I lost my power last summer during the storms.
I had a downed line in my yard.
Power was restored in a few days.
The downed line was due to the anchor at the meter being pulled out of the wall and was thus my responsibility; I hired an electrical contractor to re-attach it.
Storms happen, and then you clean up afterwards.
However, what AmerenUE is doing is an abomination. It's a good thing they are not in the medical field. Could you imagine the AmerenUE HMO? If you had a hang nail, the AmerenUE HMO would approve an amputation. The patient lives, but is a cripple. Bear witness to these images of AmerenUE approved trimming in my neighborhood, to these arboreal amputations.
On Thursday, October 4th, the other shoe dropped, my tree was trimmed.
On Thursday, September 13th, I received my visit from the arboreal grim reaper. I was given a stay, but for how long I do not know. I have a 100 plus year old red oak tree. It's older than me, it's older than my house, it's older than AmerenUE and all it's previous incarnations. The tree was there when AmerenUE's corporate ancester ran the lines. AmerenUE now plans to maul my tree because of its lack of foresight.