Our local utility is great in responding to gas leaks and helping people take care of their gas appliances. I just wish they would do the same when it comes to electricity.

The picture below shows a brand new electric meter just installed a few days prior to my inspection.

Unfortunately, here we have exposed old-time fuses and live electric wires on the exterior of a building, fully exposed to the elements. Now granted we don't have many elements here in San Diego with our eleven months of sunshine, but this really is not a pretty picture.

Water and electricity don't mix well. Add to that the fact that this service entry was only about five feet above the ground, that this is a neighborhood full of young and inquisitive children, and that none of the properties had fences, and it's just a disaster waiting to happen on many fronts.

When SDG&E finds unsafe conditions relating to gas, they shut off gas to the property. Why don't they shut off electricity to a property when it's so obvious that electrical conditions are unsafe?