‘Pretty remarkable’: How Florida got power back for 2 million after Ian
In the parking lot of a Winn-Dixie, next to emergency shelters and stores with windows blown out by Hurricane Ian, Carl Kingsbury, Allen Wagner, and Joe Kardel spend almost three-fourths of their day in an RV-style command center.
They’ve set two plastic tables in the center of the trailer and littered them with maps, multicolored highlighters, unopened pretzel thins, and a gallon bag of granola bars. On the wall is a diagram of the island’s power grid, color-coded in blue and pink. A generator powers the trailer, AC, and a TV in the background showing football – comfort food.
This is how Pine Island, one of the barrier islands pummeled by Hurricane Ian, gets its power back. Mr. Kingsbury, Mr. Wagner, and Mr. Kardel work for
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