Do it right from the start and bury the pole-to-pole electric grid under ground. It's been standard practice on the mainland for at least ten years. And more hurricanes will come so better safe than sorry.
Hard to argue with "Do it right the first time." However, buried electric lines are in no way standard practice even in California, let alone the rest of mainland USA. As for undergrounding transmission lines in Puerto Rico, they can't even bury the dead right now.
Do it right from the start and bury the pole-to-pole electric grid under ground. It's been standard practice on the mainland for at least ten years. And more hurricanes will come so better safe than sorry.
Hard to argue with "Do it right the first time." However, buried electric lines are in no way standard practice even in California, let alone the rest of mainland USA. As for undergrounding transmission lines in Puerto Rico, they can't even bury the dead right now.