• @aeronmelon
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    213 days ago

    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.

    • Farid
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      73 days ago

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

      • @kn33
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        93 days ago

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

        • Farid
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          73 days ago

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

        • @[email protected]
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          12 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