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they are out there now. you have over 300,000 people in the state without power. that number seems to be climbing dramatically considering an hour ago it was somewhere in the hundreds, like 150,000. what are you expecting and how will you handle the widespread power outages? >> that's something that we're very accustomed to in florida when you see the extent of the damage. a lot of trees are down. a lot of power lines are down. that will take some time. we do have over 25,000 linemen that are actively working. we have more ready to come in if we need that. that is our number one goal other than, of course, the top priority is preserving life and that's our number one goal to get the power back on. that's something we'll be focused on making sure that we have a sufficient amount of personnel working round the clock to do that. yes, that number will climb and we will ask people to be patient and to report as quickly as they