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Longer. utility crews 17,000 strong for fpl alone, they're not going to get started on replacing the transponders lighting up and lighting the sky up electric blue as well as the downed power lines. could be a long march ahead to get everybody back online and then the recovery effort and the getting back to normalcy effort after a hurricane, one of the first things you want is for electricity to work so can you get back home, and it's very hot in september in florida it. makes things more miserable, especially if you have a lot of damage and insurance issues to deal with at your house. arthel:...

And when the hurricane hits. there will be a need to restore power. hundreds and hundreds of truck have come here from across the nation, even from canada. 30 states have sent utility crews. these trucks right here are from new york. there are trucks from all over the nation. 16000 men and women rallied to come here to florida to be ready to respond. they're talking about 3.4 million customers after the storm goes through. they are positioning crews and vehicles, ready to respond in their adjusting those based on the path of the storm. they're not just bucket trucks, the orange ones are

People there are bracing for torrential rainfall that could hit that area as well. dramatic video from this morning shows hurricane harvey walloping the town with rain and strong winds. let get right to cnn correspondent polo sandoval in victoria, texas. polo, you spoke to some folks there who refused to evacuate. how is everybody doing? >> reporter: so far so good, ana. certainly the damage we're seeing here in victoria is not as severe as what the folks in rockport have seen. however, it certainly is a situation, yes, there's debris on the streets and so far a whole lot of law enforcement of...

And running as soon as possible and also safely. as i was telling you at the last hour, this is the only road into galveston and people headed in that direction are not only first responders but also may be residents and people coming out to check it out, those utility crews are growing by. the last town was more than 22000 people without power in galveston. they're asking for people's patients. that is going to take a bit of time. what a difference in our mix. remember the last time we were talking i could hardly stand out here, the rain was coming down so hard and now it's a light drizzle. n...

Slamming new england. heavy snow and strong winds knocking out the power. tens of thousands now in the dark. some places have seen more than two feet of snow. utility crews say it could take days to restore power. and you can see pretty tough to get around up there. i'm leland vittert, "bulls and bears," i'll see you at noon eastern for more news. president-elect donald trump just calling russian president vladimir putin, very smart. that's his response as putin puts off any retaliation moves against us for those sanctions. instead, russian officials seem more than happy to mock our current ...