well... maybe some good news, in my daily adventures of driving all over the Gulf south on I-10... I must have seen over 30 convoys of 40+ trucks each ( utility/power repair) headed towards Fla. in the last 2 days... trucks from Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Miss. , La. , Ark. , New Mexico all headed east... looks like there is going to be some serious rebuilding planned...
obviously there are on top of it already, it took 2 weeks before additional help was sent to NO after Katrina...
only issue, is the additional price hike to the Fla. electrical bills for all the additional help... La. people paid extra fees for Katrina/Rita on the bill for over 5 yrs...