Hurricane Sandy
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Hurricane Katrina
NO Convention and Visitors Bureau Hurricane Information
Sept 1: There has been no cell phone service in the city as all towers are either down or battery charged transponders cannot be reached to be recharged. There is substantial outage of telephone landlines as well. Some cell service began to be restored Thursday. There is virtually total internet disruption as well, as locally hosted servers and routers have gone down with the loss of primary and backup power. Only those hotels with corporate housed servers in other cities have any internet possibility. Communication with anyone in the city is extremely difficult. Long distance lines are difficult to acquire throughout Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast because of the high traffic.
Fiber Optics
The Bridge over Lake Pontchartrain is damaged and reported (according to Sean Donelan) the bridge was the fiber optic path in and out of New Orleans. This is consistent with Internet2 information showing routes to the South are offline.
On September 2, 33% of surveyed New Orleans websites were not reachable. See survey for details.
Federal Activity
- Joint Statement of Chairman Kevin J. Martin and Commissioner Michael J. Copps Following Their Visit To the Gulf State Region Affected By Hurricane Katrina, FCC 9/12/2005
- Maintaining Wireless Service for Consumers Affected by Hurricane Katrina., FCC 9/7/2005
- Joint Statement of Chairman Kevin J. Martin, Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy, Commissioner Michael J. Copps, and Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein On Hurricane Katrina Restoration Efforts, FCC 9/7/2005
- Presentation of Kenneth Moran, Director, Office of Homeland Security, Enforcement Bureau, Agenda Meeting of the FCC, Atlanta, Georgia, September 15, 2005., FCC 9/19/2005
- JOINT APPLICATION BY BELLSOUTH CORPORATION, BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND BELLSOUTH LONG DISTANCE, INC., FCC 9/19/2005
Links
Internet Service Providers
| ISP |
Sept 2 |
| Baton Rouge |
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| I-55 |
Main Office no power |
| ISP Junction |
Website Assessible. No Info provided |
| NO |
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| Cox.net |
"Due to severe weather conditions, some customers in Baton Rouge , New Orleans and the surrounding areas may not be able to connect to the Internet." 9/2/5 |
Broadcast Services
Media reports indicate that the following broadcast services are online in NO: WWL-TV CBS Online Feed, KHEV-FM, WGNO-ABC, WWL-AM, WLMG-FM. XM Radio emergency channel 247 is also in operation.
Relief Efforts
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- Public Utility Commissions
News
- New Orleans' Wi-Fi network now a lifeline, CW 3/21/2006
- Chairman Martin Names Nancy J. Victory as Chair of the Federal Communications Commission’s Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Communications Networks., FCC 11/29/2005
- NOLA to Get City-Provided Free Wi-Fi, IP Democracy 11/29/2005
- Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina, ComTechReview 11/22/2005
- Technology’s Role in Disaster Relief, ComTechReview 11/22/2005
- A Response to Katrina from Chicago's Center for Neighborhood Technology, ComTechReview 11/22/2005
- Winds of Change: A VISTA’s Experiences in the Astrodome, ComTechReview 11/22/2005
- Katrina’s Tech Lessons, Red Herring 11/8/2005
- CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina, Network World 10/24/2005
- Net2Phone and CMA Partner to Provide VoIP Service to Gulf, Americas Network 10/21/2005
- WiMAX To Be Deployed For Katrina Relief, Americas Network 10/18/2005
- WiMAX To Be Deployed For Katrina Relief, Americas Network 10/14/2005
- Volunteers Use Mesh, WiMax, Wi-Fi in Katrina-Hit Regions, Wifi Networking News 10/5/2005
- First Federal Indictment from Katrina Internet Scam Announced -, Newsinferno 10/5/2005
- In a Post-Katrina World, Getting Calls Through, Fortune 10/1/2005
- Wireless network comes to the rescue, Mercury News 10/1/2005
- Wireless to the Rescue, Datamation 10/1/2005
- Katrina: Community Wireless Rapid Response, CU Wireless 10/1/2005
- Geek Cavalries Turn Post-Katrina Landscape Into Wireless Lab, Information Week 10/1/2005
- Post-Katrina: Uniform Emergency Communications Needed, AP 10/1/2005
- Red Cross looks to IT for post-Katrina recovery, CW 10/1/2005
- Rebuilt New Orleans could be cutting edge, USA Today 10/1/2005
- Comm industry mobilizes to rebuild the Gulf Coast’s communications, GCN 10/1/2005
