per https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSFEMA/2017/09/01/file_attachments/872871/FEMA%2BDaily%2BOps%2BBriefing%2B09-01-2017.pdf
when they say that 4% cell tower outage - they dont really mean that 4% of towers are out across the entire area - what they really mean is - at ground zero - 100% of cell towers are gone - and in other areas - some towers are down (just stating the bloody obvious for the bloody record your honor) 21 hospitals closed - yikes - why? ------------------------------------- Tropical Cyclone Harvey Current Situation Flooding rains from Harvey continue across far eastern Texas and western Louisiana with heavy rainfall spreading northwestward through the Lower Mississippi Valley today and into the Tennessee and Ohio valleys and Central Appalachians over the next two days Impacts • Widespread Damage : Nearly 137k (+ 18k) of 2.7 million homes across 29 counties impacted • Evacuations: o TX – mandatory evacuations for 430k; Voluntary evacuations for 234K people o LA – mandatory evacuations for 6.9k; voluntary evacuations for 133k people • Shelters / Occupants : 243 / 34k in TX; 6 / 1,679 in LA • Transportation : Limited operations across the region o Airports: Beaumont closed (expected to open Sep 4) o Seaports: Victoria closed; Houston, Galveston, Texas City, and Freeport open with restrictions o Railways: Railroad operations remain stopped in impact zone o Subway / Bus : Services limited in Houston and Corpus Christi o Roads/Bridges: Major roads remain closed through the impacted area • Communications: 4 % cell tower outage; 100k landline customers out of service • Medical: 21 hospitals closed; 7 hospitals reopened; 39 nursing homes closed • Power Outages: 174k customers without power in TX* (DOE EAGLE - I as of 1:00 a.m. EDT) • Schools: Houston schools closed for at least 2 weeks • Other: Numerous tornadoes, high wind, and hail events reported across the Lower Mississippi Valley and much of the Southeast -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
