[121441] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Katrina response, private and public
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Brunner-Williams)
Tue Jan 19 12:36:26 2010
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:35:31 -0500
From: Eric Brunner-Williams <brunner@nic-naa.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <4B53F390.4040007@nic-naa.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Yesterday the US provided 270 gallons of diesel, and the Dominican
Republic provided 100 gallons of diesel. Including battery, the
Xchange Boutilliers is fuel secure through Friday.
Eric
On 1/18/10 12:37 AM, Eric Brunner-Williams wrote:
> There are significant US naval and land assets in place.
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> However, resupply to the NAP/microwave backhaul out of the FERA (Front
> Edge Rescue Area, to delta off the usual FEBA acronym) and local
> government data communications continuity apparently aren't on the first
> day task order, nor any subsequent day's task order.
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> Drill. Drill Now. Drill Baby Drill. Palin may be insane, but skipping on
> emergency procedures and drills, which at least one government has done,
> is not sane. (Doing something twice, e.g., failure to prepare for
> Katrina class events, and expecting a different outcome measure of sanity.)
>
> Eric
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> On 1/17/10 10:22 PM, Nathan Eisenberg wrote:
>> Isn't there a US destroyer taskforce off the coast now? One would
>> think they'd have a supply of diesel available.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Nathan Eisenberg
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Eric Brunner-Williams [brunner@nic-naa.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 3:02 PM
>> To: nanog@nanog.org
>> Subject: Re: Katrina response, private and public
>>
>> As of this hour Reynold Guerrier has managed to obtain 56 gallons of
>> diesel, moving the NAP's dry tank fail point some 8 hours, into the
>> morning of the 18th.
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>> No other fuel has been delivered to the NAP. The SitRep of the 16th to
>> the State Department has just been updated with information current as
>> of this hour.
>>
>> Eric
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>> On 1/16/10 5:36 PM, Eric Brunner-Williams wrote:
>>> At around noon, Eastern, the State Department was provided with
>>> information on the fuel situation at the Port au Prince NAP, which has
>>> used 2/3rds of the available diesel (8gal/hour run rate, 160 gal
>>> remaining) keeping the microwave backhaul to the DR up, and all
>>> remaining governmental and NGO network access.
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> On 1/16/10 10:43 AM, Reynold Guerrier wrote:
>>>> Guys
>>>>
>>>> The buggest issues in the 2 coming days will be energy. And I can't
>>>> assure that we will be able to get fuel for the generator. Equipment
>>>> with Solar energy will be our best shot.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Reynold Guerrier
>>>> AHTIC
>>>> Treasurer
>>>> Network Engineer
>>>> Haiti Earthquake Survivor
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Eric Brunner-Williams
>>>> <brunner@nic-naa.net<mailto:brunner@nic-naa.net>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>> After the Katrina landfall a diverse group of wireless people
>>>> started organizing a relief effort, culminating in work around
>>>> Waveland. There was also a group from the NPGS in Monterey, who
>>>> worked on the Boxing Day Tsunami aftermath.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have a similar contact set?
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ===================================
>>>> Reynold Guerrier
>>>> IT Consultant
>>>> 509-3446-0099
>>>> IM: reygue@hotmail.com<mailto:reygue@hotmail.com>
>>>> Skype: reygji
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