As the ME crews work shift after shift, they must be reaching a point where they cannot do much more - the task ahead of them is daunting. I think that the army will have to be called in. Apparently they are now on call.
It's quite an experience to find out how dependent we are on electric power and how vulnerable our infrastructure is.
We are not alone. In China, millions have been stranded by a snow storm. Power will be rationed for years in South Africa. The Internet is 60% down in the middle east and India.
Unstable weather and years of underinvestment in infrastructure are combining to create conditions that threaten our way of life.