re: Best way to reclaim post-Ida pool?

First...even before you get power back, you should get the leaf/debris rake out and get down and scoop all that crap off the bottom of the pool. Get as much as you can of the heavy debris. I had 3 large garbage bags of cypress needles and other twigs and leaves scooped out from my pool.

My water never turned green. I used a lot of liquid chlorine before the storm and then when I got a large part of the debris removed and again threw a lot of liquid chlorine in and sort of manually agitated the water to get the chlorine to spread out.

My power was out for only3 days. Once power came back on I ran the pool cleaner for about 2 days and it picked up all the smaller debris I didn't get on the first pass.

Once that's done the water should be clear. Re-check the water chemical balance and you should be good to go.

Lastely I'll say, if your pool water was green then you need to put out a shitload of chlorine and let the pump for at least 24 hours or even 36 hours.

Hope this helps.