I'm in st Thomas and have been here a week helping a WISP and general cleanup
like orphanages The power is the major issue. All poles and utilities are
offline outside of the major port area that has buried utilities. Generators
are being flown in every day word here is 6-9 months for power to be restored.
Fiber phone and cable providers are crippled and many of the towers here have
most of the equipment not just damaged but totally missing. What is there
still is water damaged or has fried Ethernet from water infiltration
But power is the major issue in the USVI also
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> On Sep 24, 2017, at 16:58, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> With PR having been on the verge of state bankruptcy, why not, just cut and
> run now. use the influx that's inbound to rebuilt and become wealthy, never
> have to worry about the statehood thing again. Everybody will have
> smartmeters and starbucks
>
>> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Jason McKemie
>> <j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote:
>> Aruba has a pretty decent wind farm, although they are wealthier than a lot
>> of other Caribbean islands.
>>
>>
>>> On Sunday, September 24, 2017, Erich Kaiser <er...@northcentraltower.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> I always wondered why the Caribbean islands did not use more wind and/or
>>> solar power.
>>>
>>>
>>> Erich Kaiser
>>> North Central Tower
>>> er...@northcentraltower.com
>>> Office: 630-621-4804
>>> Cell: 630-777-9291
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> bp
>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>>
>>>>> On 9/24/2017 9:07 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
>>>>> I know we are all anxious hoping to hear from Gino.�
>>>>> �
>>>>> 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.��
>>>>> �
>>>>> Actually most of Utah does as well as many groups of LDS church folk that
>>>>> work with emergency preparedness.�
>>>>> �
>>>>> I have never used it, but I know there are HF methods to convey IP.�
>>>>> Could certainly keep slow speed email going.�
>>>>
>>>
>
