hopefully good comes of this and the federal dollars that will be flowing
in are used to rebuild infrastructure responsibly and sustainably and not
just patchworked back to semifunctionality
this would be a good time to consider addressing the massive debt there too
On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> PREPA is (from what I've been reading) is in terrible financial shape.
> They can barely afford to have above ground transmission. Below ground is
> vastly more expensive.
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> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
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> On 9/24/2017 9:39 AM, Rory Conaway wrote:
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> Most of that would have been damaged or destroyed too. I always wondered
> why they don’t put more cable underground.
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> Rory
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> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On
> Behalf Of *Erich Kaiser
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 24, 2017 9:37 AM
> *To:* af@afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Gino
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> I always wondered why the Caribbean islands did not use more wind and/or
> solar power.
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> Erich Kaiser
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> North Central Tower
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> er...@northcentraltower.com
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> Office: 630-621-4804 <(630)%20621-4804>
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> Cell: 630-777-9291 <(630)%20777-9291>
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> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> From what I'm hearing, the major issue is power, or the lack thereof.
> Existing supplies of fuel for generators, etc. are in extremely short
> supply. I've been hearing estimates of 6+ months to restore power, and that
> may be optimistic.
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> bp
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> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
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> On 9/24/2017 9:07 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
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> I know we are all anxious hoping to hear from Gino.�
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> �
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> I wish I still had an HF rig and a decent antenna.� I am wondering of
> anyone on here works 20 meters and has heard from folks in PR?
>
> �
>
> Keep hearing of the lack of communication capability there, but 2 meter
> and HF is pretty much going to work irrespective of any infrastructure
> damage.�� Here in Utah, our county emergency center has fully
> functional HF, VHF and UHF capability.��
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> �
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> Actually most of Utah does as well as many groups of LDS church folk that
> work with emergency preparedness.�
>
> �
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> I have never used it, but I know there are HF methods to convey IP.�
> Could certainly keep slow speed email going.�
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