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It’s a hurricane. Hurricanes always knock down power lines and you need a bunch of crews to fix the wires. I don’t know if the power companies are doing this
by cameldrv 2y ago
It’s a hurricane. Hurricanes always knock down power lines and you need a bunch of crews to fix the wires. I don’t know if the power companies are doing this faster or slower than normal, but multi-day power outages after hurricanes has been a thing since the invention of electricity.
- Log_out_ 2y agoHow many hurricanes make up the cost of one burried powerline? It seems "state_naturally_inefficient" social Engineering is similar always cheaper to solving problems.
- cameldrv 2y agoI don’t know, you tell me. How much would it cost to bury all of the power lines in the Houston area?
- playingalong 2y agoOr have more redundancy?
- bob1029 2y agoIt might cost less to relocate all of the residents somewhere else. The Houston area is absolutely enormous.
- rigrassm 2y agoThe ground in Houston is mostly clay and extremely wet. I'm no civil engineer but I imagine It would likely result in more issues that take longer to fix. Not to mention Houston is huge and dense so switching completely to underground would be a massive project that no one is going to enjoy.
- caustic-view 2y ago[dead]
- stalfosknight 2y agoIt was pretty weak hurricane. Beryl would've been shrugged off here in South Florida as just another summer rainshower.
- rigrassm 2y agoFrom Wikipedia: > August 25 – Hurricane Katrina moved ashore southeastern Florida as a minimal hurricane, producing a peak wind gust of 97 mph (156 km/h) at Homestead General Aviation Airport. Heavy rainfall accompanied the hurricane, peaking at 16.43 in (417 mm) in Perrine, which caused flooding in the Miami metro area. About 1.4 million people lost power during the storm. Later, when Katrina made its devastating landfall along the northern gulf coast, its large circulation produced high tides, light rainfall, and gusty winds along the western Florida panhandle. The hurricane killed 14 people across the state, and damage was estimated at $623 million.[54][55][56][57] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Florida_hurricanes_(2000%E2%80%93present) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Florida_hurricanes_(... Category 1 storm knocked out power for 1.4 million Floridians.