how can a neighborhood without underground electric wires lose power?
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Trees can fall on power lines. Thieves can cut the copper to sell it for scrap (no joke, that’s a big problem for my dad’s factory, where people climb up the pole and cut 1,200 amp 3-phase). Lightning can strike a pole. Pig transformers can overheat and explode. Power distribution can catch fire. Wind can blow down poles, grounding and severing live lines. There are an infinite number of ways an above ground utility line can lose service.
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