Do you have trees where you live? :) Because we have above-ground power lines in much of the US, wind and ice are always bringing branches down on power lines.
New local and/or urban last mile electrical distribution infra is typically buried, but to your point, lots of legacy above ground infra at risk until someone finds the funds to bury/harden it.
toomuchtodo|6 months ago
https://www.fema.gov/case-study/overhead-underground-it-pays...
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/21/burying-power-lines-for-wild...
https://research.ufl.edu/should-power-lines-go-underground.h...
https://web.archive.org/web/20220101210439/https://www.eei.o...
(have an electrical journeyman friend who will spend the rest of his life upgrading California electrical infra, we speak frequently on this topic)
unknown|6 months ago
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