I'm a PoCo Faultsman,
Weather does make your work difficult, but I've never had to stay home because of it.
If people need their power put back on, you have to get out there and re-connect it.
Having said that I have worked in some pretty atrocious conditions, rain, hail or snow.
Maybe that is why they give us hard hats.
We have a fleet of 12 4WD faults trucks that are designed for driving in inclement weather, every vehicle in our fleet has snow chains in one of the lockers.
