Utility company trucks already leaving the Ozarks for FL.
It takes a special kind of courage to leave your family and intentionally head into the teeth of a storm like this one.
Prayers to all those linemen and all the first responders who are hunkering down near the impact area so that they can initiate the recovery as soon as possible.
When Hurricane Isobel hit NC and VA we had catastrpohic power failures all over the state. Most of the state was without power for two weeks, some rural areas were still out two months later. we had power companies from all over the country here for over a month. I saw trucks from all the surrounding states as well as TX and MO. It was amazing.