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Originally Posted by tw
Anyone can write fiction when they don't do their homework or don't have experience. Reality says this homeowner reaching for an ax to cut a wire 2.5 feet underground simply does not happen. How often do you dig holes 2.5 feet deep with an axe? Please keep the speculations on the reality side of myths.
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I wonder how many holes you have dug in you life? Either you have dug none, or you were incompetent when you were digging the ones you did. To dig a hole properly, you use two tools: a shovel and a mattock. A mattock is a kind of axe used for cutting roots, and breaking up hard packed dirt so it can be scooped out with a shovel. In rocky soil, a pick works better than a mattock, but a pick doesn't cut roots. While I have both, most homeowners don't have picks or mattocks, so they would use what they have on hand, which is most likely an axe or pruning clippers.
Here's a mattock. In the hands of an idiot, it would do a number on your precious underground wires. So would an axe. Understand that I'm not saying EVERY homeowner will chop up wires. All you need is one idiot out of a hundred homeowners. In the real world, that ratio is pretty realistic.
