The Wisp response to Katrina was awesome thanks to Mac Dearman. I tired to offer wifi to some of the shelters up here in Fort Worth after that and it just turned into a bureaucratic nightmare and nothing ever got done. Nobody seemed to know who was in charge of communications. The shelters in some parts of Houston, as I understand it, are a moving target as well right now. My partner's son is currently in one, but it may soon be overtaken by water itself and they might have to evac the few hundred people there. It's a mess for sure. Someone might consider contacting either Samaritan's Purse or HEB here in TX as they have already mobilized huge convoys of trucks with everything from food and water to laundry trucks, to shower trucks, etc. I wonder if they have ever considered communications? It might be worth while to have them build a few comms trucks with hydraulic masts that could be quickly deployed and get bandwidth from a nearby wisp for just such events. It could be outfitted with a bunch of couches, usb charging ports, and few APs inside/outside to provide communications quickly outside of shelters.
On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 8:14 AM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Was reading at&t is setting up temporary cell towers to bring up basic > outward commimications and limited data. Its filtering out streaming and > video. Of course when the politics takes things over, there will be people > who try suing for it not being "open internet' > > On Aug 28, 2017 7:37 AM, "Lewis Bergman" <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I would imagine it would keep getting worse as they run out of fuel. >> >> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:34 AM CBB - Jay Fuller < >> par...@cyberbroadband.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> Thanks for posting these >>> >>> Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone >>> >>> ----- Reply message ----- >>> From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <lists.wavel...@gmail.com> >>> To: <af@afmug.com> >>> Subject: [AFMUG] Harvey damage >>> Date: Mon, Aug 28, 2017 12:19 AM >>> >>> Communications getting worse from FCC DIRS report differing from Aug 26 >>> to Aug 27 >>> >>> https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-346368A1.pdf >>> https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-346369A1.pdf >>> >>> 9 radio stations out of service (up from 5 on Aug 26 report) >>> 6 more switching centers, 11 total out of service (up from 5 on Aug 26 >>> report) >>> 320 total cell towers out of service (up from 315 on Aug 26 report) >>> >>> Will be interesting to see what the Aug 28 report shows, looks like they >>> come out at 11:30 each morning >>> >>> https://www.fcc.gov/harvey >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Jason Wilson <ja...@remotelylocated.com >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> From NANOG last night..... >>>> >>>> >>>> Hurrican Harvey DIRS report >>>> >>>> 5 radio stations out of service (WKNC, KKTX, KUNO, KKWV, and KAYK) >>>> 149,909 cable and wireline subscribers out of service (5 switching >>>> centers >>>> out of service, and 38 switching centers on backup power) >>>> 4% of cell sites out of service (Aransas, Reugio and San Patricio, TX >>>> have >>>> more than 50% of cell sites out of service) >>>> 9 PSAPs out of service or calls re-routed to another PSAP >>>> >>>> Aransas, TX is very rural, with only 19 cell sites, 18 out of service. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-346368A1.pdf >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Aug 27, 2017 10:32 AM, "Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I saw reports this morning of 22+ inches of rain in certain areas, >>>>> with > 10 inches expected in the next few days. Rockport seems to be the >>>>> hardest hit. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> bp >>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>>>> >>>>> On 8/27/2017 9:11 AM, Jaime Solorza wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hey guys , anyone getting hammered with rain and winds down in Hill >>>>>> Country areas? Tushar, Alan? Some flooding in San Antonio and especially >>>>>> Houston but haven't heard about Austin, Llano, Marble Falls, etc. I have >>>>>> some Cambium 180s spares and one Epmp1000 .. stay safe >>>>>> >>>>>> Jaime Solorza >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>
