I live in a coastal town, but not near the water. Unfortunately most of the cell towers that are near my home were also much nearer the water so even backup generators/battery backup did not help. I have been told that several of them are not even standing anymore. With previous storms, even ones that made land-fall closer to us, the cell towers mostly survived. Unfortunately, backup generators or battery backup does not help when the base of the tower is under a few feet of water.
Lloyd ----- Original Message ---- From: "Blaicher, Christopher Y." <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, October 31, 2012 2:18:57 PM Subject: Re: Check out AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile Offer Statements On Hurricane Netwo Most cell towers have UPS's with backup generators. I have fellow employees that are saying they are now losing service. My guess is that the generators are running out of fuel and various sites are dropping off because of that. In defense of all the companies, you plan for the bad case, or worse, but how do you plan for a total disaster? I am located in Texas, but my daughter has friends in northern New Jersey that planned ahead and have generators for their homes, but now they can't get any more fuel for them so they are dropping off. If things get back to any form of normal in less than a week, it will be a miracle. For some places it will be measured in months, lots of months. Chris Blaicher Senior Software Engineer, Software Services Syncsort Incorporated 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 P: 201-930-8260 | M: 512-627-3803 E: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Check out AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile Offer Statements On Hurricane Netwo _AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile Offer Statements On Hurricane Network Issues: No ETA Given For Fix | TechCrunch_ (http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/30/att-verizon-sprint-t-mobile-offer-statements-on-hurricane-network-issues-no-et a-given-for-fix/?icid=maing-grid10|htmlws-main-bb|dl6|sec3_lnk1&pLid=227781) Anybody tracking the edu's as online/offline? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ATTENTION: ----- The information contained in this message (including any files transmitted with this message) may contain proprietary, trade secret or other confidential and/or legally privileged information. Any pricing information contained in this message or in any files transmitted with this message is always confidential and cannot be shared with any third parties without prior written approval from Syncsort. This message is intended to be read only by the individual or entity to whom it is addressed or by their designee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are on notice that any use, disclosure, copying or distribution of this message, in any form, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and/or Syncsort and destroy all copies of this message in your possession, custody or control. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
