On Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 11:19:39 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 05:24:10 -0600, Dean Hoffman
wrote:

On 2/17/18 11:38 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 21:31:33 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Call your power company again and tell them what happened and that you are worried that someone could get hurt and would they please come out ASAP. If you are polite and pleasant they should not cut off your power as that would be causing possible harm to the residents of the house,

Bad advice. The PoCo does not own that meter can, he does and they
might just cut the drop if he tries to play the safety card. It is
much better to just replace the cover and call for a new seal.
If his usage has been consistent and doesn't spike after it is sealed
they usually say no harm no foul.

I don't know about the meter sockets in town. The utility owns
the ones out
in the country for the few utilities I've dealt with. They wire the
topside and the
customer is responsible for the bottom side. The power company puts the
meter in
after the customer's wiring is done inside the meter.

That is very unusual but it really depends on where the utility
declares the service point to be. Usually it is the crimp at the end
of the drop, before it goes down to the meter. If I read the OP's
picture right he is with Lee County Electric Coop (based on the LCEC
on the meter) and that is certainly the case here.
FPL gave me my meter can (not always the case) but I was still
required to wire it and the wire was sized to the NEC, not the NESC
like the drop.
On an underground service lateral, the service point will usually be
at the street.

That's how it works here, NJ. And I think you had the best advice,
ie take a pic of the box to an electrical supply and see if they have
a cover or new box that he could remove the cover from to use.