FPL Expects 4.1 Million Customers/ 9 million people To Suffer Power Outages
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/09/08/fpl-power-outages-irma/amp/
“We currently have an army of 13,500 restoration workers, both FPL crews and outside crews ready to respond as soon as it’s safe to do so. Many of the linemen are coming from across the country including from as far away as California. We have prepositioned equipment and people getting ready to fight the aftermath of Irma.”
“Unfortunately, there will be a period of time where we will have to hunker down and wait. We have to wait until the winds subside to 40mph to get on the road, 35mph to get buckets in the air.”
They sound as ready as one can be expected to be. In some ways, better for this to hit now than in the 1970’s. Of course in the 70’s there were more ants and fewer grasshoppers.