- New Orleans wiring could improve, CNN 10/1/2005
- BellSouth’s Smith: VoIP no miracle cure for Katrina, Telephony Online 10/1/2005
- FCC Chairman Proposes Fixes To Support Disaster Relief, AdvancedIPpipeline 9/30/2005
- Congress Investigates Emergency-Communications Breakdown, PC World 9/30/2005
- Hurricanes Generate Debate on Internet-Disaster Plans, Newsfactor 9/30/2005
- Rita Causes Scattered Phone, Cell Outages, AdvancedIPpipeline 9/20/2005
- Feds Investigating Fraudulent Katrina-Related Web Sites, Ecommerce Times 9/20/2005
- FCC Chairman Proposes Fixes To Support Disaster Relief, CircleID 9/20/2005
- U.S. Hosting Firm Readies For Rita, AdvancedIPpipeline 9/20/2005
- Salvaging data from Katrina-damaged PCs, MSNBC 9/19/2005
- Sununu: IP Community Should Speak Up, Internet news 9/19/2005
- Katrina fuels push for new disaster telecom systems, Bizjournal 9/19/2005
- GeoWireless and Vivato Provide Katrina Relief, Americas Network 9/19/2005
- Internet Calling's Role in Katrina Aftermath Understated, Internet Week 9/19/2005
- Talking in the dark, Free Press 9/19/2005
- The Commerce and Consumer Protection Implications of Hurricane Katrina, House Commerce 9/19/2005
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation To hold hearings to examine communications in disaster. Sept 22, Senate 9/19/2005
- Storm Victims -- and a FEMA Representative -- Plug In at Kinko's, Wash Post 9/12/2005
- Web lets donors find specific needs and fill them, USA Today 9/12/2005
- Astrodome Radio Station Blocked, Wired 9/12/2005
- VOIP to the Rescue, eweek 9/12/2005
- DOJ, FBI Pool Resources For Battle With Katrina Fraudsters, Information Week 9/12/2005
- Cyber-Looters Capitalize on Katrina, eweek 9/12/2005
- FEMA Will Fix Assistance Web Site, Information Week 9/12/2005
- Next-Gen Wireless Accelerated for Disaster, Ecommerce Times 9/12/2005
- Katrina Could Impact Chip Production, eweek 9/12/2005
- Katrina relief effort draws Web scammers, IHT 9/12/2005
- Community wireless groups help in Katrina efforts, Muni 9/12/2005
- Wireless networks give voice to evacuees, Free Press 9/12/2005
- FEMA Demands Use of IE To File Online Katrina Claims, Slashdot 9/12/2005
- Unfamiliar Tasks For an Organization Used to Disaster, Wash Post 9/7/2005
- In the face of catastrophe, sites offer helping hands, DetNew.com 9/7/2005
- SI International Awarded $3.8 Million Internet Protocol version 6 ..., PR Newswire 9/7/2005
- Internet helps reunite survivors, USA Today 9/7/2005
- Free phones, buses, Web assistance for Katrina victims, USA Today 9/7/2005
- Hurricane website is IE only, The Register 9/7/2005
- Getting the Gulf Back on the Grid, Wired 9/7/2005
- Universities Open to Tech Students Displaced by Katrina, AdvancedIPpipeline 9/7/2005
- FCC Pushing Carriers To Fix Nets Destroyed By Katrina, Information Week 9/7/2005
- FCC takes actions to help with Hurricane Katrina recovery, RCR 9/7/2005
- Getting the Gulf Back on the Grid, Wired 9/7/2005
- BellSouth's Hurricane Losses May Exceed Estimates, Forbes 9/7/2005
- Satellite Meets Katrina Demand, Red Herring 9/7/2005
- Satellite Communications Fills Katrina's Telephone Void, AdvancedIPpipeline 9/7/2005
- Gulf Telecommunications Grid Crawls Back to Life, NPR 9/7/2005
- Wireless ISPs ready to heed call for help, Free Press 9/7/2005
- Hill to deal with Katrina communications, Free Press 9/7/2005
- Beware Katrina-related Net scams, officials say, MSNBC 9/7/2005
- Scammers Hit Web In Katrina's Wake, Wash Post 9/2/2005
- Communications Networks Fail Disaster Area Residents, Wash Post 9/2/2005
- Katrina-themed malware attack hits the net, Register 9/2/2005
- Katrina and the rise of wiki journalism, CNET 9/2/2005
- In New Orleans, a Web firm pushes on, MSNBC 9/2/2005
- Katrina.com converted into hurricane site, MSNBC 9/2/2005
- Bloggers, Citizen Journalists See Katrina From The Inside, Information Week 9/2/2005
- Telecoms face 'one big mess' in Gulf Coast region, CW 9/2/2005
- SBC sets up phone bank in Astrodome to offer free calls to storm victims, Bizjournal 9/2/2005
- SBC Puts Wi-Fi in Astrodome; T-Mobile Extends Free Wi-Fi, Wifi Networking News 9/2/2005
- New Orleans Paper Shifts To Web Only, Internet Week 9/2/2005
- Blogs tell human cost of Katrina, DDN 9/2/2005
- Infocon: green, SANS 9/2/2005
- Storm hampers telecom services, The Globe and Mail 8/30/2005
- Katrina Hits Wireless Carriers, Red Herring 8/30/2005
- Hurricane Katrina overwhelms weather Web sites, Reuters 8/30/2005
- Web Reacts To Hurricane Katrina, Internet Week 8/30/2005
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