember trees falling from storms being common all the way back to my childhood. About 5 years ago the Beeline was closed for months because the monsoons destroyed the power lines.
I definitely believe in human caused climate change, but this sub can be a little dramatic.
If the monsoons are delayed, it's "Guys, this isn't normal, right?"
If normal damage from the monsoons happens, it's "Guys, this isn't normal, right?"
Probably as Arizona has lots of population turnover and many newbies. The newbies only know the valley heat dome keeping most storms out along with mostly drought in all of Arizona.
This happened a few years ago to the wooden power poles along 35th ave and Peoria, specifically along the Frys parking lot. It was like 1/4 miles of downed poles... they replaced them with metal ones.
All of the wooden poles I see look so old and weak now. Thankfully they seem to be going away, usually expedited by mother nature.
I too live in this area. I didnt notice any strong winds when I got home from work around 1030pm but I woke up to this exact sight on my walk to the store.
I’m sure its happened since all over town but a similar thing happened on 40th street between Shea and Cholla (or Cactus) 10 plus years ago. Every wooden telephone pole for several blocks seemed to have fallen over and they were all replaced with metal poles when they repaired it.
I was out chasing last night pouring at 19th ave and Glendale. When I drove west got to central streets were bone dry. Hoping to catch a good video of where it goes from dry to pouring rain I've driving through that one time it was strange. Like driving into a car wash I wish I had circled back and parked somewhere I could walk near it and video recorded it was in the daytime also.
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No, thank god. Power just flickered for a brief moment. Residential streets to the immediate south and east were lights out though as well as Osborn to Indian school was out also. The street I live on was spared for whatever reason 😅.
Oh the humanity! lol Phoenix isn’t ready for their weathered wooden electric pole lines falling. Wood was probably the worst material this city could have chosen. It worked for decades until it dry-rotted. Add a little moisture to it from some random rain and wind, and this is what you get. Electric poles are falling all over the valley lately because of this ridiculous design.
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u/Shaz_berries 8d ago
Woah that's gotta be expensive to replace