luvnwdwgal
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 7, 2002
Always a good thing to have a generator no matter where you live.
Same here with the underground lines. We rarely lose power. But where we are building our new house, the power gets knocked out regularly. Lots of trees fall in the lines.No hate.
Yes, it is common in Midwest.
I live in an area with underground power lines, and although we do lose it on occasion when a substation goes out, there isn't a dire need for one. However, many cities in the midwest do not have underground and the need is there when weather strikes. Downed lines happen with every season here.
My subdivision was built in 1976 and the utilities are all under ground. Transformers still blow, wires burn out, electrical vaults get flooded, so we still have a power outage once in a while, and with that all buried it takes LONGER to fix since they have to dig to get to the equipment. The main powerline failed and the electric company dug up my driveway to get to it.....and paid to put in a new driveway.Older areas up north tend to have their power lines above ground, and snow storms can knock those down.