Snowplow vs. Streetlight

Spotted on one of our regular walks up the hill:

Vassar College sent a plow along the walking path linking the campus with the faculty enclave on Old Silvermine Place, but the clearance between the lamp pole and the boulder blocking the entrance wasn’t quite adequate.

Some days later, the light fixture was missing and the power cable sported three cheerful wire nuts:

Another pole has been lying flat on the ground for (at least) the last two years and I’ve always wondered if its wires (within easy reach) were live under their nuts. Knowing the lamp power is 277 VAC from a 480 VAC three-phase service, I’m disinclined to find out.

Yes, I notice such things.