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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical WEATHER: update Puerto Rico/South Florida
300 dead so far (200 Dominican Republic, 87 Haiti, others spread out over several different islands) Once again, my information is limited to where DRA has customers. So I don't know about other areas. South Florida: Light to moderate damage. Power outage in the keys and spot outages in south Florida. Most telephone and Internet service continued to function. Puerto Rico: Latest word I have from people on the island, is they are still without telephone, electricity or water. At least 50% of the telephone poles on the island have been knocked down. I don't have word specifically about the satellite teleport in Puerto Rico. Currently emergency officials are working on restoring utility service to these facilities, in this order 1. Emergency services, hospitals, designated shelters 2. Water and sewerage plants 3. Telephone and other communication services Estimates are it will be Monday before priority services have been restored. Major urban areas by the end of next week (Oct 2). Other News: Does anyone have any more information about Worldcom's outage last night in Mississippi? The only information we received was it involved hazardous materials. BTW, last Friday I attended a briefing at the Department of Commerce about the process the US Government is embarking on to work on a "private-public" partnership with the "Information and Communications" sector as part of their Critical Infrastructure Assurance Program. I didn't recognize anyone from a "post cold war" company in attendence. Essentially no Internet backbone representation, with maybe the possible exception of AT&T. Not that anyone missed anything. I wonder what the press thought of the briefing. -- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO Affiliation given for identification not representation
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