> 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 <s...@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. >
