Back in 1999 we had a massive storm in France. It put large parts of the country in a blackout in the middle of winter because all the electricity infrastructur

Back in 1999 we had a massive storm in France. It put large parts of the country in a blackout in the middle of winter because all the electricity infrastructure was above ground. Out neighbours in Germany, who buried everything, were fine. We had water, as it was already underground. Nowadays everything is systematically buried. I'll take the odd risk of contamination and excavator-induced failure over fragile and inconsistent infrastructure every day.