It's totally unrealistic. You can't rebuild an electric infrastructure..poles, lines, transformers, for hundreds of thousands of people in a week or so.
That doesn't keep people from deluding themselves into thinking that you CAN rebuild all of this in a week or so. And this is where government falls on its face ... when it can't deliver on the promises that makes.
Personally, I think this is what drove Bloomberg to make those stupid statements about endorsing Barack Obama because Hurricane Sandy was evidence of "climate change." When an elected official in a position of responsibility starts to blame some unseen boogeyman like "climate change" for his troubles, you know he's pretty much exposed himself as an incompetent fool.
I liked it when Bloomberg was walking through is voters while they were cursing him, and he all nervously said talk to the press guy...
Who is the press guy? Is he the government savior? What exactly is your function Mr. Doom Turd?
Anyhow, I have no sympathy or compassion for these people whatsoever. I am divorced from them, and if they are all gone tomorrow, I’ll throw a party and eat some cake.