Governor warns Florida power restoration after Milton may be a challenge because lineworkers are out of state

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'Some of these other states still have a lot of people without power.'

Florida’s Governor is warning of “potentially major power outages” later this week and delays resolving them.

The reason for that is some of the people who handle power restoration are out of state, helping communities in other states recover from Hurricane Helene.

“Now, there is just the reality that the country just had a major hurricane. I think people in Florida were like, OK, you know, we had 2.4 million restorations. Most of those restorations were done within a relatively short time frame, certainly by historical standards, very, very short compared to past storms, which is great,” DeSantis said.

“But some of these other states still have a lot of people without power. So there are crews working in some of those other states that just means it may be a little more challenging, getting people here, but they’re all committed to doing it, having the resources ready and then getting moving with the restoration as soon as possible.”

Ron DeSantis made the comments Sunday afternoon during his Hurricane Milton briefing.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. He writes for the New York Post and National Review also, with previous work in the American Conservative and Washington Times and a 15+ year run as a columnist in Folio Weekly. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


6 comments

  • THE SAGE "E"

    October 6, 2024 at 6:30 pm

    Good evening Un-Decided Voters,
    Florida is so blessed to have Desantis in charge with back-to-back Hurricanes like this.
    I, THE SAGE “E”, shudder to think of the imcreased loss of lives and property Florida would incure if that perv drug addled “Gillum” was in charge. Florida would be in an awfull “MESS OF SMELLY BROWN FECES” under a Democrat … Any Democrat.
    The above Sage Words of 100% True Wisdom has been brought forward as a “Gentile Aid And Reminder” to all BELOVED UN-DECIDED VOTERS to aid in assisting you wonderful, beloved, and respected voters in casting your vote Trump’s way.
    I thank you lovely Undecided Voters in advance,
    THE SAGE “E”

    • patrick lance flynn

      October 6, 2024 at 8:06 pm

      your comments are nasty and cruel,,,,get out of Florida and move somewhere else….

    • Bunny Melini

      October 7, 2024 at 8:39 am

      F off – Desantis is no bastion of perfection and had his hands in pockets of developers and is so racist it’s laughable (remove AP African American Studies from school) not to mention book bans and intrusion into the personal lives of women. Anyone who supports the lying felon Trump supports the end of our country as a free place to live and work.

  • KathrynA

    October 7, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    Maybe the State Guard could assist? Not sure what else they do?

    • Dont Say FLA

      October 10, 2024 at 3:56 pm

      They keep themselves busy beating the gays and keeping brownish people in their place

  • Cheesy Floridian

    October 13, 2024 at 8:22 pm

    No these are excuses. I’ve been without power since Wednesday afternoon. My neighbor still has a live wire in their backyard and no one has been out.

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