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Fwd: LA Earthquake - 1/17 5:00am
From: David J Farber <farber () radiomail net>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 09:50:32 PST
----- Forwarded Message Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 09:45:20 PST From: Jim Opfer (via RadioMail) <opfer () radiomail net> Subject: Fwd: LA Earthquake - 1/17 5:00am To: farber () central cis upenn edu Dave I am fine in Torrance but I noticed something interesting... The electricity stayed on The Gas was fine The Phone service worked fine RAM Mobile Data and Cellular work fine BUT THE CABLE TV WENT OUT IMMEDIATELY AND WAS DOWN FOR FIVE HOURS! JIM ----- Forwarded Message Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 07:35:42 PST From: the wireless terminal of Geoff Goodfellow <geoff () radiomail net> Subject: Fwd: LA Earthquake - 1/17 5:00am To: rm-staff () radiomail net fyi-- ----- Forwarded Message Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 06:57:16 PST From: Pat Hughes (via RadioMail) <phughes () radiomail net> Subject: LA Earthquake - 1/17 5:00am To: reh () radiomail net Cc: hcase () radiomail net, msl () radiomail net, jxk () radiomail net, lpeters () radiomail net, geoff () radiomail net, frezza () radiomail net, veh () radiomail net Gentlemen, LA (primarily) had a banger of an earthquake (6.5+) this morning. Portions of freeways have collapsed , airports are closed, gas is leaking, fatalities in core LA are highly probable. ROGER!!! -Orange County felt the jolt but I spoke w/ my folks in Irvine and things appear to be shaken but stable with minimal damage. With the gas leaks and general mess in LA, our mutual customer, So. Cal Gas. may need some support in the way of hardware and service. I suspect that all available RF and telco resources will be maxed out in So. Cal for hours or days. Also CHP and Caltrans may need service. I believe this to be probable as I headed up McCaw's 1989 SF earthquake response effort and experienced the event for the first two days uninterrupted. Anyway ... at minimum we should contact So. Cal Gas to see if they want emergency units (RAM Packs) and determinine our ability to supply on emergency basis ... given that our physical network is unaffected.. If so....who is the key contacts at Gas. Co. Along with showing the value of mobile messaging in crisis environment, we may save a life. Email or call if you wish to discuss (916) 989-0326
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