Holy cow!!! I've personally had to respond to a supermarket ,coiencidentally right on the beach. where the 30' light poles were all starting to rot at the base. One actually fell inbetween 2 parked cars. I had to disconnect the circuits feeding the light and passing through it, and but a temporary juntion box upon the footing. it was a big mess with glass and ballast parts all over the parkibng lot.luckily nobody was hurt, but it could have been a disaster. the pole actually tore away from the base, kind of like an aluminum soda can will rip if you twist it.
