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James Nelson

2:31 - 2:49

"The trees have a lot of pine cones on the top of them that got really heavy in the past 2 weeks, and that's mostly what's leaning over. It's actually ripping these trees out of the ground. It's ripping the roots right out of them. So we killed the power line this morning going out there."

The trees have a lot of pine cones on the top of them that got really heavy in the past 2 weeks, and that's mostly what's leaning over. It's actually ripping these trees out of the ground. It's ripping the roots right out of them. So we killed the power line this morning going out there.
Speaker
James Nelson
Timestamp
2:312:49
Community
Alaska News
Location
Tok
Captured at
August 21, 2026

From the transcript

The trees have a lot of pine cones on the top of them that got really heavy in the past 2 weeks, and that's mostly what's leaning over. It's actually ripping these trees out of the ground. It's ripping the roots right out of them. So we killed the power line this morning going out there. Um, line guys right now are patrolling the line.

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