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It seems kind of primitive to have power lines just hanging on poles, right?
Bit unsightly too
Is it just a cost issue and is it actually significant when considering the cost of power loss on society (work, hospital, food, etc)?
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Louisiana?
I would assume. That's where I am.
I grew up far from it, in a vastly different terrain and climate, and I've lived here most of my life. But I remember having a cartoon book as a kid that depicted a house in a swamp (I think it may have been one of the books about The Woozles),l.
This memory resurfaced in 2024 when I had to drive from Houston TX to Galliano LA. It was swampy to say the least, and one particular view from somewhere along I10 (or maybe it was route 90, I don't remember where) looked exactly like in that book. Many of my fellow countrymen have accidentally hit a moose while driving. I'm the only one I know who has run over an alligator.
How do you survive hitting a moose? I feel like that's equivalent to hitting a brick wall.
It's pretty dangerous, yes. But since mooses are so tall, you usually hit the legs, and the beast comes in through the windshield. Duck, and it'll pass over you. However, they might then start to flail and kick you from the backseat out of panic.