In a flooding event (i.e. hurricane, etc.), do officials preemptively shut off electricity to prevent electrocution from downed power lines? If not, how don’t people get injured?

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In a flooding event (i.e. hurricane, etc.), do officials preemptively shut off electricity to prevent electrocution from downed power lines? If not, how don’t people get injured?

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

They can and sometimes do. There’s people that watch the grid 24 hours a day and have plans in place for almost everything you can think of, and then some.

They will keep the power on as long as it is safe to do so.