EVERYBODY makes mistakes. The guy below who says this was "awesomely stupid" never spent much time in a tree. I once dropped a branch across the lines like this and it burned up and popped the transformer. A lady in a nearby house ran out onto the deck and bitched me out--"Hey!" she said. My TV just died!" The groundsman said, "So did your refrigerator, your electric heat, your toaster oven, and your house lights!