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>> thank you. good morning. i'm jim bush, an directsor of external affairs. on behalf of fpl, thank you governor, coming ute to greet the men and women who have come to respond. we have assembled a restoration workforce of more than 19,000. that includes employees, contractors, and men and women from partner utilities from around the country. there are more than 30 states represented here today. we have line workers who traveled in at this site from as far as texas and oklahoma, minnesota and north dakota. all to help florida respond to this challenge. there have been many times that fpl emplo...

We have assembled a restoration workforce of 19,000. that includes fpl employees, contractors, and men and women for partner utilities from around the country. there are more than 30 states represented here today. we have line workers who traveled in at this site from as far as texas and oklahoma, minnesota, and north dakota. all to help florida respond to this challenge. now they are here to return the favor. we're very grateful for them for that. here at the processing site, these men and women will be briefed on the restoration challenges ahead. we will share our work and processes for stor...

Some of the more hazardous areas. you are also going to have power workers going in. we were just in lake city, i was thanking -- we had all these power workers, line workers from different states. i saw them from texas, louisiana, all these different places stage, we have a massive, massive mobilization. their job is to get in there and help restore services. you are also going to have folks bringing in things like food and water, so there's no need to rush back in. there is going to be a lot going on in the immediate aftermath and a lot of people's safety depends on that. you know, if you ar...

0 from the shoreline to the back bays and also to rivers inland. so, know your high tides. >> we are looking at the images, increasingly dire. stay inside as the storm approaches and wreaks havoc, pray for the charlotte county community and the rest of florida as we toss it over to "america reports." >> john: any moment now we are expecting an update from florida governor ron desantis as the eyewall of hurricane ian begins to move on shore bringing with it the potential for catastrophic damage. hello, john roberts in washington. sandra, welcome back. >> sandra: good to be with you, sandra smit...

0 do on normal types of storms. and then having major structural damage to the underlying electrical infra structure. when you have a category 5 storm hitting potentially and massive storm surge, that is going to interrupt, most likely, a lot of the underlying infra structure. when fpl and other companies are going in, some of those tasks are going to be -- you'll have to rebuild some of this stuff. so the folks in those affected areas should just understand that if it's as simple as simply just hooking up a few more power lines that's what they will do. in those areas that will have the most ...