re: Power back on estimate BR area are in.

Not only that but while underground lines will be better protected from winds and storms, I doubt they're infallible, something will go wrong eventually and repairing overhead lines is probably easier and cheaper than having to dig anytime the power goes out, even if it's less frequent. Plus overhead lines make it easy to see where the source of an outage is

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I doubt they're infallible, something will go wrong eventually and repairing overhead lines is probably easier and cheaper than having to dig anytime the power goes out, even if it's less frequent.

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Think about this, if a line goes down, it's pretty easy to see where it's down, and relatively easier to remove the hazards and run new wire. Plus you aren't having to dodge other utilities as much.

In the ground you are dealing with having to find where the fault is, and then you have all sorts of other utilities which make digging and repairing a hazard.

So there's that

No, but I've got a lot of respect for them.

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That does not fit the mental image I have of you

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Well now i'm curious. What's that look like?

Well ideally they wouldn’t have to dig every time.. once you have conduit laid you should be able to pull wire through to replace it if needed. Although inevitably, conduits will eventually break due to damage from other people digging, compression, settling, or whatever. There are more things that can go wrong and it’s more time-consuming to troubleshoot because you can’t see any of it.

So ultimately you’re right in principle, they are not maintenance-free and whenever maintenance is required, it’s generally more costly. It all eats into the theoretical cost savings, which didn’t offset the capital costs in the first place.

My boots are round toe and waterproof, although I don't mind a good square toe. Really about functionality for Me.

And I don't even own a pair of fancy jeans. Clothes are functional.

Lord I can't imagine the picture some of y'all have painted.

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 I’ve acquired a corporate for a few nights

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Lord I can't imagine the picture some of y'all have painted

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I just drove around the entire neighborhood and down Jefferson Bluebonnet and there is not a single truck working on anything, so it’s obviously a wider issue.i work from my house and I’m already behind and without going into specific details, because of the weird timing of this, it will cost me thousands. I can’t catch a break lately.

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That’s the date and time they have for everywhere in the city. It will be on before then. Those estimated times have always been worthless anyway

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It looks like they already removed them.