Winner of the week - First responders.

Politicians were eager to show they were responding to Hurricane Irma and pressed for a quick response. But the real heroes are the first responders who carried people from harm, provided food and water and generally made everyone feel a little better about a terrible situation. As first lady Melania Trump said after traveling the state Thursday, “We saw that so many displayed the American character today in Florida.”

Loser of the week - Florida utilities.

Nobody expects zero power outages after a monster like Irma hits, but surely many, many Floridians would have been spared days of no power had the utilities invested more in burying lines underground and tree-trimming. Utilities may have to step up already generous campaign donations to solicitous state politicians if they want to avoid being forced to pay more for hardening their systems.