[blam]

"My Dad and I were discussing potential power outages here today and wondering what impact there might be from so many crews being dispatched to FL, AL, MS, and LA. I have no idea if it would make a difference in response/repair time or not but thought I'd mention it."

My experience is that it does. After Ivan, we had power back in less than two days. After Katrina, we were out for a week and Ivan hit us harder than Katrina. I heard someone say that the crews that would normally respond to our needs were drawn to south Florida to fix Katrina damage there.

[BurbankKarl]

14 evacuees unconscience on nursing bus due to carbon monoxide poisioning on 146 near Lufkin