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Linemen from Kansas, Illinois, Pennsylvania restore power to 1.8 million after Hurricane Ian, so far
Out-of-state crews work day and evening to revive energy
Justin Matthews studies
BRADENTON, Fla. – 5 days after Hurricane Ian made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast, near 700,000 residents had been nonetheless with out energy.
Governor Ron DeSantis mentioned a military of 42,000 utility staff responded to the decision for assist to revive outages.
They answered, from Pennsylvania to Kansas and past.
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The streets of Paradise Bay Estates, off Cortez Street in Bradenton, had been lined with utility vans Sunday afternoon.
Gary Wilt is a snowbird from Illinois. He returned house to Paradise Bay Sunday after evacuating forward of the storm.
Crews from Illinois, Kansas and Pennsylvania helped restore energy in Florida
Most of his neighborhood was nonetheless at the hours of darkness, however hopefully not for for much longer.
“I’m telling everybody, ‘thanks for being right here,’” Wilt mentioned of the linemen in his neighborhood. “I instructed them, ‘Hey, regardless that I do know you’re getting paid, you’re not at house,’ ya know? ‘It’s a Sunday, you can be house, you can be at a bar, however you’re out right here getting us fired up.’”
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In Bradenton Seashore, crews with Agostino Utilities traveled in Pennsylvania labored to get the traces again on.
“We’re engaged on the facility attempting to assist these individuals out as a result of we all know they’re in determined want,” Agostino Utilities lineman Marquise Johnson mentioned.
Crews from Illinois, Kansas and Pennsylvania helped restore energy in Florida
Johnson mentioned there’s nonetheless loads of work to be finished, and when he’ll have the ability to journey again house to Philadelphia is up within the air. And after they’re off the clock, they’re not kicking again at lodges.
“It’s been fairly worrying, as a result of we’re working lengthy hours, lengthy days,” he mentioned. “They acquired us like, these cots and stuff, they feed us every single day, they’ve been taking excellent care of us. It ain’t that horrible. I’d a lot reasonably be at a resort, but it surely’s not like we’re sleeping in our vans. They offer us sizzling showers and all that stuff. It’s truly in a semi-trailer, but it surely’s neat and funky.”
Tampa officers, firefighters rescue residents trapped by flooding
Officers from Tampa went to North Port Saturday to assist native officers and the Nationwide Guard with ongoing rescue efforts amid flooding within the space.
As flooding continues in North Port, Tampa sends officers, firefighters to assist
They’re working as shortly and as safely as doable.
Governor DeSantis mentioned linemen have restored energy to greater than 1.8 million clients throughout Florida, as of Sunday.