***TROPICAL ALERT*** TROPICAL STORM ETA (Late season tropical outlook discussion)

efil4stnias said

It can be overcome. it just costs $$$

Entergy rates are regulated by LPSC ( LA public service commission ) - The Director is an elected official, not appointed. ( not that this makes any difference in Louisiana lol )

Urban planning, suburban sprawl ( and lack of planning ), government, and private industry all meet up in an event like this and this is the result.

YAY!

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I'd imagine the best solution is to bury all the power lines. It just seems to make sense in a place that gets hurricanes. That being said, I'd imagine our very wet soil and below sea level status makes putting power lines underground more of a challenge than we might think. Also, given the issues the City has with roads and the sewerage and water system, it probably wouldn't get any better if they were digging to bury and repair power lines. Not to mention the damage that would be cased to both the roads and water/sewer lines by all that digging. But, of course, lots and lots of money would fix all those problems. Money that the City doesn't have and that Entergy won't spend because they would never be able to raise their rates high enough to make the money back.