Serious question does US have underground cables?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/07/25/why-m...
>All told, the Edison Electric Institute estimates (pdf) that some 18 percent of the country's distribution lines are buried. For the transmission system, only about 0.5 percent of lines sit beneath the surface. "Undergrounding an entire power system," says EIA, "is considered cost prohibitive." Instead, most utilities will just try to bury a few key lines.
Repairing underground lines takes longer than overhead lines.