The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 249th Engineer Battalion (Prime Power), the power generation battalion assigned to the Corps, is keeping sewage systems flowing with temporary power in areas of Georgia and Florida where Hurricane Michael knocked it out.

"We're deploying generators to wastewater pump and lift stations," says Lt. Col. Daniel R. Kent, commander. "If the pump is working but not the lift [station] then there's a backup in the sewer," he explains.

肯特说20kW到40千瓦的发电机通常足以满足这些任务。该团队在佛罗里略省Marianna County安装了五个发电机。靠近格鲁吉亚线和另一个在Liberty County，Fla。，Lift Station表示，Ismael Mercado，首席官员工程师，Prime Power。

Kent says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has larger generators available to the Corps and its southeast contractor, IAP Worldwide Services. Hospitals and larger facilities usually require one or more megawatts to be fully backed up, he says.

虽然恢复污水系统是最令人要求的工作，但肯特的船员已经评估了Donalsonville医院和自由县监狱等更大的设施。在格鲁吉亚的Seminole County Courthouse部署了455千瓦的发电机。

Kent says most such big facilities have back-up generators, but when the power is out for an extended period of time, they may need help or additional back-up power. "They plan for say, 12 hours, but they've been out of power for six days," he says.

Prime Power is operating out of Eglin Air Force base in western Florida and the Albany, Ga., U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Base.

Kent says each storm can attack the nation in different ways. "With [Hurricane] Michael, the biggest problem is wind damage, structural damage, and debris in the way," he say, adding that flooding was minimal since the storm was fast-moving, unlike Hurricane Florence.

从紧急权力的角度来看，肯特说，风对变电站和其他电力基础设施等电力基础设施造成损坏，如图所示。

"A lot of that infrastructure gets wiped out if it's not underground,” he says. “The power utilities and the U.S. Dept. of Energy are working hard to restore that, but places where distribution is totally wiped out will take some time to get reconstructed again."