Letter of the weekThis week's winner is Ian Smith, of Waverley, for his letter predicting a huge bill is likely for replacing the city's many deteriorated power poles. How timely is the warning by Richard Healey regarding the state of Aurora's power poles (ODT, 21.10.16). A series of calculations, which took into account many factors including ``windage'' and snow-loading, then determined the future status of the pole in question. Recently, I came upon two young men with a tape measure assessing the pole outside our property. Because not measuring the pole's circumference at the critical point which mattered could only rely on blanket assumptions, or at best, ``guesstimations'' of the true condition of the pole.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 28, 2016 18:00 UTC