As prepared by the Federal Communications Commission: August 30, 2017 11:30 a.m. Communications Status Report for Areas Impacted by Tropical Storm Harvey August 30, 2017 The following is a report on the status of communications services in geographic areas impacted by Tropical Storm Harvey as of August 30, 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 30, 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 11 (down from 15 yesterday) PSAPs affected (all but one from Texas). There are no PSAPs which are down without a re-route. Five PSAPs from yesterday were taken off the list and one has been added. The one that has been added is in bold: ? PSAP re-routed without ALI: Aransas County SO, TX; Port Aransas PD, TX; Refugio County SO, TX; and Vidor PD, TX. ? PSAP re-routed with ALI: Calhoun County Sheriff, TX; Cameron Parish SO, LA; Chambers County SO, TX; Harris County Neutral SO, TX; Houston EC Training, TX; Port Lavaca PD, TX; and West Columbia PD, TX. The following PSAPs were on yesterday’s list but are now fully operational: Aransas Pass PD, TX; Bay City PD, TX; Cameron PD, TX; Lee County SO, TX; and Matagorda County SO, 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 30, 2017 11:30 a.m. The following table provides the percentage of cell sites out of service by county. There are 4.2% of the cell sites out of service in the affected area, down from 4.7% yesterday. There are no counties with greater than 50% of cell sites out of service. Aransas and Refugio were both above 50% yesterday, but have dropped from 84.2% to 47.4% and from 73.1% to 26.9%, respectively. There are no cell cites reported out of service in LA. The information shown was provided by the signatories to the Wireless Resiliency Cooperative Framework: 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% As prepared by the Federal Communications Commission: August 30, 2017 11:30 a.m. LA VERMILION 56 0 0.0% TX ARANSAS 19 9 47.4% TX ATASCOSA 40 0 0.0% TX BEE 40 0 0.0% TX BRAZORIA 267 14 5.2% TX BROOKS 15 0 0.0% TX CALHOUN 28 4 14.3% TX CAMERON 210 0 0.0% TX CHAMBERS 54 15 27.8% TX COLORADO 49 2 4.1% TX DEWITT 31 1 3.2% TX DUVAL 39 1 2.6% TX FORT BEND 363 9 2.5% TX GALVESTON 241 17 7.1% TX GOLIAD 23 3 13.0% TX GONZALES 40 1 2.5% TX HARRIS 3,131 149 4.8% TX HIDALGO 380 0 0.0% TX JACKSON 17 1 5.9% TX JEFFERSON 247 22 8.9% 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% As prepared by the Federal Communications Commission: August 30, 2017 11:30 a.m. TX LAVACA 33 1 3.0% TX LIBERTY 108 7 6.5% TX LIVE OAK 47 1 2.1% TX MATAGORDA 58 8 13.8% TX MCMULLEN 7 0 0.0% TX NUECES 267 22 8.2% TX ORANGE 85 9 10.6% TX REFUGIO 26 7 26.9% TX SAN PATRICIO 58 4 6.9% TX VICTORIA 92 17 18.5% TX WHARTON 63 5 7.9% TX WILLACY 21 0 0.0% TX WILSON 29 0 0.0% TOTAL 7,804 329 4.2% Cable Systems and Wireline (Combined) There are at least 267,426 subscribers (down from at least 283,593 yesterday) out of service in the affected area. This includes users who get service from cable system or wireline providers. There are 42 (up from 21 yesterday) non-mobile switching centers out of service and 25 (down from 35 yesterday) switching centers on back-up power. All of the additional non-mobile switches out of service are very small switches. Broadcast There are 5 (down from 7 yesterday) radio stations out of service: TX – KXAI, KFNC, K224EH, KKWV and KAYK. Note that KKTX, KPRC and KKPN have been restored and removed from the list since yesterday, while KFNC has been added. There are 3 (up from 1) TV stations out of service: TX - KUQI, KFDM and KBTV, all in TX.