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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No, they don’t. In lots of areas power lines are buried cables. We never lost power at my house during Ike. My house was surrounded by water for 5 days.
On the other hand if a line falls and it shorts out there are massive breakers that disable that line. It’s called a recloser and they keep the current from flowing through ponded water.
No. People need electricity to power things that provide info about the storm or disaster and there is also the need for it to power medical equipment. It’s also not easy to just shut off an areas power without shutting down other areas power.
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