possibly can once the winds die down to a point where we can respond to you. we do not want you putting first responders at risk unnecessarily. in southwest florida as the governor has already mentioned we ve already restored over 100,000 accounts with power. i want to thank the men and women of our utilities, both or all three independent owned utilities, municipal electric associations and cooperatives, really appreciate the hard work that they ve been doing here in tallahassee, coming back to usc early wee morning hours, tallahassee electric was out restoring power here in the capital region. so, again, very much appreciate what they re doing. we will continue to respond as we can, as, again, as i said, we ve already started responding to issues in southwest florida. i talked to representative adam botana from fort myers beach this morning about 3:00 a.m., he said it s very irma like conditions, not a lot of storm surge, not a lot of damage, but
life-threatening winds in the big bend today. we could see gusts over 100 miles an hour. we could see sustained winds well over 130 miles an hour as we have this cat 4 landfill. all of these are life-threatening conditions, so please do everything you can to stay safe where you are because first responders may not be able to reach you during the storm. you need to be prepared to take care of yourself and your family while you re sheltering in place. ambulances, search and rescue teams, first responders will get to you as fast as we can once the winds die down to a point where we can respond to you. we do not want you putting first responders at risk unnecessarily. in southwest florida as the governor has already mentioned we restored over 100,000 accounts with power. i want to thank the men and women of our utilities, both or all three independent owned utilities, municipal electric associations and cooperatives, really appreciate the hard work