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Our Electrical Lines and Poles Couldn’t Withstand Beryl. So What’s Going to Happen When We’re Hit by a Bigger Storm?
Earlier this year, a decayed utility pole toppled amid high winds in the Panhandle, dropping power lines into dry brush and sparking the largest wildfire in state history. The Smokehouse Creek fire burned more than one million acres and killed two Texans. …