Hurricane Michael: Communications restoration status

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

39 deaths in the US, at least 15 deaths in Honduras, Nicaragua, El 
Salvador

After 12 days, most wireless service is restored in Florida. It took 
over 6 months to restore wireless service across Puerto Rico/US Virgin 
Islands.

Today, Oct 22 2018, Verizon Wireless reported wireless services has been 
restored throughout the area.

AT&T Wireless reports 99.9% wireless service restoration.

T-Mobile reports service restored or temporary solutions in place.

FCC Status Reporting

Cellular service:
Bay County: 103 cell sites out of service (29.7%)
Gadsden County: 12 cell sites out of service (19.4%)
Gulf County: 6 cell sites out of service (26.1%)

55,006 wireline and cable customers are reported out of service.

1 TV, 7 FM and 2 AM broadcasters reported out of service.