I'm very curious as to why there would be two Florida Power & Light trucks in my neighorhood at 2:30AM?
No one in my neighborhood has lost power and if they did, why would FPL come turn it on at that time? What could they possibly be doing that’s so “important” at 2:30AM?
They never show up when we need them, why would they come when (almost) no one would notice?
Should I be worried?
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The question is, what are you still doing up at 2:30?
Just kidding. The only time they come in the middle of the night out where I live is to do minor repairs, like replacing a wire or a connector. It’s nothing major, and nothing to be worried about.
hahaha my best friend asked me the same thing; they were really loud outside my window… and if I wasn’t up, who would see them and who would’ve asked this question… heh?
so I guess the REAL question is, if there are 2 FPL trucks outside at 2:30am and no one is awake to see them, is it suspicious? hmmmm
Wasn’t there a flutherite not too long ago who saw someone come out and examine a fire hydrant in front of their house or something? What’s with all these midnight utility runs? Did I miss a memo? Is the trashman going to surprise me in a hour or so and demand my recyclables?
Take down their license plate number and the company number painted on the side of the truck and call the company during business hours and ask them.
Did that pole spark at night or during high humidity days? Did you get extra static on your AM radio?
That is the time for lowest power demand and least customer inconvenience. Maybe they were replacing a “leaky insulator”?
Or an informant told them about the next shipment and they were getting the surveillance ready. Don’t worry your secret is safe with me.
There’s a good chance there was a main wire that needed to be replaced, and they do that at a time when the fewest people will be inconvenienced. Yesterday it was 96 degrees outside. If they had turned off everyone’s AC for three hours, someone would have passed out from heatstroke, and then it would be Suzie Smith’s Power and Light.
Perhaps they’re doing non-urgent maintenance that could cause a loss of service.
Perhaps a unit of redundant equipment failed and replacing it required two people. When a unit of redundant equipment fails, the standby unit will usually take over without any power loss.
I used to work in a related industry (telecommunications) and we had technicians at work or on-call 24/7.
Sometimes vital equipment fails and that failure can happen at any time of day or night.
However, the best that we can offer you are educated guesses.
Have you called FP&L?
Maybe they were just working on the power and you need to not worry about it.
Because they are watching you…....
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