乔·拜登总统周日巡视了佛罗里达州遭受接连不断的飓风蹂躏，并宣布联邦政府资助项目，以加强电网和“整个政府”的努力，以帮助该州恢复。
我们一直保持着频繁的联系，正是在这样的时刻，我们走到一起互相照顾——不是作为民主党人或共和党人，而是作为美国人。拜登在圣彼得堡说:“需要帮助的美国人和帮助你的美国人，如果你处于同样的情况。”我们是一体的，美国。"
拜登还宣布为东南部的六个能源部项目拨款6.12亿美元。
据白宫称，其中两个项目集中在佛罗里达州，共提供9400万美元的联邦资金。
拜登说:“这笔资金不仅将恢复电力，还将使该地区的电力系统更强大、更有能力，并在极端天气事件变得更加频繁的情况下，减少停电的频率和持续时间。”
白宫在一份声明中说，盖恩斯维尔地区公用事业公司将利用这笔资金帮助减轻佛罗里达州中北部日益极端天气的影响，“通过风暴强化，以及通过部署自我修复设备和工具来加快恢复，这些设备和工具将在停电期间更有效和精确地派遣现场团队”。
据白宫称，私营公用事业技术开发商Switched Source将与佛罗里达州电力和照明公司合作部署Phase-EQ，“优化配电电路中的电力流动，释放超过200兆瓦的系统容量，并提高服务于最容易受到长时间停电影响的社区的电路的可靠性”。
白宫在一份声明中说:“这些投资是总统承诺进行长期投资的一部分，这些投资将保护、增强和升级我们国家的电网，特别是在面临极端天气事件的情况下。”
飓风米尔顿在周三晚上以3级风暴的形式在佛罗里达州登陆。至少16人在风暴中丧生，100多万人仍然断电。
周日，拜登感谢当地官员的回应，指出一些人的房屋在风暴中受损或被淹，并认可了在米尔顿之后几天涌入该地区的第一批响应者。
“去看看全国各地——加拿大、加利福尼亚、内布拉斯加，全国各地——来这里提供帮助的人数。穿制服的男人和女人，正如我所说的，医护人员，邻居帮助邻居，以及更多的人，”拜登说。“伙计们，这是一个团队的努力。这带来了很大的不同，并且拯救了生命。但是还有很多事情要做。”
Biden tours hurricane-ravaged Florida, announces $612M in Florida resiliency projects
President Joe Biden on Sunday toured areas ofFloridaravaged by the back-to-back hurricanes and announced federal funding for projects to strengthen the electrical grid and a "whole government" effort to help the state recover.
We've been in frequent contact, and it’s in moments like this, we come together to take care of each other -- not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans. Americans, who need help, and Americans who help you, if you were in the same situation," Biden said in St. Petersburg. "We are one, United States."
Biden also announced $612 million for six Department of Energy projects in the Southeast.
Two of the projects are focused in Florida and provide a combined $94M in federal funds, according to the White House.
"This funding will not only restore power, but will make the region's power system stronger and more capable and reduce the frequency and duration of power outages while extreme weather events become more frequent," Biden said.
Gainesville Regional Utilities will use the funding to help mitigate the effects of increasingly extreme weather in north central Florida, "through storm hardening, as well as faster restoration through deployment of self-healing devices and tools that will enable more efficient and precise dispatching of field teams during outages," the White House said in a statement.
Switched Source, a private utility technology developer, will work with Florida Power and Light to deploy Phase-EQ, which "optimizes power flow in distribution circuits, will unlock over 200 MW of system capacity, and improve reliability on circuits serving communities that are most susceptible to prolonged outages," according to the White House.
"These investments are part of the president’s commitment to making long-term investments that protect, enhance, and upgrade our nation’s electric grid, especially in the face of extreme weather events," the White House said in a statement.
Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday evening. At least 16 people were killed in the storm and over a million remain without power.
On Sunday, Biden thanked local officials for their response, pointing out that several had homes damaged or flooded in the storms, and recognized first responders who had flooded into the region in the days following Milton.
"Go look at the numbers that showed up from around the country -- Canada, California, Nebraska, all over the country -- to come here to help. Men and women in uniform, as I said, health care personnel, neighbors helping neighbors and so many more people," Biden said. "This is all a team effort, folks. It made a big difference, and it saved lives. But there's much more to do."
