1.   Cables snaked across the floor.

2.   At the NYCE control room, utilitarian short-weave carpet covers hollow floors, beneath which cables snake.

3.   Roads and bridges crisscross land that used to be covered by palm trees, while fiberoptic cable snakes underground.

4.   Black generator cables snaked up tall apartment buildings and into supermarkets, hair salons and coffee shops Monday.

5.   Yellow-and-black cables snake around the hull and nozzles hiss, constantly spraying the metal with chilled water to prevent deterioration.