In areas that get a lot of hurricanes like New Orleans, why isn’t most of the electricity run underground where it’s less vulnerable by now?

Question

In areas that get a lot of hurricanes like New Orleans, why isn’t most of the electricity run underground where it’s less vulnerable by now?

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Answer 1

Wouldn’t help much, you just trade wind damage for flood damage. A switching station inside a tunnel is the first thing that’s out of operation if the street floods.