[196096] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and lack of
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brooks Bridges)
Mon Oct 2 04:22:52 2017
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From: Brooks Bridges <brooks@firestormnetworks.net>
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2017 22:55:07 -0700
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It's also quite possible that many of the roads are perfectly passable
by a 5000 to 7500# car however aren't cleared enough or stable enough
for a 60,000 to 80,000# tractor-trailer.
On 10/1/2017 10:38 PM, valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Oct 2017 22:09:55 -0500, Jason Baugher said:
>> The more I read about this, the more disturbed I get. On the one hand, we
>> keep hearing that the trucks aren't moving because roads are impassable.
>> Then I read that government officials are driving from their remote areas
>> to San Juan to ask why no aid is coming, disputing the claims about the
>> roads.
> It's quite possible for both to be true. The fact that some government
> officials are able to make it to San Juan isn't proof that nobody on the
> island is stuck behind an impassable road.
