The federal money is supposed to be released with a clean spending bill, we will see. Community will come together for a lot of people, but those out on their ear, I don't know what they have to reach out to. My good friends mom is missing in Corpus Christie, I cant imagine that, so many displaced people and no communication. That's what its good to have a disaster meetme plan in place ahead of time.
On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Cameron Crum <[email protected]> wrote: > Most of the people hit by the flood are probably uninsured. Flood > insurance, if you can even get it, is expensive. My partner's son was > renting and their house has about 5 feet of water in it. They are not > insured for flooding. Everything is ruined including the vehicles he uses > to get to work. I'm guessing there are a lot of people in this scenario. > > On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 1:20 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> We're on a station that's 17kW, 50kW EIRP. They have a 30kW genset. Then >> a 4.5kW EIRP station has a 100kW genset. Go figure. >> >> Any station that's part of the EAS is supposed to have generator backup. >> I know of several that don't, because they're cheap bastards >> >> >> On 8/29/2017 12:50 PM, Mitch Koep wrote: >> >> Chris >> >> The transmitter will run on A/C or transformer converted >> >> We had a local station on back up generator (50kw) for 4 days here >> >> for our equipment and the stations. >> Check the power panel I believe they are 200 Amp Panels >> >> On 8/29/2017 12:21 PM, Chris Fabien wrote: >> >> Wow, how much generator would it take to run a 100kw radio station? >> Several times that I would assume? >> >> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:35 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Broadcast >>> There are 9 radio stations out of service: >>> TX – KJOJ-FM, KKTX, KUNO, KPRC, KKWV, KAYK, KZFM, KKBA and KEYS. >>> >>> >>> KJOJ- - 100,000 watt FM (largest signal you can get) >>> KKTX - 50,000 watt FM (pretty large signal) >>> KUNO - 1000 watt AM station >>> KPRC - 5000 watt AM station >>> KKWV - 8500 watt FM station >>> KAYK - 50,000 watt FM >>> KZFM - 100,000 fm - glanced at their website, it had this on facebook : >>> >>> "Hot Z95 will be shutting down for the night at 6pm and will return >>> tomorrow at 6am. We like many other South Texans are without electricity >>> and are relying on generators to be on air. Some music is better than no >>> music! We know AEP is working as hard as they can to restore power to our >>> area. Until then we will do what we have to do." >>> >>> KKBA - 13,000 watt FM >>> >>> KEYS - well, i want those call letters LOL. >>> 1000 watt AM... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* CBB - Jay Fuller <[email protected]> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Sent:* Monday, August 28, 2017 12:34 AM >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Harvey damage >>> >>> >>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >> >> >> >
