FPL Crews Tackle Hurricane Frances' Damage; More Than a Million Restored, Huge Volume of Work Still Ahead.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. -- As Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. dawned, FPL FPL feline panleukopenia. crews tackled the widespread damage made by 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. . The company reports crews have now restored more than 1.2 million customers, however approximately 1.5 million customers are still without power system wide. FPL crews continued to make progress in restoring electricity to customers in Miami Dade and Broward, where weather permitted crews to begin their efforts earlier than in other areas of the state. While not as hard hit as other areas, damage in these counties was also widespread. In Palm Beach, the Treasure Coast The Treasure Coast is a term for a region in the U.S. state of Florida stretching from Hobe Sound in the south through Sebastian in the north, including the coastal counties of Indian River, St. Lucie, and Martin. and northern counties such as Volusia and Flagler assessment of the damages began. The company reports that virtually every inch of its 27,000 square mile area was hit by Frances, and crews confront a huge volume of work. The damage ranged from downed trees and power poles power pole Noun Austral & NZ a pole carrying an overhead power line to damaged transmission and distribution substations. Before Frances made its violent crawl To search the Internet for hosts, Web pages or blogs. See crawler. through Florida, the company began amassing additional restoration workers at the Florida -- Georgia Georgia, country, Asia Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. border. These crews began to travel south today to assist in the restoration efforts. A number of the crews are being delayed in arriving at their staging areas staging area n. A place where troops or equipment in transit are assembled and processed, as before a military operation. Noun 1. by the thousands of Florida residents who 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. during Frances and are now returning home. FPL expects to have in total more than 10,000 men and women working in 35 counties to restore power to its customers. The company reports that despite having thousands of restoration workers and a well-rehearsed restoration plan, it will take time to restore power across the 27,000 square mile area. Customers currently without power should prepare for extended electrical service Electrical service, in building wiring, refers to the wiring that connects the electric utility's cables in the street to the building. Specifically, electrical service is the wiring from the street, through the meter and up to the panelboard, but no farther. outages. "Hurricane Frances knocked out power to an unprecedented number of our customers," Geisha geisha Member of a professional class of women in Japan whose traditional occupation is to entertain men. A geisha must be adept at singing, dancing, and playing traditional musical instruments (e.g., the samisen) in addition to being skilled at making conversation. Williams, vice president for electrical distribution, said. "Almost two thirds of our customers have been impacted and although we have a solid restoration plan this single event -- on the heals of Hurricane Charley This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2004; for other storms named Hurricane Charley, see Hurricane Charley (disambiguation). Hurricane Charley was the third named storm, the second hurricane, and the second major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. -- severely stretches our resources." FPL's well-tested plan to restore service includes assessing damage to the overall system including power plants and major transmission lines. Next, it restores service to essential customers who provide for public health, safety and welfare -- such as hospitals, police, fire, communications and water, sanitary sanitary /san·i·tary/ (san´i-tar?e) promoting or pertaining to health. san·i·tar·y adj. 1. Of or relating to health. 2. and transportation providers. After that the company concentrates on making repairs to the electrical facilities that will return power to the largest number of people first, then the next largest number, and so on until power is returned to everyone. Work is not assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. when customers called to report their outages, where they live or the status of their account. Work will begin in multiple locations wherever there is damage and customers out of service and it will progress according to a plan that prioritizes groups over individuals. FPL knows customers want accurate information that will help them make decisions to keep their family safe. Post-storm assessment takes time after a severe storm, but as soon as the company has reviewed the extent of the damage to electrical facilities in your area, we will try to provide power restoration forecasts through the news media and on FPL's Web site. Hurricane Frances: September 6, 2004 (4:00 p.m.) Affected Counties Out Restored Affected ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Alachua 900 400 1,300 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Baker 2,500 2,500 5,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bradford 4,000 200 4,200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard 198,600 56,000 254,600 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Broward 196,700 393,900 590,600 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Charlotte 3,000 18,000 21,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Clay 800 100 900 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Collier 2,700 36,500 39,200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Columbia 6,500 5,200 11,700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DeSoto 800 7,900 8,700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Flagler 30,200 8,000 38,200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Glades 1,500 200 1,700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hendry 200 2,300 2,500 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Highlands 400 - 400 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Indian River 42,000 2,000 44,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee 4,000 56,700 60,700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Manatee 25,400 44,900 70,300 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin 70,300 13,700 84,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Miami-Dade 67,300 356,100 423,400 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nassau 12,000 1,800 13,800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Okeechobee 16,000 2,000 18,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Palm Beach 538,600 121,400 660,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Putnam 18,000 1,700 19,700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarasota 23,500 25,400 48,900 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Seminole 28,400 23,000 51,400 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Johns 42,000 13,000 55,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Lucie 72,400 22,600 95,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Suwannee 4,400 100 4,500 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Union 1,500 100 1,600 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Volusia 116,500 39,500 156,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 1,531,100 1,255,200 2,786,300 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida Power & Light Company is the principal subsidiary of FPL 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. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the at www.FPL.com, www.FPLGroup.com and www.FPLEnergy.com. Note to Editors: High-resolution logos and executive head shots are available for download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. at http://www.fpl.com/news/contents/logos.shtml. |
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