Re: Hurricane Ida updates

[Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com>]

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 <sean () 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.