And another article about our infrastructure

Hurricane Sandy must have gotten to Uwe Reinhardt, a native of Germany, as he has a wonderful article contrasting our transportation and electrical infrastructures with those of Europe.  Will we ever spend the money needed to bring ourselves up to par?  How much has been lost by the power outages caused by Sandy?  Had we invested in burying power lines would the hurricane have been so destructive?  Reinhardt's comparison of the train systems of America and Europe is particularly dispiriting.