Fwd: LA Earthquake - 1/17 5:00am

[David J Farber <farber () radiomail net>]

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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 09:45:20 PST
From: Jim Opfer (via RadioMail) <opfer () radiomail net>
Subject: Fwd: LA Earthquake - 1/17 5:00am
To: farber () central cis upenn edu


Dave


I am fine in Torrance but I noticed something interesting...


The electricity stayed on
The Gas was fine
The Phone service worked fine
RAM Mobile Data and Cellular work fine


BUT THE CABLE TV WENT OUT IMMEDIATELY AND WAS DOWN FOR FIVE HOURS!


JIM
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 07:35:42 PST
From: the wireless terminal of Geoff Goodfellow <geoff () radiomail net>
Subject: Fwd: LA Earthquake - 1/17 5:00am
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 06:57:16 PST
From: Pat Hughes (via RadioMail) <phughes () radiomail net>
Subject: LA Earthquake - 1/17 5:00am
To: reh () radiomail net
Cc: hcase () radiomail net, msl () radiomail net, jxk () radiomail net,
lpeters () radiomail net, geoff () radiomail net, frezza () radiomail net,
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Gentlemen,


LA (primarily) had a banger of an earthquake (6.5+) this morning. Portions  of
freeways  have  collapsed , airports are closed, gas is leaking, fatalities in
core LA are highly probable.


ROGER!!! -Orange County felt the jolt but I spoke w/ my folks in Irvine and
things appear  to  be shaken  but stable with  minimal damage.


With the gas leaks and general mess in LA, our mutual customer, So. Cal Gas. 
may  need  some support in the way of hardware and  service. I suspect  that 
all available  RF  and  telco resources will be  maxed  out in So. Cal for
hours  or  days.


Also CHP  and  Caltrans  may  need  service. I believe this  to  be  probable 
as I headed up McCaw's 1989 SF earthquake response effort and  experienced  the
event for  the first two days uninterrupted.


Anyway ... at minimum we should contact So. Cal Gas to see if  they want
emergency units (RAM Packs) and  determinine our ability to supply  on
emergency basis ... given  that  our physical network  is  unaffected.. If
so....who is the  key  contacts  at Gas. Co.  Along  with  showing  the  value
of mobile messaging in crisis environment, we may save a life.


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