Its impressive for nearly all (not all) service was restored in central
Tennessee, southern Kentucky, and northern Alabama within a few days.
It took months to repair Puerto Rico telecommunications after Hurricanes
Irma and Maria. Puerto Rico lost over 95% of telecommunication services,
although there were some minimum essential facilties which stayed in
operation.
Ultimately how much critical resliliancy exists is a policy debate, not
an engineering problem, to solve.
Toute nation a le gouvernement qu'elle mérite.