Underground junction boxes can get water in them. In a previous apartment I lived at in one exploded about half a block away, blew the manhole cover off clear d

Underground junction boxes can get water in them. In a previous apartment I lived at in one exploded about half a block away, blew the manhole cover off clear down the block (a few hundred feet) and lit on fire. There's still some risk. Maybe not as much, but weatherproofing is still hard.