Hurricane Irma: Florida, Puerto Rico and U.S. VI

Thu Sep 14 17:32:10 UTC 2017

Sean - I think I speak for all of us when I say thank you very much for
these updates! The concise nature of them is super helpful.

-Dave

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 8:58 PM, Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:

>
> Disclosure note: AT&T and Comcast public relations folks have been sending
> information about what they are doing for disaster recovery. I've included
> some of their information.
>
>
> From various official sources (FEMA, Dept. of Energy, FCC, NOAA, etc).
>
> Fatalities (FEMA)
>    Georgia: 2
>    Florida: 12
>    South Carolina: 2
>    Puerto Rico: 3
>    U.S. Virgin Islands: 4
> Note: FEMA is slower than media reports about U.S. fatalities
>
> Non-US fatalities (AP/Reuters)
>    Caribbean fatalities: Anguilla (4), Barbuda (1), British Virgin
>    Islands (5), Cuba (10), French Territories (10), St. Maarten (4),
>    Haiti (1)
>
> Electric Power (DOE)
>
> Florida: 3,568,499 customer outages (35% of total state customers)
> Georgia: 451,033 customer outages (11% of total state customers)
> South Carolina: 58,972 customer outages (2% of total state customers)
> North Carolina: 24,445 customer outages (<1% of total state customers)
> Puerto Rico: 117,244  customers (8% of total customers)
> U.S. Virgin Islands:
>   The airport and hospital are still energized. Besides a few smaller
>   areas, most customers on St. John and St. Thomas are without
>   power. Restoration efforts will continue as USVI WAPA works to get
>   critical facilities reenergized on the two islands.
>
>
> Water (FEMA)
>
>      U.S. Virgin Islands: 341,000 people without potable water
>      Puerto Rico: 61,980 people without potable water
>
>
> Public Safety
>     Hospitals (FEMA)
>         Florida: 11 closed, 204 healthcare facilities evacuated
>         Puerto Rico: 1 closed, 6 on generator power
>         U.S. VI: 1 closed and evacuated
>
>     NOAA Weather Radio (NOAA)
>         Florida: 6 out of 32 stations (18%) out of service
>         Georgia: 7 out of 29 stations (24%) out of service
>         U.S. VI: 1 out of 1 station (100%) out of service
>
>     Public Safety Answering Points (9-1-1 centers) (FCC)
>         Florida: 29 impacted (4 out of service, 9 partial service, 7
> re-routed with ALI, 8 re-routed without ALI)
>         Georgia: 5 impacted (1 re-routed with ALI, 3 re-routed without ALI)
>         U.S. VI: 2 impacted, without ALI/ANI
>
>
> Cable and Wireline systems (FCC)
>
> 1,040 switching centers (cable headends and central offices) out of
> service. Unknown how many are isolated, damaged or just without power.
>
> 8,190,407 subscribers out of service in Alabama, Florida and Georgia; not
> including Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.
>
> According to Comcast: All comcast's miami-dade and broward facilities are
> on generator power. Comcast is deploy portable generators in neighborhoods
> to re-charge outside plant. Comcast has no network access beyond Marthon in
> the Florida Keys, but has crews ready when the area is accessible.
>
>
>
> Wireless Service (FCC)
>
>      Alabama: less 1% cell sites out of service
>      Florida: 18.1% cell sites out of service (3 counties over 50% OOS)
>      Georgia: 5.3% cell sites out of service
>      Puerto Rico: 10.1% cell sites out of service
>      U.S. VI: 55% cell sites out of service (St. John - 9 out of 10 OOS,
> St. Thomas 38 out of 57 OOS)
>
>
> According to AT&T: deployed 6 portable, satellite connected cell on trucks
> in the Florida Keys (Stock Island, Key West and Marathon and 2 satellite
> connected cell on trucks in Naples, Florida. The AT&T National Disaster
> Recovery Team has over 20 units deployed throughout Florida (don't know
> what that means, but sounded good).
>
>
>
> Broadcast (FCC)
>
>     Television: 10 stations out of service
>     Radio: 39 stations out of service
>
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