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Originally Posted by glatt
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Do linemen go out in the rain and work with live wires during a storm? ~snip
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First thing to do is isolate the area and kill everything. There are switches scattered around to do that.
The wires coming into your meter are generally carrying 220 (230, 240) volts but they originate at a transformer on the pole, or one close by, your service.
The transformer is fed by another wire up there that's carrying 13,000 or more volts. They just can't work safely with that kind of power in downed wires...in any weather.
