FPL Continues to Monitor Hurricane Frances; Waiting for Storm to Pass before Deploying Crews to Field.MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. -- Florida Florida, state, United States Florida (flôr`ĭdə, flŏr`–), state in the extreme SE United States. A long, low peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean (E) and the Gulf of Mexico (W), Florida is bordered by Georgia and Power & Light Company overnight continued to follow the progress of slow-moving Adj. 1. slow-moving - moving slowly; "slow-moving cars" slow - not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth" Hurricane Frances This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2004; for other storms of the same name, see Hurricane Frances (disambiguation) Hurricane Frances was the sixth named storm, the fourth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. in the hopes of soon being able to begin its assessment of damage to the electric system in its 27,000 square-mile service territory, which includes most all of the state's East Coast. The company is supplementing its own workforce with more than 6,000 restoration personnel from other utilities and contractors throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to assist in restoring power when it is safe to do so. After assessing potential damage to its electric system infrastructure -- including power plants, poles, lines and transformers -- the company will follow a well documented restoration plan. The plan includes restoring power as safely and quickly as possible to essential service providers such as police and fire departments, hospitals and other emergency and public safety organizations. In the case of Hurricane Frances, this assessment and deployment of restoration personnel will be complicated by the slow movement of the storm, the substantial debris debris /de·bris/ (de-bre´) fragments of devitalized tissue or foreign matter. In dentistry, soft foreign material loosely attached to a tooth surface. that crews will likely encounter on roadways due to the effect of the prolonged pro·long tr.v. pro·longed, pro·long·ing, pro·longs 1. To lengthen in duration; protract. 2. To lengthen in extent. wind and rain, and heavy traffic due to the hundreds of thousands of Floridians who will be returning to homes they had evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. prior to the storm. Hurricane Frances: September 5, 2004 (5:00 a.m.) Affected Counties Out Restored Affected ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard 144,000 25,000 169,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Broward 388,000 135,000 523,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Charlotte 200 5,800 6,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Collier 13,500 5,900 19,400 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Flagler 6,500 300 6,800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Glades 1,700 - 1,700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hendry 2,100 200 2,300 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Highlands 300 - 300 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Indian River 42,000 2,000 44,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee 9,000 20,000 29,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Manatee 4,200 8,500 12,700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin 75,000 9,000 84,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Miami-Dade 147,000 180,000 327,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Okeechobee 15,000 2,000 17,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Palm Beach 584,000 75,000 659,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Putnam 2,300 200 2,500 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarasota 600 1,300 1,900 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Seminole 5,200 5,300 10,500 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Lucie 90,000 6,000 96,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Volusia 29,000 20,000 49,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 1,559,600 501,500 2,061,100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida Power & Light Company is the principal subsidiary of FPL FPL feline panleukopenia. Group, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FPL), nationally known as a high quality, efficient and customer-driven organization focused on energy-related products and services. With annual revenues of more than $9 billion and a growing presence in 26 states, FPL Group is widely recognized as one of the country's premier power companies. Florida Power & Light Company serves more than 4.2 million customer accounts in Florida. FPL Energy, Inc., FPL Group's wholesale energy-generating subsidiary, is a leader in producing electricity from clean and renewable fuels Renewable fuels are alternative fuel sources such as ethanol, biodiesel (e.g. soy, vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled restaurant greases) or hydrogen, in contrast to non-renewable fuels such as natural gas, LPG (propane). . Additional information is available on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. 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