After the tree fell against our power lines, it came to rest on our cable and phone lines, inconveniently wrapped around the pole.    We called everyone we could think of – utilities, city and county government -and a number of people actually came out to look at it.  But after a few weeks of nobody doing anything, we broke out the chainsaw and cut the thing apart.  It was a little scary getting it on the ground, but once it was down, our neighbor helped us make it into firewood.  Of course, since it was nice cedar, we saved a few pieces and took part of the trunk to make a bench at the end of the driveway.  Ahhh, fun with chainsaws!