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Originally Posted by nico-t
This is indeed interesting. Only 3rd world countries have wiring above the ground like this, so why do they have it?
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Say what?? Around here, southerneastern Massachusetts, most cities, towns and villages have outside wiring. High winds and power goes out. During Hurricane Gloria, I believe, we had no power for five days. Stores closed but giving away perishable food, restaurants with generators overcrowded and wires and poles blocking roads.
I remember the Blizzard of ‘78, 42” of snow. My father drive home from work in an hour usually but it took seven hours. As he pulled into the driveway I went out the side door to help and the snow almost was up to my nose. The wires began arcing, sparks running the length from pole to pole. Dad gave me a shove to get into the house fast.
(My neighbor wasn’t the brightest bulb. 26 and newly married, she ran out to her porch and was screaming “the martians are landing.” My mother tried calling to assure her it wasn’t martians but the outside phone lines were down. We just sat there and laughed for hours. She truly thought it was an alien invasion 😂😂😂😂😂).