wednesday perhaps at the earliest according to mthe mayo. it may be longer than that.andi and everybody, back to you. >> well, jim, we know that carl is one of the few people left on this island and that other people can't come back. i know you're having difficulty hearing me. how frustrated is it for these people who can't make it back? >> very frustrating. i mean, victor, you know, they have homes here. they're attached to this island. many of them live year round and some have summer homes here. but they want to come back. they see the possibility that there's water in my basement. that is going to compound the damage unless i get that pumped out. i need to do that right away. let me on the island, let me do that. because they have to do all this heavy work and we slow them down in the long run. everyone bringing in their own contractors and nobody move in the streets and all kind of problems and, so, i mean, a lot of heart ache because of the people. i get the phone calls. some of our cnn employees have houses here, please, check on my house. they don't have any wo