[Outages-discussion] FEMA, W.H. send victims to Internet

[Alex Rubenstein]

OK, that would have carried us to about midnight last night. Seeing as most secondary roads are completely impassable, I am not sure even 80 hours would have helped.


From: outages-discussion-bounces at outages.org [mailto:outages-discussion-bounces at outages.org] On Behalf Of Bill Wichers
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 11:22 AM
To: Lyle Giese; outages-discussion at outages.org
Subject: Re: [Outages-discussion] FEMA, W.H. send victims to Internet

The cell sites are supposed to have 8 hours of backup power (by whatever means the carrier chooses, battery, generator, etc.) per E911 regs.

   -Bill

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From: outages-discussion-bounces at outages.org<mailto:outages-discussion-bounces at outages.org> [mailto:outages-discussion-bounces at outages.org] On Behalf Of Lyle Giese
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 10:39 AM
To: outages-discussion at outages.org<mailto:outages-discussion at outages.org>
Subject: Re: [Outages-discussion] FEMA, W.H. send victims to Internet

And how long does the battery last in your smart phone?  My wife can not go 8 hours without a charger.(that's one reason I don't have a 'smart' phone)

Plus in really big events like Sandy or the big ice storm that went through Kentucky a couple of years ago, how long will the cell towers survive without power?  Not all of them have on sight gensets.  Plus network outages

Way to vulnerable to 'depend' on the Internet in events like this.

Lyle


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