Re: DHS letters for fuel and facility access

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

Its a form letter.

Same letter is printed no matter what disaster its for.  I don't think 
they are expecting power outages (unless there is a co-disaster at the 
same time).  Its just the standard form.


On Mon, 16 Mar 2020, james jones wrote:

> Fuel priority? They expecting shortage and/or power outages?
> -James
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 4:21 PM Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:
>
>       On some other mailing lists, FCC licensed operators are
>       reporting they
>       have received letters from the Department of Homeland Security
>       authorizing
>       "access" and "fuel" priority.
>
>       Occasionally, DHS issues these letters after natural disasters
>       such as
>       hurricanes for hospitals and critical facilities.  I haven't
>       heard of them
>       issued for pandemics.