Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

Fri Aug 11 04:06:42 UTC 2023

On 8/11/23 05:17, Eric Kuhnke wrote:

> Recently saw an aerial video where an entire neighborhood in Laihana 
> had burned down *except* for the concrete block structure small ILEC CO.
>
> Pictures I have seen of other ILEC sites in Hawaii closely resemble 
> some GTE sites in the Pacific Northwest (now Ziply), which makes sense 
> with the history of GTE in Hawaii.
>
> Does anyone have some more detailed photos or examples of a telecom 
> site that's survived while everything else around it is burned up?

I'm seeing that 80% of Laihana is burned out, but that also 80% of the 
fire is now contained.

It's like a war zone.

Mark.