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The cables were already underwater, what's a few more feet of storm surge to them?
by mpyne 13y ago
The cables were already underwater, what's a few more feet of storm surge to them?
- jevinskie 13y agoWell the buildings that they land in may not like water that much. =)
- akiselev 13y agoI believe the cables are dug underground as they approach land. It would be too easy to cut in shallow waters otherwise.
- rdl 13y agoIt's progressive, going from just anti-shark/power carrying sheath in the deep ocean to light steel cable armor a ways out to trenched as it approaches the shore itself. They splice the cable together according to a specific plan based on a survey (first desktop, then underwater) to account for underwater terrain and risks.