Cool28

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Come tomorrow it'll be a week without power. Ya know if these powerlines were under ground this **** wouldn't be happening every little storm

My84Z

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But then when u need something fixed it'll be months of road construction to get to them.

98hardtopSS

because its slightly over a million per mile to run underground!!!

you need to invest in a generator...i bought one in the ice storm a few years back..excellent purchase. now i like when it goes out so i can use it...runs right into my panel

Cool28

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Most country's run there lines under ground plus almost all the city's do and I dont see it taking months to restore power there.

Cool28

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Do have a generator but I need to use it for my car next week. And even with a generator your talking big cash to keep it fueled up for weeks at a time.

So as normal money talks as long as the higher ups are getting there millions screw the little guy

Formula413

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Go to our Congress and ask them to spend money improving our infrastructure and see how far you get

WS6SP33D

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Since moving in my new house last year. (which has underground PL) i have not been with out power once..

Cool28

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Don't even get me start on those babies in congress. Been sucking the life out of America

NXPRSS

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sucks! my parents have been without power since saturday!!! i cant believe how bad this storm was! it was worse than huricane irene! i was lucky and only lost power for 10 hours on sunday.... i would be a miserable **** without power! (i was miserable the 10 hours without it!) i feel your pain!

My84Z

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Lol everyone does remember that power came after lol. It's only power rough it like the old days for a few!

SSdreamz

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well who is going to fork out the money to put everything underground? i certainly dont want that bill or my taxes to go up even more to offset the costs. and we all know damn well the government wont do it. let me tell you another reason, it because its alot more costly to repair underground faults, costs more to extend service to a road/street that currently does not have power, and right of way is always an issue. who wants the company to come onto your property to dig it all up looking for a problem because the development up the street from you have some bad voltage? i can go on and on lol....ask me how i know

whitew01ws6

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How u know lol

Nasty350LT1

In the state of Vermont, ALL power lines are run UNDERGROUND.
The ONLY wires that can be seen on telephone poles are those
thin telephone wires...

SSdreamz

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* cough cough* work for the utility company

WS6TransAm01

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not to mention how difficult it would be to secure the zoning easements needed to put utilities underground beneath non public properties.

02ws.sik

We have them where i live in illinois. Its nice and everything looks better. There is a cement cylinder where the transformer is so if it goes bad easy fix never had anything go wrong.

babbage1109

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The main reason is cost. The 2nd is cost. The 3rd is accesibility. New areas have underground older areas have Airial cable.

slayer_taunu

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my parents house in northeast massachusetts (danvers) is a relativley new neighborhood with the power lines underground. the power went out there every time there was a lightning storm. you dont have to have an actual line go down for the power to go out.

babbage1109

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^ their neighborhood could be underground but the feeding cable to it could be Airial.

NHRATA01

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Maybe your local lines are in your development or town, but I know the 115KV transmission lines and substations certainly are not. Our local utility lost 3 substations in the storm IIRC, and a few dozen transformers.