Almost two weeks after Beryl hit, heat-related deaths during the prolonged power outages have pushed the number of storm-related fatalities to at least 23 in Texas
Theres a picture in the article, and it’s terrifying. Maybe stop stringing powerlines along rickety wooden poles? That’s something I’d expect in a random southeast Asian village, not a first world country.
Burying thousands of miles of utility lines is prohibitively expensive. In some places, like parts of Florida, you can’t bury anything because you’ll immediately be underwater.
Theres a picture in the article, and it’s terrifying. Maybe stop stringing powerlines along rickety wooden poles? That’s something I’d expect in a random southeast Asian village, not a first world country.
Burying thousands of miles of utility lines is prohibitively expensive. In some places, like parts of Florida, you can’t bury anything because you’ll immediately be underwater.
And if that’s what a southeast Asian village looks like in your mind, maybe look up what they actually look like: https://mascontext.com/observations/sgn-on-the-utility-poles-of-ho-chi-minh-city