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Really good progress, i think, in terms of the restoration of power. at the height of the storm we had about 2.1 million customers fpl customers out of power. weve restored 1.4 million customers the good news, just a while ago, we went to 700,000 without power. obviously, we still have work to do in west counties. thats where the focus is at the moment. and were not going to stop until we get every single customers power back on. >> walk us through some of the challenges that you face as this ef...

Get their power back, all of them. >> i know that the very anticipated question for the folks who dont have power. were working around the clock. we brought in 3,000 workers from other states, as far away as oklahoma and indiana. we are working as fast and quick and as safely as we can to get folks power back on. we have estimates on when we can get the last customers restored. >> were talking days, weeks, do we know? >> yeah, so days, not weeks. luckily for us, its sort of restoration. >> a spo...

Without power after hurricicane ian ripped through t the state. ththe question now is how long will it take to get power back toto all of those people. we will l have a spokesperson jn us from florida power and light ahead. this desk... and this conference room! i am filing status reports on an app that i made! im not even a coder! and it works!... i like your bag! when your digital solutions work, the world works. thats why the world works with servicenow. imagine having to use the wrong tool a...

Structures held even in almost a category five storm. thats a good sign because then we can concentrate on getting into those communities that are water logged right now, where weve seen the flood damage and after we do that, well be able to assess how long its going to take to get those customers power back on. >> and so in those areas as you describe water logged, are the grids destroyed or what do we know? >> you know, some certainly have serious water damage. thats what the assessments were ...

Without power. in the last 24 hours, we have restored 100,000 of our customers. >> and whats been the damage to infrastructure. whats the most challenging part in terms of getting everyone back online, everyones power back, some areas are going to need a little bit more of just getting the power back on perhaps infrastructure being rebuilt. >> so comparatively to our friends in the south, we were so lucky. the original track of the storm had a big bulls eye on the tampa bay area. it did turn sou...

As it goes across the street. were not gonna see probably structural damage we saw closer to the coast. but were gonna see some light damage there with the big thing is, trees coming down, powers going down. and the heavy, heavy rain a lot of risk of flooding. >> what do you need to do, what youre gonna do to restore services? youre gonna have emergency services, medical services, power, obviously, cable internet, that sort of thing? >> well, youre gonna focus, again, search and rescue on the ha...

Because it will turn off the middle. but lets not get too far ahead of ourselves, we would have that constitutional crisis on our hands over the next two years if they got in and decided to start moving forward with undemocratic, you know, legislation or -- were just openly destructive the way theyre talking about being right now. >> so i guess ill use the word assumption, will it turn off the middle? i dont know. i think thats the test of this election. i mean, look, the republican party is tel...

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