en route. they will be arriving this afternoon. some crews will be arriving tomorrow. what that allows us to do, jim, is not only do we have great men and women that work for the city of tallahassee electric, and we are the largest utility provider in the big bend area, but it s going to allow us to double our force so that when we talk about restoration after the storm having that type of manpower is crucial. and we are truly appreciative of all the communities that are sending help. you mentioned the trees. tallahassee, of course, surrounded by lakes. that can present a sort of secondary risk of flooding beyond the storm, the storm surge. how concerned are you about that, and how lasting might that be? sure. for the past week we have been working diligently to make sure that the entire stormwater system, which is about 450 miles worth of stormwater in the city of tallahassee has been cleaned out, there s no clogs. we ve been working with our
The county said downed power lines started the wildfires that destroyed the historic town of Lahaina earlier this month, killing at least 115 people and displacing hundreds more. The electric company and its subsidiary Maui Electric had a duty to manage the power lines in a safe manner and had been warned by the National Weather Service that dangerous wildfire conditions were present before they started, the county said.
the face. there was no help. but there was the face. there was no help. but there was no the face. there was no help. but there was no help at all. but this is it, richard, we say talk to them and have a conversation but if they turn around and say, sorry, no can do. what then? turn around and say, sorry, no can do. what then? yeah, of course not eve one do. what then? yeah, of course not everyone is do. what then? yeah, of course not everyone is going do. what then? yeah, of course not everyone is going to do. what then? yeah, of course not everyone is going to be do. what then? yeah, of course not everyone is going to be treating - everyone is going to be treating people as they should be. as we talked a little about earlier, not all energy bills are created equally sadly. young people on direct debits come on standard charges, on prepayment meters who are optically struggling. i would say in circumstances like that please do get in touch with somebody like stepchange or
possibly can. but there is nothing to cut and that is what we are hearing all the time. i think what we would say to people in this situation and, sadly, as we have talked about there are millions of people, is if you are worried about your costs, your bills, it is really important to speak to people that you might owe money to, speak to your utility provider if you are worried about missing payments in particular. it is not necessarily going to solve the problem. we know that unfortunately there is no magic wand at the moment to fix these problems but it is better to have those conversations than potentially miss payments without them knowing. there is often a bit of a myth that if you talk to someone and tell them that you are in financial difficulty that you are in financial difficulty thatis that you are in financial difficulty that is going to be a big red flag on your account, whether that is your bank or your energy provider and they re not going to lend to you again or cut your