Can they bury power lines in houston? I thought the water table was pretty close to the surface.

(if you want a swimming pool, dig a hole!)

EDIT: ok I looked

it seems there are two kinds of lines - transmission lines and distribution lines.

Distribution lines can be buried, but it might not be good in hurricane prone areas that are prone to flooding.

transmission lines are hard/expensive to bury, since the insulation requirements are technically challenging.

The hurricane seems to have taken out some large transmission lines in addition to distribution lines.

I wonder if maybe redundant lines might be cheaper than buried lines?