Brenda Ann wrote:
"Mike" wrote in message
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Hey Dave,

Folks with underground wiring are the one suffering the most:

http://www.wlky.com/news/18650730/detail.html

It's not all as simple as some think.


That's because it's not ALL underground. Somewhere there's a feeder that
isn't buried. High tension feeders are generally fine in a storm because
they have wide exclusion zones, but anything near ground level is a
liability in a storm.


Sounds like a badly installed underground distro. We're underground
here and have had 2 major earthquakes with no damage to the distribution.

What are these "grates"? Here we have floodproof vent stacks.