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Municipal electric and cooperatives. really appreciate the hard work they have been doing even here in tallahassee as i was coming back in the 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 have already started to responding to issues in southwest florida. i talked to representative adam bow tana from 40 myers beach this morning at 4:00 a.m. he says it s very irma-like conditions. not a lot of storm surge, not a lot of damage but certainly not ian i have reminiscent that they experienced in hurricane irma. happy to hear that and appreciate him giving me a call and ground truth. we are here and ready we will deploy our response and recovery teams just as quickly as we possibly can you know we like to move very quickly here at the division. we are ready to provide the needed support to our big bend
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