My family spends a week in southern Missouri at my in-laws house every year. A day-trip to Eureka Springs (a regional tourist destination for anyone unfamiliar) has been a regular outing the past several years and I've noticed something before and this year decided to do a count in my head.
Just walking around town I counted about 45 meter sockets mounted on the front of various shops in the downtown area and roughly one third have no lock, three had exposed conductors and I saw one with no cover whatsoever. You could clearly see the stabs and although it was mounted about head-high to me I'm amazed nobody has stuck something in there at some point.
Now I will say that my impression of that general area is that, at least in the past there has been a lot of "good-ol-boy" stuff that goes on in regard to certain things like permits and such but I can't imagine anyone with any knowledge simply ignoring these things. Anyone here working in that area that can shed a little light?
Just walking around town I counted about 45 meter sockets mounted on the front of various shops in the downtown area and roughly one third have no lock, three had exposed conductors and I saw one with no cover whatsoever. You could clearly see the stabs and although it was mounted about head-high to me I'm amazed nobody has stuck something in there at some point.
Now I will say that my impression of that general area is that, at least in the past there has been a lot of "good-ol-boy" stuff that goes on in regard to certain things like permits and such but I can't imagine anyone with any knowledge simply ignoring these things. Anyone here working in that area that can shed a little light?