• DocumentCode
    2716571
  • Title

    Digging out after Hugo (telephone restoration)

  • Author

    Simmons, John W., Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    Southern Bell Telephone Co., Columbia, SC, USA
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    22-25 Oct. 1990
  • Firstpage
    8
  • Lastpage
    15
  • Abstract
    The chain of events and some lessons learned by Southern Bell Telephone Company during their struggle with Hugo, a class four hurricane, are outlined. A brief description of emergency operations before, during, and after the hurricane is given.<>
  • Keywords
    maintenance engineering; telephone systems; Southern Bell Telephone Company; emergency operations; hurricane Hugo; telephone restoration; Foot; Fuels; Helicopters; History; Hurricanes; Storms; Surge protection; Telephony; Water storage; Wind speed;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Telecommunications Energy Conference, 1990. INTELEC '90., 12th International
  • Conference_Location
    Orlando, FL, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INTLEC.1990.171218
  • Filename
    171218
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2716571