As prepared by the Federal Communications Commission: August 26, 2017 11:30 a.m. Communications Status Report for Areas Impacted by Hurricane Harvey August 26, 2017 The following is a report on the status of communications services in geographic areas impacted by Hurricane Harvey as of August 26, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. EDT. This report incorporates network outage data submitted by communications providers to the Federal Communications Commission’s Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS). DIRS currently covers areas of Texas and Louisiana. Note that the operational status of communications services during a disaster may evolve rapidly, and this report represents a snapshot in time. The following 55 counties are in the current geographic area that is part of DIRS (the “disaster area”). Louisiana: Acadia, Assumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Vermilion Texas: Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Brazoria, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Duval, Fort Bend, Galveston, Goliad, Gonzales, Harris, Hidalgo, Jackson, Jefferson, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Lavaca, Liberty, Live Oak, Matagorda, McMullen, Nueces, Orange, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, Wharton, Willacy, Wilson The following map shows the counties in the disaster area: As prepared by the Federal Communications Commission: August 26, 2017 11:30 a.m. 911 Services The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) learns the status of each Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) through the filings of 911 Service Providers in the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS), through reporting done to the FCC’s Public Safety Support Center (PSSC), coordination with state 911 Administrators and, if necessary, individual PSAPs. There are a total of 9 PSAPs affected: ? Portland Police Department, TX is down with no re-routes. ? Calhoun County Sheriff, TX is up without Automatic Location Information (ALI). ? Port Aransas Police Department, TX; Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Office, LA; Victoria Police Department, TX; Mathis Police Department, TX; Refugio County Sheriff’s Office, TX; Ingleside Police, TX; and Robstown Police Department, TX have either been re-routed to administrative lines or re-routed to another PSAP. Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Office and Victoria Police Department have been re-routed with ALI, all other re-routes are without ALI. Wireless Services The following section describes the status of wireless communications services and restoration in the disaster area, including the percentage of cell sites out of service for each county. The following map of the disaster area illustrates which counties are most affected: As prepared by the Federal Communications Commission: August 26, 2017 11:30 a.m. The following table provides cell sites out by county. The information shown was provided by the signatories to the Wireless Network Resiliency Cooperative Agreement and a regional carrier: State Affected Counties Cell Sites Served Cell Sites Out Percent Out LA ACADIA 50 0 0.0% LA ASSUMPTION 23 0 0.0% LA CALCASIEU 154 0 0.0% LA CAMERON 30 0 0.0% LA IBERIA 45 0 0.0% LA JEFFERSON 275 0 0.0% LA JEFFERSON DAVIS 36 0 0.0% LA LAFAYETTE 150 0 0.0% LA LAFOURCHE 31 0 0.0% LA ORLEANS 349 0 0.0% LA PLAQUEMINES 48 0 0.0% LA ST. BERNARD 35 0 0.0% LA ST. CHARLES 48 0 0.0% LA ST. JAMES 27 0 0.0% LA ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST 33 0 0.0% LA ST. MARTIN 53 0 0.0% LA ST. MARY 60 0 0.0% LA TERREBONNE 80 0 0.0% LA VERMILION 56 0 0.0% TX ARANSAS 19 18 94.7% TX ATASCOSA 40 0 0.0% As prepared by the Federal Communications Commission: August 26, 2017 11:30 a.m. TX BEE 40 9 22.5% TX BRAZORIA 267 12 4.5% TX BROOKS 15 6 40.0% TX CALHOUN 27 11 40.7% TX CAMERON 210 0 0.0% TX CHAMBERS 54 0 0.0% TX COLORADO 49 1 2.0% TX DEWITT 31 2 6.5% TX DUVAL 36 8 22.2% TX FORT BEND 363 7 1.9% TX GALVESTON 241 3 1.2% TX GOLIAD 23 5 21.7% TX GONZALES 41 1 2.4% TX HARRIS 3,131 11 0.4% TX HIDALGO 380 0 0.0% TX JACKSON 17 6 35.3% TX JEFFERSON 247 0 0.0% TX JIM WELLS 35 13 37.1% TX KARNES 17 0 0.0% TX KENEDY 14 2 14.3% TX KLEBERG 27 1 3.7% TX LAVACA 33 3 9.1% TX LIBERTY 108 1 0.9% TX LIVE OAK 47 2 4.3% As prepared by the Federal Communications Commission: August 26, 2017 11:30 a.m. TX MATAGORDA 58 13 22.4% TX MCMULLEN 7 0 0.0% TX NUECES 267 103 38.6% TX ORANGE 85 0 0.0% TX REFUGIO 26 15 57.7% TX SAN PATRICIO 58 38 65.5% TX VICTORIA 92 20 21.7% TX WHARTON 63 3 4.8% TX WILLACY 21 0 0.0% TX WILSON 29 1 3.4% TOTAL 7,801 315 4.0% There are 4% of the cell sites down in the affected area. The counties with greater than 50% of cell sites out are Aransas, Refugio, and San Patricio in TX. There are no cell sites affected in LA. Cable Systems and Wireline (Combined) While we don’t have reports for all counties yet, there are at least 149,909 subscribers out of service in the affected area. This includes users who get service from cable system or wireline providers. There are 5 switching centers out of service and 38 switching centers on back-up power. Broadcast There are 5 radio stations out of service: TX – WKNC, KKTX, KUNO, KKWV, and KAYK There are no TV stations reported as being out of service.