[pct-l] Huge Powerlines Crossing the PCT in San Diego

[Campy]

My memory from so long ago might get me into trouble now, but does 
anybody remember when the Sierra Club proposed a Federal Wilderness 
addition just south of Fort Irwin and along the MWD power lines there? 
I recall learning then that the MWD had a policy in effect which 
prohibited the Wilderness to encroach within, I believe, a quarter mile 
of their towers. Possibly it was a Utilities Commission rule. The 
proposed solution was to cherry-stem the power lines with a corridor a 
half mile wide. The MWD rule on this was based on a somewhat startling 
safety aspect. They said that if a power line broke, it could whip off 
of not only the nearest tower, but possibly also from one a quarter 
mile away. It could mow down people or anything within the length of 
the loose line. Thus they refused to support any Wilderness land with 
people on it closer than 1/4 mile away.

I just bring this info up, thinking that if it's still true, it might 
be put to use in some way, either to help or hinder the San Diego 
utility's plans. Don't they get power from MWD? I know they get their 
water from them.
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