During New England's last major ice storm (December 2008), I heard the figure $1 million per mile to put power lines underground.

Seems to me that given the scale of our last ice storm -- half of New Hampshire's power customers were without power, and a substantial amount of us for over three days -- that somebody ought to start computing the cost/benefit ratio. Especially since climate change will result in more of these kind of events in the future.

Curmudgeon and I were without power for six days -- without water for three.

Linn