[74028] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ivan and outages
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Rubenstein)
Sun Sep 12 13:53:26 2004
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 13:51:19 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
From: Alex Rubenstein <alex@nac.net>
To: Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine <brunner@nic-naa.net>
Cc: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <200409120951.i8C9puvc018108@nic-naa.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
I have some involvement with a telecom/internet company located in
Grenada. This was sent to me in the last day or so.
> With reference to staff in Grenada, 4 out of 6 involved people are
> accounted for. The country as you are probably aware has lost over half
> it's buildings. Over 90% of the ones left are damaged. The electricity
> will not be restored to the island for an estimated 3-4 months and
> communications are currently only possible from cellphones in a couple
> of places.
>
> The office roof collapsed destroying the office and with the rain that
> followed, anything remaining un damaged was then drowned. (Technician)
> has collected all the hardware and is attempting to dry it out, however
> without electricity and with the current state of emergency, we can
> neither test it or fly it out of the country.
Apparently, there country is under military control; no people allowed in
our out. "State of Disaster" has been proclaimed.
Also, it is being said that there is a general food shortage.
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine wrote:
>
> I'm looking for operational status information from Grenada, Jamaica,
> Grand Caymen, and Cuba. Anyone with clue drop me a note off-list, I
> will post a summary.
>
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