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Distribution lines, 300 power substations, a huge job by any measure. it got our attention when a small company with two full-time employees at the time of the storm got a federal contract for $300 million to help rebuild. white fish energy is because white fish, montana, notable because thats the hometown of our interior secretary, ryan zinke who knows the ceo of the energy company back in montana. both the company and the secretary are denying the fix was in, but congress is now interested non...

To make sure that all those lines are cleared before their energized. because we will be energizing transmission lines before the distribution lains and some of those distribution lines are down. and water and electricity dont mix. so weve got that issue. we want to get a lot of this debris out of the way before people come back. so just be patient, understand that weve got additional law enforcement patrolling. we are doing everything we can to clean up, to get back on our feet, and to open thi...

Tanks. by filling them, they become solid so the winds cant breach the tanks and break them apart. obviously, when the power goes, that water becomes -- rapidly used fed off the hills and dissipates and the water plant is up and running so now beginning to replenish those plants and folks, you know, they dont need electricity to get water off the pipes so as we funnel pressure into the distribution lines on the ground, then folks are getting access to warm water. we even got water into the tanks...

To breach the tanks and break them apart. obviously, when the power goes, that water becomes -- rapidly used, its rapidly fed off the hills and then it dissipates. and the water plant is up and running. so now theyre beginning to replenish those plants and folks, you know, they dont need electricity to get water out of the pipes. so as we funnel pressure into the distribution lines on the ground, then folks are getting access to more and more water. weve even got water into the tan tanks in st. ...

Concerns here? >> number one, some of those grids could have been taken down out of caution to prevent the continuous blowing of the tmplers. the more they blow, the longer its going to take to get the grid back up. it doesnt look like we lost any distribution lines yet. where youre standing there just a few miles away if you lock to the east, youll see a power plant. thats tampa electric company. you go a few miles to the north and youll see the river nuclear power plant. so you have a good bas...

Witnessed the major talking about and thats transformers breaking. as the storm moves up and gets hurricane-force winds inside of counties and cities, they need to consider taking the grid down. if you dont take the grid down all the transformers are going to blow. so youre viewing the tomorrow, having to put the wires back and having to find transformers to replace. so we continue to learn how we respond to these storms and then the next challenge is, will the distribution lines go down? and wi...

On the category of storm. the amount of surge water that can come in and over mind your house that youre in as we saw in sandy, it wasnt even a category one but the surge water can destroy the home and get people trapped in low-lying areas. so again, i think the message should have been louder and clearer all day move away from the coastline and definitively tell the people to move away as opposed to trying to shelter in place or wait until the storm passed so we can get on with the 4th of july ...

East coast hurricane, which all raises questions about our electric dwrid grid. trace galler has more from the breaking news desk. >> reporter: you make a good point when. a hurricane comes they have several days to get ready. this was a dry land hurricane. it came without warning and it stretched for some 700 miles, right? were talking from illinois to d.c. all the way up to new jersey. as of right now, ohio, virginia, and maryland described the damage to their power grids as, im quoting here, ...

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