peter robbins is a spokesman for florida power and light. welcome to the program. thank you for your time. could you assess the situation as you see it? >> thank you for having us. we're definitely actively working to restore power already. we've railroad stored 700,000 of our customers in south florida in the miami, dade and tri county area who felt the severe weather yesterday and we're coming full force into the hardest-hit areas that we're seeing images of where there is extensive damage and outrages. we have a workforce of 20,000 people we pre-positioned ahead of the storm to hit the hardest-hit areas first. we're out restoring power and we have a lot of work in front of us but won't stop working until everybody is reconnected. >> dana: one of the things i want to ask you. you may not be the right person to ask. if people are without power and they have a generator there are cautions they should take. are you able to speak to that? >> yeah, i can, dana. safety is critical post storm. we actually do see fatalities after the bad weather has gone. we never want t

. >> with me today, peter robbins, spokesperson for florida power and light. good to have you back. thank you for having us, jim. >> when i look at the pictures of towns blown and wash add way, it looks not like a repair but a rebuild and i wonder what does in a mean for you in getting power back to these people? >> ain those situation where's t is a rebuild, there are time where there are structures that can receive powner those areas. the good news is here we are, we re stowed power to more than half of fpl customers so we've restored a million people and aef about a million to go. we have a team of about 21,000 people spread out throughout the state to make sure that where folks are in the dark and maybe not as severely impacted we're actively working to restore power right now and reconnecting people every minute, every hour of the day and wouldn't stoll until everybody is back on. >> let me ask you this. this is not the first storm and not last to come through here. do you need a reassign. to bury power facilities. is that in the view of your company a necessary step to reduce