Amazingly the food supply was never an issue with the major supermarkets
fully operational almost immediately in 24 hours and of course with the
large tank farm here there were millions of gallons of gas and diesel in
supply as well. The roads are littered with thousands of downed power poles
and wires so driving is like on a massive obstacle course to get anywhere.
Most of the internet, cable and phone service was via fiber and that
infrastructure is all gone. Unfortunately, it will take a year or more to
get to near normalcy here. Cruzan Rum just contacted me to put in an
upgrade to their radio system So it appears they will be in operation as
they have a huge aging warehouse still in operation.
Thanks for the email. It is really great to have internet even via my
bridge connection via my cell service.
Herb, KV4FZ
On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 8:24 PM, <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
> It sounds like you are pretty lucky. Your home was not damaged and I am
> sure that you will eventually rebuild your antennas. It is amazing that
> anything survived that wind speed, twice. Living with no commercial power
> and probably shortages of food, gas and other supplies has to be rough. I
> hope that things get resolved quickly. Hopefully the Cruzan Rum Distillery
> is operational:)
>
> GL
> John KK9A
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Herbert Schoenbohm [mailto:herbert.schoenbohm@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 3:50 PM
> To: john@kk9a.com
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] KV4FZ ?
>
> I lost only one tower to Maria but two others survived. My 5 element
> beams were taken down before the storm hit. My 3 element Cubex Quad is a
> total mess of shredded fiberglass spare. No more quads for me.
> No crank up towers here, It is amazing my Rohn 45's stayed uip but the
> Rohn 55 without any antennas on it came down in one piece...so it will live
> another day perhaps,. My 160 tower is OK but the skirts have to be
> replaced. My house and ham shack suffered zero damage, unlike the
> 10,000 homes that lost roofs. There is no city power here till next year
> and no internet. I am using my AT&T cell phone as a personal hotspot. I
> have a nice generator and Dishnetwork to watch some football and the
> playoffs. While everything in the news is about Puerto Rico all the time.
> It is a pity that after being hit by two Cat 5 hurricanes in a little over
> a week very little mention is made of the VI and the massive destruction
> all over the islands.
>
> I have been doing 14 hours days getting radio station back up but look
> forward to putting the antennas back up. Repairs that usually are measured
> in hours now take days to accomplish.
>
> Thanks for your xoncern of my station.
>
> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
>
> On 10/16/17, john@kk9a.com <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
> > St Croix had serious damage to their power grid. It may take another
> > month or two before everyone has electricity. I think that the only
> > towers that survived were crank-ups (in the lowered position).
> >
> > John KK9A - aka WP2AA
> >
> >
> >
> >
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