Yeah...I mean if you ever needed an excuse to leave Houston... On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 2:43 PM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tough call any way you cut it...our city has sent nurses and emt help to > Houston, utility trucks en route to San Antonio to stage for action, our > emergency response center is ready for 1500 evacuees and more if > necessary. We did same for Katrina evacuees...many actually stayed... > hospitality, great food and affordable housing, and again , great food. > > Jaime Solorza > > On Aug 28, 2017 1:05 PM, "CBB - Jay Fuller" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> would you rather have 6.5 million people on the interstates when they >> flooded? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Sean Heskett <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Monday, August 28, 2017 1:33 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Harvey damage >> >> maybe someone from Texas can explain this to me but it seems that the >> Huston evacuation plan for the storm (or really any natural disaster) was >> to not evacuate because they can't move 6.5million people out of the city >> in time for the storm so everyone was supposed to evacuate "in place"...so >> now the plan is to go rescue everyone who stayed in place because it's all >> flooded. >> >> I know Texans have their own sort of reasoning and thinking but this >> seems really flawed IMHO. >> >> am i missing something or do I have my facts wrong?!?! >> >> -Sean >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> No political action better than reaction other than over reaction. >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:11 AM Jaime Solorza < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Abbot just called out all Texas National Guard!! About 12000 members... >>>> >>>> >>>> Jaime Solorza >>>> >>>> On Aug 28, 2017 8:33 AM, "Cameron Crum" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The Wisp response to Katrina was awesome thanks to Mac Dearman. I >>>>> tired to offer wifi to some of the shelters up here in Fort Worth after >>>>> that and it just turned into a bureaucratic nightmare and nothing ever got >>>>> done. Nobody seemed to know who was in charge of communications. The >>>>> shelters in some parts of Houston, as I understand it, are a moving target >>>>> as well right now. My partner's son is currently in one, but it may soon >>>>> be >>>>> overtaken by water itself and they might have to evac the few hundred >>>>> people there. It's a mess for sure. Someone might consider contacting >>>>> either Samaritan's Purse or HEB here in TX as they have already mobilized >>>>> huge convoys of trucks with everything from food and water to laundry >>>>> trucks, to shower trucks, etc. I wonder if they have ever considered >>>>> communications? It might be worth while to have them build a few comms >>>>> trucks with hydraulic masts that could be quickly deployed and get >>>>> bandwidth from a nearby wisp for just such events. It could be outfitted >>>>> with a bunch of couches, usb charging ports, and few APs inside/outside to >>>>> provide communications quickly outside of shelters. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 8:14 AM, Steve Jones < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Was reading at&t is setting up temporary cell towers to bring up >>>>>> basic outward commimications and limited data. Its filtering out >>>>>> streaming >>>>>> and video. Of course when the politics takes things over, there will be >>>>>> people who try suing for it not being "open internet' >>>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 28, 2017 7:37 AM, "Lewis Bergman" <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I would imagine it would keep getting worse as they run out of fuel. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:34 AM CBB - Jay Fuller < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks for posting these >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ----- Reply message ----- >>>>>>>> From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> Subject: [AFMUG] Harvey damage >>>>>>>> Date: Mon, Aug 28, 2017 12:19 AM >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Communications getting worse from FCC DIRS report differing from >>>>>>>> Aug 26 to Aug 27 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-346368A1.pdf >>>>>>>> https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-346369A1.pdf >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 9 radio stations out of service (up from 5 on Aug 26 report) >>>>>>>> 6 more switching centers, 11 total out of service (up from 5 on Aug >>>>>>>> 26 report) >>>>>>>> 320 total cell towers out of service (up from 315 on Aug 26 report) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Will be interesting to see what the Aug 28 report shows, looks like >>>>>>>> they come out at 11:30 each morning >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://www.fcc.gov/harvey >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Jason Wilson < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> From NANOG last night..... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hurrican Harvey DIRS report >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 5 radio stations out of service (WKNC, KKTX, KUNO, KKWV, and KAYK) >>>>>>>>> 149,909 cable and wireline subscribers out of service (5 switching >>>>>>>>> centers >>>>>>>>> out of service, and 38 switching centers on backup power) >>>>>>>>> 4% of cell sites out of service (Aransas, Reugio and San Patricio, >>>>>>>>> TX have >>>>>>>>> more than 50% of cell sites out of service) >>>>>>>>> 9 PSAPs out of service or calls re-routed to another PSAP >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Aransas, TX is very rural, with only 19 cell sites, 18 out of >>>>>>>>> service. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-346368A1.pdf >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Aug 27, 2017 10:32 AM, "Bill Prince" <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I saw reports this morning of 22+ inches of rain in certain >>>>>>>>>> areas, with > 10 inches expected in the next few days. Rockport >>>>>>>>>> seems to be >>>>>>>>>> the hardest hit. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> bp >>>>>>>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 8/27/2017 9:11 AM, Jaime Solorza wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Hey guys , anyone getting hammered with rain and winds down in >>>>>>>>>>> Hill Country areas? Tushar, Alan? Some flooding in San Antonio and >>>>>>>>>>> especially Houston but haven't heard about Austin, Llano, Marble >>>>>>>>>>> Falls, >>>>>>>>>>> etc. I have some Cambium 180s spares and one Epmp1000 .. stay safe >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Jaime Solorza >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>> >>
