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2 million south florida homes and businesses. they know billions of dollars of upgrades to strengthen the systems and hurricane wilma in 2005 are being put to the test. >> this is the largest army of restoration workers. position for a storm and our company's history and also in the history of the nation. >> a shot of hundreds of trucks staging and gulfstream park and hallandale beach tuesday. from broward to miami-dade. more trucks rolling out of the magic city casino staging area. they are partnering with companies across the country and amass restoration effort involving 20,000 workers. >> ...

Sides of cores during the restoration. the west side, we expect to have the vast majority of customers essentially all restored by friday the 22nd. we are seeing some encouraging things. i will tell you straight up that much of our investments in the system seems to be paying benefits on behalf of customers. we are not seeing a lot of poles down, not saying the transmission structures down. these are wood structures we changed to concrete and steel. they are standing strong. we are seeing a lot of damage that's not in place. that's a good sign for us. it's encouraging, but we are not letting o...

>> the first step is today we're getting out to assess. we've got an army of 17,000 restoration workers the largest that was prestaged in the state of florida ready to respond. they now can get out now that the wind has subsided below 35 miles an hour, so they can fly our bucket trucks and do work. we will assess the damage. we will then get our power plants back online, if there are any down. and then we will move to the main truck lines, if you will, the main fears that feed critical infrastructure, water pumping stations, gasoline stations, things of that nature. and then we will move to th...

Are going to unprecedented lengths to get the lights back on. >> we have an army of 17,000 restoration workers, the largest we believe in u.s. history. on the west coast from what we have seen, we are literally talking about a rebuild that could take weeks. that goes beyond assuming ingredients are safe... to knowing they are. going beyond expectations... because our pets deserve it. beyond. natural pet food. you know win control? be this guy. check it out! self-appendectomy! oh, that's really attached. that's why i rent from national. where i get the control to choose any car in the aisle i w...

Fatalities occur after the storm has passed. so we don't want to see anybody get hurt. it's safety first for our crews and safety first for our customers. >> well, without a doubt that is an incredibly important piece of information. rob gould, good luck to you. good luck to the 16,000 restoration workers who are going to have a big job ahead of them. we appreciate it. let's go back to msnbc's phillip menia who is in ft. lauderdale. how are things looking since we talked an hour ago? >> reporter: well, the weather conditions here have deteriorated. it's doing so rapidly. there were gusts of ...