fort myers beach, florida, one of the cities that was hardest hit by hurricane ian, hurricane ian made landfall on wednesday afternoon in florida as a category four hurricane. it was just a few miles shy, two miles per hour shy of being a category five storm, the likes of which have only been experienced four times in u.s. history. at this hour, more than 1.2 million people across florida are still without power, and as of late yesterday parts of the county where i am now, where ian did make landfall, did not have access to clean drinking water. in fact, much of where i am now has no access to power either. hard to know exactly how many people are displaced this time, officials are estimating it is in the thousands, possibly tens of thousands, at least 34 people have been confirmed dead so far, 12 of them here in lee county. after hitting florida eons rain grain strength over the atlantic ocean. what across florida, went out in the atlantic, and made a second landfall as a ca
asset that is out there and generates power, renewables, for example, would have to rely first and foremost on the availability of the sun, so during the event cloud cover, rain can interfere with that. but, certainly, once the weather passes, someone who has that type of asset on their home can benefit from that. they would need to have battery also, once the sun goes down at night, also look are still connected to the grid, they are not completely, 100% separated from the electric utility grad. it is a combination of both and we look at all of our generating assets on how severe weather can impact those, which try to plan for those and also try to communicate with our customers about what we are expecting, so that they can prepare, including those
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energized. people can step on them. it s a real concern that everybody practice safety. we are going to get through this, but this is no question going to be one of the largest and most complex restoration efforts in u.s. history without question. how do you prioritize restoring power right now? the first thing we do is make sure that the generating assets, the power plants are up and running and good to go. once we get through that, we look at the critical infrastructure and we are talking about hospitals and police, fire, 911 centers and water treatment facilities. we look at the main trunk lines and main thoroughfares and where we try to get the most amount of customers back in as quickly as possible. we go into the neighborhoods, house to house. we invested some $3 billion over