Title :
Digging out after Hugo (telephone restoration)
Author :
Simmons, John W., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Southern Bell Telephone Co., Columbia, SC, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications Energy Conference, 1990. INTELEC '90., 12th International
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL, USA
DOI :
10.1109/INTLEC.1990.171218
