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in my back yard i have a tree that has fallen and is threatening to lean on some cables running along the back of the property (about 10 ft up, are these power lines or phone/tv?). the tree is not yet touching anything, but it’s not gonna get any straighter, either. on top of that, there is one of those old ladder-shaped clothesline hangers in the back that has broken off its base and is resting IN BETWEEN two of the cables (also not actually touching the wires).

if that weren’t enough, the neighbors’ yard has some sort of vine that has grown all over the cables as well, and the vines have started to make their way across the wires into my yard.

SO, my question is, who do i call? i don’t know what the cables are for, so i don’t know if i should get Con Ed involved (not that i want to). but i’m not sure who can help me remove all the offending materials (tree, vines, clothesline thingy). anybody got any ideas?