DeLandT
 
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Re: Katrina Aftermath
 
 
 
 
Tue Aug 30 2005 08:11 AM  
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Here is some information I received from Cingular Wireless concerning the damage to their infrastructure in the LA/MS/AL Area:
 
  Subject: SIR level 1E Initial Hurricane Katrina Cell Site V11539
  Location: SouthEast - Eng ;Ala /MS / LA Elements: Cell Sites Start Time: 08-29-2005 12:45 Eastern GSM And TDMA Voice And Data Customers Cannot Make or Receive Call From Mobile ETTR: unknown 
 
  Location: SouthEast - Eng ;Ala /MS / LA Elements: South Region Cell Sites Start Time: 08-29-2005 12:45 Eastern GSM And TDMA Voice And Data Customers  Cannot Make or Receive Call From Mobile ETTR: unknown 
 
  Currently there are a 834 GSM and 607 TDMA sites down in Alabama,Mississippi, Louisiana for a total of 1450 sites down as a result of Hurricane Katrina. 
  The Breakdown for Orange and Blue locations are as follows. 
  Louisiana Currently there are 458 out of 1159 locations affected in New Orleans
  The breakdown for New Orleans is as follows 199 Orange Locations 214 GSM and 199 TDMA 259 Blue Locations   259 GSM and 139 TDMA
 
  Mississippi  Currently there are 287 out of 760 locations affected in Mississippi
  The breakdown for Jackson is as follows 152 Orange Locations 152 GSM and 67 TDMA 135  Blue Locations   52 GSM and 135 TDMA
 
  Alabama  Currently there are 157 out of 1165 locations affected in Alabama
  The breakdown for Mobile is as follows  113 Orange Locations 113 GSM and 23 TDMA 44  Blue Locations   44  GSM and 42 TDMA
  All visibility to the New Orleans Blue TDMA and GSM MSCs has been lost. All visibility to the New Orleans Orange TDMA MSC has been lost. All visibility to the Lafayette Orange TDMA MSC has been lost. All visibility to the Jackson Orange TDMA and GSM MSC has been lost.
  The Mobile Orange MSC is Currently running on generator.
  All Intrado links to Blue MSCs in Louisiana are down, Phase II calls are defaulting to Phase I.
 
 
  Alabama, Mississippi, New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Plan 
  GENERATORS  Mobile        64 onhand Mobile        75 in route from FLA  Lafayette     15 onhand  Lafayette     40 in route from GA  Jackson       25 in route from GA Birmingham    12 on hand NW Floridia   16 on hand
  An additional 150 Generators in Route   Total on hand or in route 397   
  FUEL  Diesel  Mobile             11,500 G diesel on hand  Lafayette           4,000 G diesel on hand  Total onhand        5,500 G  Additional diesel  126,000 G available  			  12,000 G inbound Total 		  153,000 G available
  Unleaded Mobile              10,300 G unleaded on hand 			   4,000 G inbound Total			   10,800 G Available
  We have deployment and fuel crews staged in both Mobile and Lafayette. We also have tower crews on standby, as well as line and antenna material. 
  OPERATIONS 
  Operations will run initial dispatch of resources out of Mobile. After the storm, they will assess damages and determine the best place from which to stage recovery efforts. If Baton Rouge is unaffected, the Ops Manager there (Dell Oliver) will go to New Orleans to assist. After setting up the initial dispatch in Mobile, Kenny Browning will also go to New Orleans. Charlie Young will be in Mobile. 
  Gulf coast site recovery will be supported out of Mobile. Central MS site recovery will be supported out of Central and North Alabama. 
 
 
  Customers affected: unknown  Start time: 08-29-2005 05:00 Eastern  Teams engaged: SRNOC, Local Ops, Power and Telco companies  Estimated time to repair: unknown  Next update: 10:00 am EST
 
  BTW Orange and Blue refer to Cingular and AT&T.
 
 
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