During the peak of the rain storm in NJ+NY (see flooding deaths referenced in previous email), the wireless emergency alert systems were sending, simultaneously:
1) TORNADO WARNING SEEK SHELTER NOW GO TO BASEMENT [1] 2) FLOOD WARNING SEEK HIGH GROUND GET OUT OF BASEMENTS [2] 1: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=nyc+tornado+warning 2: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=nyc+ida+flood+warning+wireless+emergency+alert On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 12:03 AM Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote: > Two 19-year-old linemen died in an electrocution accident in Jefferson > County, Alabama assisting with storm recovery. Cause under investigation. > > at least 66 deaths confirmed: > 25 in New Jersey (at least 8 died in vehicle flooding), > 17 in New York (at least 11 died in basement apartment flooding), > 12 in Louisiana (4 died from CO poisoning), > 5 in Pennsylvania, > 2 in Mississippi, > 2 in Alabama, > 1 in Maryland, > 1 in Virginia, > 1 in Connecticut (state police officer vehicle flooding) > > Power outages (poweroutage.us) > > 756,173 Louisiana > 9,615 Pennsylvania > 7,256 Mississippi > > Entergy New Orleans no expects most power to be restored by September 8, > 2021. Reminder, Puerto Rico is still experiencing rolling blackouts > after 2017 hurricanes destroyed its power grid. > > > There were over 374 Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) issued nation-wide > between August 26, 2021 (initial Hurricane warnings) and September 2, > 2021. I'm still digging into how many WEA messages are related to > Hurricane Ida (HUW event codes) versus other severe weather events > elsewhere (e.g. FRW event codes - wildfire warnings in California). > > Remember your Roku, Amazon Firestick, Google TV, etc. streaming devices > don't alert you to emergency warnings. Amazon Alexa does have an > option to activate severe weather warnings on its Echo/Echo Show devices. > > Wireless Emergency Alert messages by EAS event code (codes don't appear in > the message itself) > > Event Count > CAE 7 Child Abduction > CDW 1 Civil Danger > CEM 3 Civil Emergency > DSW 3 Dust Storm > EVI 11 Immediate Evacuation > EWW 4 Extreme Winde > FFW 102 Flash Flood > FRW 10 Fire Warning > HMW 1 Hazardous Material > HUW 47 Hurricane > LAE 3 Local Area Emergency > LEW 5 Law Enforcement Warning > SPW 1 Shelter-in-Place > SSW 29 Storm Surge > SVR 7 Severe Thunderstorm > TOR 142 Tornado > > Grand Total 376 > > > > The FCC disaster reporting is limited to only 3 states (AL, LA, MS) > > 2 public safety answering points (9-1-1) partially re-routed > > FCC is not reporting any other states. > > > Wireless providers had open roaming and waiving overage charges through > Friday. I don't know how much longer they will keep open roaming > activated. > > 20% cell sites in Louisiana out of service (statewide average) > Louisiana counties: 55% of Plaquemines, 52% of LaFourche > > 1.4% in Alabama, 0.8% in Mississippi. > FCC not reporting any other states. > > > Cable and wireless outages (subscribers) in AL, LA, MS. > > 1,119 Alabama, > 427,587 Louisiana, > 2,157 Mississippi > > FCC not reporting any other states. > > > 2 TV, 9 FM and 4 AM stations reported out of service in AL, LA, MS. > > FCC not reporting any other states. >
