Alltel Wireless is Ready for 2007 Hurricane Season.Carrier Offers Tips for Customers Preparing for Weather-Related Emergencies LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- With the 2007 hurricane season Hurricane season refers to a period in a year when hurricanes usually form. For more information see: Tropical cyclone#Times of formation. For a lists of past seasons, see:
See: New York Stock Exchange : AT) is ready to respond to any weather-related emergency that might threaten communications services in coastal states The U.S. Coastal states are states in the United States that have a coastline. This can be an ocean coast, a gulf coast, or a Great Lake coast. There are twenty three ocean/gulf of Mexico states, and eight Great Lake states. (New York is both an ocean state and a Great Lake state. . "Alltel takes very seriously our responsibility to ensure our customers stay connected to friends and family during storms," said Chris Smith Chris Smith is the name of: In politics:
Alltel has for years maintained a formal plan for preparing for hurricanes and responds with manpower, generators and equipment once a storm hits. The company routinely opens a remote Hurricane Command Center to manage resources and lead network recovery efforts during disasters. This year, Alltel already has: * Secured agreements with vendors to provide fuel to keep trucks and generators running. * Placed generators on standby standby Medtalk adjective Referring to the immediate availability of a certain specialist–anesthesiologist, surgeon, who can be deployed in a medical emergency. Cf Concurrent. in hurricane-prone areas, and tested on-site backup generators for readiness in case of a power outage Noun 1. power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage" power failure equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" . In addition, the company has purchased more than 100 new generators. * Prepared to provide lodging, RVs, food and water for technicians working in storm-hit areas. Alltel also works to help customers in hard-hit areas. Retail stores remain open as long as possible and reopen re·o·pen tr. & intr.v. re·o·pened, re·o·pen·ing, re·o·pens 1. To open or be opened again: Officials reopened the airport after the snow was cleared. Schools reopen in September. as soon as conditions permit to allow customers access to phone chargers and batteries. Alltel opens mobile retail stores in particularly hard-hit areas. Customers can prepare for hurricane season by: * Verifying that wireless phones are working properly. * Programming wireless phones with emergency contact numbers. * Making sure wireless phone batteries remain fully charged. * Keeping additional charged batteries on hand along with car chargers. Phones, batteries and chargers should be kept in dry, easily accessible areas. In addition, in the event a hurricane occurs, customers should consider: * Using Text Messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. instead of trying to place a call. * Limiting non-emergency calls, whenever possible. * Waiting 10-15 seconds before dialing again if a call fails to go through. * Using their camera phones to record damage for insurance purposes. Alltel is owner and operator of the nation's largest wireless network and has 12 million wireless customers. |
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