FCC outage reporting does not expand beyond gulf coast

Thu Sep 2 21:02:15 UTC 2021

As Hurricane Ida moved across the eastern part of the country, the FCC did 
not expand its DIRS reporting.  So today's outage reports only includes 
Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.

It does not include New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, etc.

Hurricane Ida death toll: 29 people to date, expected to increase.

Public Safety Answering Points (9-1-1): 3 PSAPs in Louisiana are still 
re-routing calls.

Average cell site outages (averaging over a large area makes the 
percentages lower) 25% out of service.  Individual counties have 40% to 
over 73% cell sites out of service in Louisiana.

Cable and Wireline outages

Alabama: 1,119
Louisiana: 448,557
Mississippi: 7,127

The number of customers out of service increased since August 30, likely 
due to power backup failing and circuits damaged during recovery 
activities (i.e. clearing poles from roads, cutting trees, etc.)

No reports from other states.

2 TV, 11 FM radio and 4 AM radio stations reported out of service.  There 
may be more, but not required to immediately inform the FCC.

Power status(customers out of service): 925k out in LA, 93k out in PA,
61k out in NJ 35k, out in MS, 31k out in NY