It's been a relatively wet summer in the Southeast and the

wet soil contributed to the trees uprooting. I was watching some official as the storm was cranking up and he said they knew this was going to be a "power outage storm".

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Posted: 09/12/2017 at 3:39PM

16 million w/out power from Irma. That's 5% of the U S population. ** -- 48zip 09/12/2017 2:27PM

Yeah, but how many of those didn't have power to start with? -- WestyHokie 09/12/2017 4:04PM

On a good day, It's probably 15 million without power. Didn't pay the bill.** -- Stork 09/12/2017 4:18PM

I was out for 12 hours. Got it back at 10am yesterday ** -- OrlandoHokie 09/12/2017 3:31PM

FPL got 2 mil back online this morning, most will be relatively quick, some -- fordham 09/12/2017 3:18PM

Sure. It's just unreal that 5% of the entire population is cut by 1 storm. -- 48zip 09/12/2017 3:24PM

It's been a relatively wet summer in the Southeast and the -- Stork 09/12/2017 3:39PM

They'll get huge amounts back on relatively quickly. It's the -- Stork 09/12/2017 2:43PM

Yeah. Only 1.6 million. ** -- 48zip 09/12/2017 2:44PM

That's why God invented Yeti coolers and open windows. -- Stork 09/12/2017 2:47PM

That will actually make a Yeti worth it's exorbitant price. ** -- EDGEMAN 09/12/2017 2:50PM

Unless you need to keep things cold for 5 days,Yeti's overkill -- HokieinTampa 09/12/2017 11:06PM

Saw lines of power trucks headed south on 81 both going and coming from the -- Brown Water 09/12/2017 2:33PM

Here's Duke Power. -- 48zip 09/12/2017 2:56PM

I understand their line men flop over a lot for no reason ** -- HokieDan95 09/12/2017 8:38PM

My nephew (an electrician) left for Florida yesterday ** -- Major Kong 09/12/2017 2:44PM

And aside from the Key West/Naples area it was barely a cat 2 at most -- HokieMacDaddy 09/12/2017 2:30PM

It's been a relatively wet summer in the Southeast and the

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