Where are all the linemen coming from that are heading to Florida?
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There are companies that just do emergency power restoration. I’m a lineman BTW
I got a call from numerous companies with various pay rates days before huricane helene hit. Was told to be in Ohio at 4 Tuesday, drove down to Florida in a derrick truck in a day and a half, dot hour restrictions don’t apply to us, the area we went to was not significantly impacted, drove to south Carolina, heading to Florida any day now
Personally hate working for the storm companies, they have a bunch of guys who may not be able to hold down steady work, questionable tooling and equipment, but a lot of utility companies like them because they can mobilize faster
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