It takes as little as a quarter inch of ice to bring down a power line. Just one quarter of an inch can add 500 pounds of weight to the power line.
Not all people do, but often the ice will build up on the transmission lines, weighing them down until eventually there is a break.
It can rattle the contents, knocking things off shelves and causing damage. It can knock down the walls and bring down roofs-- or if it does not bring them down, it can causes cracks in walls and foundations that make the structures unsafe, It can break gas lines and water lines, causing fires to break out and explosions and flooding.
When a tornado destroys a house it can rupture gas lines, which is a fire hazard. When a tornado takes down power lines it create sparks, another fire hazard.
As the rain falls from a storm cloud, it "drags" air down with it, which hits the ground and spills out laterally around the storm. Moving air is wind. So as a storm approaches, you will feel this "spilled" air - wind - before the rain gets to you.
Precipitation includes rain and snow. Too much rain causes flooding, and too much snow causes road blockages and paralysis. There are also other dangerous types of precipitation such as freezing rain, which is often known to bring down power lines by encasing them in heavy ice, and which creates very dangerous driving conditions by making the roads slippery.
Yes. Even fairly weak tornadoes can bring down power lines. These power lines create a risk of electrocution in the tornado's aftermath.
Not all people do, but often the ice will build up on the transmission lines, weighing them down until eventually there is a break.
Only if they were really badly built.
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Your electric company- SMUD, for example.
It can rattle the contents, knocking things off shelves and causing damage. It can knock down the walls and bring down roofs-- or if it does not bring them down, it can causes cracks in walls and foundations that make the structures unsafe, It can break gas lines and water lines, causing fires to break out and explosions and flooding.
Power lines and phone lines though using the same utility poles are two different sets of wires. Telephone wires carry their own power, separate from the power lines and are insulted while power lines are not. If the telephone wires are unbroken but laying on the ground the wires will not short to ground while an unbroken uninsulated power line will short to ground disrupting service.
To bring down the house means to cause an audience to leap to its feet, breaking into cheers and wild applause, by the power of one's performance.
Many of them have their own emergency generators, ready to take over if the commercial power fails.