TENNESSEE UTILITY WORKERS HEAD FOR FLORIDA, GEORGIA
FOLLOWING HURRICANE
IRMA
Volunteer lineworkers
from 11 electric cooperatives to participate in
restoration effort following massive hurricane
NASHVILLE – More than 90 electric cooperative lineworkers
from
Tennessee are heading to Florida and Georgia to
restore power to those
affected by Hurricane Irma.
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Hurricane Irma:
What Tennesseans need to know ahead of massive storm's US
landfall
The massive
storm bearing
down on the American southeast has already left at least 10
dead in the Caribbean and thousands of people fleeing to
northern states. While a catastrophic impact
on Tennessee is
highly unlikely, the massive storm will likely bring wind
and rain to the Volunteer State
Senate Approves Trump's
Deal with Democrats. Will the House Go Along?
Senate leaders weight in on debt ceiling deal
The
Senate on Thursday voted to fund the government and increase
the federal borrowing limit through December 8 as part of a
deal that also included $15.25 billion in hurricane disaster
relief funding and a short-term extension of the National
Flood Insurance Program. The bill passed by a vote of
80-to-17, with only Republicans voting against the bill.
The package now goes back to the House, where
it likely faces more strenuous resistance. The Republican
Study Committee, a conservative caucus with more than 155
members, on Thursday announced it opposed the deal because
it does not include spending cuts. Rep. Mark Walker, the
group's chairman, sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan
listing 19 policy changes to "address the growing debt
burden" or "begin draining the swamp" that could win
conservative support for raising the debt ceiling.
Some Democrats may also vote against the deal to signal
their frustration with an agreement that they say weakened
their hand in trying to protect undocumented immigrants who
were brought into the country as children.
Airlines cap flight prices out of Florida in advance
of Hurricane Irma
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Airlines like Delta were called out Wednesday for what
looked like price
gouging. One flight in particular was passed around with
a shocking price increase from $547.50 to more than $3,000
to fly out of Miami. Historic Hurricane Irma is expected to
pass over or very close to South Florida on Saturday night
into Sunday as a Category
4 or 5 storm.
Following the PR nightmare, Delta capped flight prices at
$399 Wednesday afternoon. "They were put in place to support
the demand of travelers escaping the path of hurricane
Irma," a Delta representative said.
JetBlue also capped its flights at $99 for direct flights
out of the state. American Airlines and United's caps are
the same as Delta's, according to Yahoo
Finance.
Price algorithms used by airlines generally bump up ticket
costs when last-minute demand increases as supply is
limited, unless there's a manual cap.
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Hurricane Irma
In Puerto Rico, ‘our
prayers were answered.’
Residents picked up debris in
Fajardo, P.R., on Wednesday. Nearly a million people in
Puerto Rico were without power. Credit Alvin
Baez/Reuters
In Puerto Rico, nearly 70
percent of households were without power immediately
after the storm, but the island was otherwise largely
unscathed, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said on Thursday. By
the evening, power had been restored to about 144,000
households, though nearly a million were still in the
dark.
Roughly 55 percent of hospitals were
functioning, Mr. Rosselló said.
“We would like
to start out thanking the Almighty,” he said of the
relatively small impact, with fallen trees and
electrical poles making up the bulk of the damage on the
main island. “Our prayers were answered.”
Fallen trees in San Juan, P.R., on Thursday. CreditErika
P. Rodriguez for The New York Times
Trump tweets he could
‘revisit’ DACA decision
 President
Donald Trump said late Tuesday that he will “revisit” a
program protecting young immigrants brought into the country
illegally as children if Congress doesn’t act — hours after
his administration announced it was phasing out the
program.“Congress now has 6 months to legalize DACA
(something the Obama Administration was unable to do),” the
president tweeted shortly before 8 p.m. Chicago times. “If
they can’t, I will revisit this issue!”
Source:
Chicago Sun Times
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