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I will admit to not having lived in the south. Maybe things are that bad down there, based on what you're saying.
we just have exterior/above ground power lines on poles connected to the eaves of the buildings in a state with a lot of inclement weather and large amount of leafy tree growth.
I mean, yeah, but I grew up in the northeast. You get a power cut from storms, ice, winds taking branches down, etc. You would usually lose power for less than a day. This maybe happened once every couple years?
This was 30+ years ago for me now, but that kind of minor outage is almost unavoidable.
I'm not sure why Atlanta would have a harder time than upstate ny, but I am willing to believe you. Its just not been my experience anywhere I have lived (which has mostly been what you describe: above ground lines).
Do you count power going out for a few seconds? I feel like that happens at least once a month, whereas that was hugely irregular in the UK?
I have never experienced that in the various places in the US I have lived.
I have lived in an old building where the voltage could and would sometimes drop too much for modern electronics to handle. A power conditioner or UPS resolved that if you run into that particular problem.
yes I have four UPSeseses in my house!
It's tempting to blame it on the house, but I've lived in four different places (although all in the same area) — three houses and one apartment that all do it.