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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Japan is slowly burying all their overhead lines into the sidewalks. A lot of urban streets look so much nicer now than they did 10 years ago.

It’s probably no worse in an earthquake than the water mains, which would inherently be a lot more rigid than cables with intentional slack built into every segment.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Afaik, the problem with buried cables is that in case of a flood or tsunami they might break, get exposed and electrocute someone.

[–] kn33@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Is that less likely to happen if the pole is knocked down instead of the line dug up?

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 7 points 2 days ago

No idea, that's what I've been told, but Japanese engineers usually know what they are doing.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago

I know that a downed power line is very visible, especially if it's live and touching water! I wonder if it's underground if you might miss the signs