As prepared by the Federal Communications Commission: August 28, 2017 11:30 a.m. Communications Status Report for Areas Impacted by Tropical Storm Harvey August 28, 2017 The following is a report on the status of communications services in geographic areas impacted by Tropical Storm Harvey as of August 28, 2017 at 11:00 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 28, 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 16 (down from 17 yesterday) PSAPs affected (all from Texas). Six PSAPs from yesterday were taken off the list, and five have been added. The ones added are in bold: ? PSAP down with no re-route: Calhoun County Sheriff, TX. ? PSAP re-routed without ALI: Aransas County SO, TX; Bee PD, TX; Beeville PD, TX; Harris County Neutral SO, TX; Jackson County SO, TX; Kemah PD, TX; Kingsville PD, TX; Kleberg County SO, TX; Mathis PD, TX; Port Aransas PD, TX; and Robstown PD, TX. ? PSAP re-routed with ALI: Aransas Pass PD, TX; Gonzales County SO, TX; Port Lavaca, TX; and Wilson County SO, TX. ? Note: The following PSAPs were listed as affected yesterday but are now fully functional: Cameron Parish SO, LA; Ingleside PD, TX; Portland Police Department, TX; Refugio County SO, TX; Richmond PD, TX; and Victoria PD, TX. 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 28, 2017 11:30 a.m. The following table provides cell sites out by county. There are 4.7% of the cell sites down in the affected area, up from 4.1% yesterday. The counties with greater than 50% of cell sites out are Aransas, Calhoun, and Refugio in TX. Plaquemines is the only county in LA reporting any cell sites out. The information shown was provided by the signatories to the Wireless Network Resiliency Cooperative Agreement: 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% As prepared by the Federal Communications Commission: August 28, 2017 11:30 a.m. LA LAFAYETTE 150 0 0.0% LA LAFOURCHE 31 0 0.0% LA ORLEANS 349 0 0.0% LA PLAQUEMINES 48 3 6.3% 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% TX BEE 40 1 2.5% TX BRAZORIA 267 15 5.6% TX BROOKS 15 0 0.0% TX CALHOUN 27 20 74.1% TX CAMERON 210 0 0.0% TX CHAMBERS 54 2 3.7% TX COLORADO 49 5 10.2% TX DEWITT 31 1 3.2% TX DUVAL 39 2 5.1% TX FORT BEND 363 6 1.7% As prepared by the Federal Communications Commission: August 28, 2017 11:30 a.m. TX GALVESTON 241 15 6.2% TX GOLIAD 23 8 34.8% TX GONZALES 40 3 7.5% TX HARRIS 3,131 110 3.5% TX HIDALGO 380 1 0.3% TX JACKSON 17 6 35.3% TX JEFFERSON 247 7 2.8% TX JIM WELLS 35 0 0.0% TX KARNES 17 0 0.0% TX KENEDY 14 0 0.0% TX KLEBERG 27 0 0.0% TX LAVACA 33 2 6.1% TX LIBERTY 108 6 5.6% TX LIVE OAK 47 3 6.4% TX MATAGORDA 58 12 20.7% TX MCMULLEN 7 0 0.0% TX NUECES 267 51 19.1% TX ORANGE 85 1 1.2% TX REFUGIO 26 22 84.6% TX SAN PATRICIO 58 25 43.1% TX VICTORIA 92 15 16.3% TX WHARTON 63 4 6.3% TX WILLACY 21 0 0.0% TX WILSON 29 0 0.0% As prepared by the Federal Communications Commission: August 28, 2017 11:30 a.m. TOTAL 7,803 364 4.7% Cable Systems and Wireline (Combined) There are at least 189,487 subscribers (up from at least 148,565 yesterday) out of service in the affected area. This includes users who get service from cable system or wireline providers. There are 19 (up from 11 yesterday) non-mobile switching centers out of service and 22 (up from 21 yesterday) switching centers on back-up power. Broadcast There are 9 radio stations out of service. This is the same number as yesterday: TX – KKTX, KUNO, KPRC, KKWV, KAYK, KMKS, KZFM, KKBA and KEYS. Note that KJOJ-FM has been restored to service and KMKS has been added to the list since yesterday. There are no TV stations reported as being out of service.