Brian D Heaton wrote: > Robert, > > Depending on whether or not the cell sites have generators in addition > to their battery banks, that 4G service may get spotty soon. When we > went through the "Snowpocalypse" up here in the PAC-NW early this year > the cell sites started dieing in the rural areas as they depleted their > batteries and there were enough trailer-mounted gensets to go around. > > Then again, until my house if finished and commercial power installed, > I'm on a small generator with a 3G wireless setup from home every day. :) > > -Brian > > > On 6/30/2012 7:04 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> On 6/30/2012 9:31 PM, Brian D Heaton wrote: >>> Glad you and yours are all in one piece. With no power to over a >>> million folks, the next few days may get a bit "interesting." >> >> Thanks, Brian. >> >> Yeah, as of right now 1.3 million people are without power during one of >> the worst heat streaks DC has ever recorded for the month of June. >> Pepco, the local power utility, says it may take between a week and >> fifteen days to get everyone back operational. Power around here has >> been solid as a rock, but TV and internet are both out and connectivity >> is provided by a 4G wireless card for my laptop. Traffic and street >> lights are out all over the place. >> >> So, yeah, if you're peered with any keyserver in the greater DC Metro >> Area, be warned they may be down and may be unable to check in here to >> say so. :)
I heard from relatives on the western side of the mountains from DC. 85% of the state of West Virginia is without power. _______________________________________________ Sks-devel mailing list Sks-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/sks-devel
