utility pole

Sidewalks that are crumbling, pothole-filled or otherwise obstructed—with utility poles, for example—force wheelchair users into the street for a dangerous ride.

Streets were flooded, utility poles leaned precipitously, and entire buildings sat in piles of rubble, felled by 150 mile per hour winds.

Video posted to social media showed images of airborne debris showering the state’s capital and downed utility poles along a wrecked section of West Street, a downtown artery.

For one thing, power-line circuit breakers—which cut off electricity if, say, a tree knocks down a utility pole—weren’t designed to operate with only a single battery pumping power through their lines.

The reptiles are infamous for having wiped out almost all of the native forest birds on Guam and frequently cause power outages by clambering up utility poles.

The right side was wedged against the utility pole, which was leaning at a crazy angle.

The truck at once swerved off the road, steering around a utility pole.