GlobalCom customers prepare for Hurricane Dennis
This unexpected early hurricane caught a number of people on the Florida panhandle by surprise. The last hurricane that hit the Florida panhandle this early in the hurricane season was in 1936. It is very unusual to deal with a hurricane this early in the season. Already tropical storm Emily is in the Caribbean and is expected to become a hurricane within the next few days. I expect this will be a very active hurricane season and people on the Eastern and Gulf coast should be prepared. Emergency communication is a vital part of this preparation.Numerous GlobalCom customers that purchased phones last year during hurricane season activated the phones when hurricane Dennis was a threat. These customers included large utility companies, insurance companies, as well as military and government. It is our recommendation to our GSA customers to allow the satellite phones to remain active throughout the hurricane season. We recommend this because when a threat of a hurricane to the coast line is imminent it can take as long as thirty-six hours to activate a satellite phone due to the tremendous demand placed upon Globalstar and the Iridium service providers to activation large quantities of phones in a short period of time. Another reason people living close to the coast need to plan ahead are the logistics of shipping the phone to them when a hurricane is within a few days of hitting the coast. All the common carriers which include UPS and Federal Express will stop all shipments a few days prior to the hurricane hitting the coast and in the case of hurricane Ivan it could be days after the hurricane before deliveries can resume.
To insure you have uninterrupted reliable communication it is GlobalCom recommendation to purchase and activate a satellite phone(s) or rent satellite phone(s) at the beginning of hurricane season and not wait till a threat of a hurricane is within a few days of hitting the coast because the units may not be available to ship or the shipper may not be able to deliver the units prior to the hurricane.
GlobalCom is recommending our Globalstar hand held and fixed site units for all areas of the Eastern and Gulf coast. It is our least expensive phone which will give reliable communication even in areas of total devastation. The Globalstar hand held unit is the most popular unit which is easy to use and portable. The Globalstar FAU-200 Fixed site unit has increased in popularity due to a resent price drop cutting the units price in half. The Globalstar FAU-200 allows you to use the unit inside a building. It provides a non-directional external antenna that is simple to install. The FAU-200 allows you to have up to three extension phones off one phone line. These extension phones can be off the shelf desktop or cordless phones. The FAU-200 has an optional battery back-up for short periods of power outages. GlobalCom is one of the largest providers of satellite phones in the United States and is committed to make every effort to be prepared to provide reliable emergency communication to its customers in the hurricane prone areas.
posted by David and Brooke @ 12:02 PM
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