Where was I? Vol 3
Discussion
Wiccan of Darkness said:
It was the plethora of overhead cables and wires. Normally, domestic supplies for telephones, electric, broadband etc are routed using cables buried underground. In earthquake zones, subterranean cables will snap each time the earth moves, so to avoid having hundreds of miles of electric, telephone and communication cables snap each time there's a quake, they're all suspended in the air. Makes it easier to reconnect supplies after each earthquake.
Compare these two neighbourhoods. Random San Francisco street
And A random street in New York Manhatten
(probably not the best comparison as the US do tend to prefer overhead cabling, but you get the idea)
It's not region specific, but a more generalised notion that areas of tectonic activity sling their saggy cables above ground.
Here's a random street from Kobe, Japan
Note the electricity pylons above ground, along with telephone and communications. A well developed nation like Japan certainly has the ability to bury their urban electricity cables, but obviously they don't, due to the regional tectonic activity.
Another from Kobe
Random street in Dusseldorf
As I say, not a hard and fast rule, but for generalisation purposes it works well
Really interesting, thanks. Compare these two neighbourhoods. Random San Francisco street
And A random street in New York Manhatten
(probably not the best comparison as the US do tend to prefer overhead cabling, but you get the idea)
It's not region specific, but a more generalised notion that areas of tectonic activity sling their saggy cables above ground.
Here's a random street from Kobe, Japan
Note the electricity pylons above ground, along with telephone and communications. A well developed nation like Japan certainly has the ability to bury their urban electricity cables, but obviously they don't, due to the regional tectonic activity.
Another from Kobe
Random street in Dusseldorf
As I say, not a hard and fast rule, but for generalisation purposes it works well
Wiccan of Darkness said:
It was the plethora of overhead cables and wires. Normally, domestic supplies for telephones, electric, broadband etc are routed using cables buried underground. In earthquake zones, subterranean cables will snap each time the earth moves, so to avoid having hundreds of miles of electric, telephone and communication cables snap each time there's a quake, they're all suspended in the air. Makes it easier to reconnect supplies after each earthquake.
I had always wondered about that - for years... and now I know. Thanks. 
Obvious now you say it.
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