Where are all the linemen coming from that are heading to Florida?
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They come from all over North America. These are people who normally work for other power companies. Normally a power company have several linemen working for them to do routine maintenance, upgrades as well as handling outages. They have several in order to handle multiple things at once and also have people on hand in case of illnesses or people taking vacations. During big emergencies like hurricanes the power company may let one of their linemen volunteer for the emergency work. The power company still have several other linemen working and may be able to defer upgrades and maintenance if needed. It could potentially slow down the repairs of outages but these problems are small compared to what they are dealing with in the hurricane region.
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