Good morning. I agree with your post and would hope this gets priority and yes, some people just need killin'.
Did you just hear the report on FNC about buses to be used to transport patients from a hospital being comandeered by state policy (?) and trying to put phone company employees on the bus instead?
From a triage standpoint that may be the proper response -- you need phones, and if the patients aren't in life-threatening condition, then it's probably more important to restore phone service into the city.