Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and lack of

Thu Sep 28 01:40:16 UTC 2017

> Telecommunications:

  Pictures posted on twitter of joint restoration meeting between..........

What twitter feed was this?

I didn't catch it.

On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 5:44 PM, Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:

>
> After a week without power, all the stationary batteries throughout the
> telecommunications network are likely completely drained.  This makes
> restoration even more difficult, like a dead car battery needing a jump
> start.
>
> I am focusing on U.S. territories, but there is also disaster response
> from Hurricanes Irma and Maria on Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominica,
> Montserrat, Saint Martin, and St. Kitts and Nevis.
>
> Fatalities, including deaths attributed to post-hurricane recovery:
>    Hurricane Iram: 72 - Florida; 40
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=72+-+Florida;+40&entry=gmail&source=g> -
> Caribbean
>    Hurricane Maria: 16 - Puerto Rico; 2
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=16+-+Puerto+Rico;+2&entry=gmail&source=g> -
> U.S. Virigin Islands; 15 - Dominica, 3 - Haiti; 2 - Guadeloupe
>
> Department of Defense:
>    Supporting FEMA, the Department of Defense has deployed USNORTHCOM
> Brigadier General Rich Kim to Puerto Rico to manage the Title 10 (military)
> response efforts in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. USSOUTHCOM
> continues to support relief activities elsewhere in the Caribbean.
>
>
> Airports and sea ports:
>    Puerto Rico: 3 sea ports open; 5 sea ports open with restrictions,
> daylight hours only. 9 airports are open. Only San Juan Airport open to
> commercial air traffic, approximately 15-20 commercial flights.  All other
> flights reserved for priority military and relief activities.
>
>    U.S Virgin Islands: 4 sea ports open with restrictions, daylight hours
> only.  U.S. VI airports closed except military and relief flights.
>
>
> Electricity:
>    Puerto Rico: 1.57 million customers out of service. An estimate of 4%
> has been restored. Restoring power to airports, hospitals, sea ports and
> water treatment plants are still critical priorities.  80% of transmission
> lines damaged, power generation plants appear intact.
>
>    U.S. Virgin Islands: 55,000 customers out of service, most of the
> islands. St. Thomas has five feeders partially energised. St. Croix has
> three feeders partially energized. Restoring power to airports, hospitals,
> sea ports and water treatment plants are still critical priorities.
>
>
> Telecommunications:
>
>   Pictures posted on twitter of joint restoration meeting between
> telecommunications providers, FEMA and Puerto Rico Telecommunications
> Regulatory Board. From the logos & colors on shirts: Claro, T-Mobile,
> Sprint, and many other company logos I couldn't make out (estimate 20
> people in the room).
>
>   Reports of generators and fuel stolen from cell sites and remote
> telecommunications locations. This is not unusual during disasters.  The
> Puerto Rico Telecommunications Industry Alliance, which appears to be a
> lobbying group of communication companies in Puerto Rico, has sent a letter
> about the need for FEMA to coordinate logistics and prioritize access to
> fuel and security. PRTIA (or APT in Spanish) has existed for a few years,
> but I can't judge if its letter represents telecommunication companies in
> Puerto Rico.
>
>   Puerto Rico:
>      2,432 of 2,671 cell sites (91%) out of service.
>      No update/change to cable and wireline systems, about 55% of central
> offices with voice, data and long-distance.  The rest with only local
> voice, no inter-office connections.  No clear description about status of
> local loops or subscribers with service.
>
>      Pictures of Liberty Cable PR repair crews posted on twitter. I still
> haven't found a public statement about LibertyPR's status.
>
>      Approximately 450-500 out of 1200 Internet networks and 35-38 out of
> 48 ASNs are present in the global Internet routing table, with occasional
> up/down changes due to restoration activity.
>
>   U.S. Virigin Islands:
>      70 of 106 cell sites (66%) out of service.
>      No update/change to cable and wireline systems.
>
>      U.S. Virgin Islands Internet routes have nearly returned to normal,
> with occasional up/down blips due to restoration activity.
>
>
> I'm not ignoring the status competitive and smaller USVI and PR
> communication providers, its just difficult to find official statements
> from them.  If you have status about them, let me know.
>