[BC] Wilma swept through Florida quickly - but the toll on radiowas nasty

[Barry Mishkind]

Gary,

We are thinking about you and the folks in the area.  While we're 
sure there are plans in place, if there is anything we can do to help 
you, let us know.

I sure hope the FEMA fuel problem turns out to be easy to solve.

best regards
barry

At 01:33 AM 10/25/2005, gblau at jpc.com wrote
>Power is out essentially everywhere.  It seems like 50% of all the trees
>are down as well.
>A massive mess that's going to take a good while to clean up.
>
>We've stayed up, but all on generators everywhere.  FPL is saying
>'weeks' until power is restored.  Here's a first:  we've already been
>contacted by an FCC rep asking if we needed assistance from them, or
>from FEMA in procuring fuel.  Since we're only good for maybe a week
>we're trying to jump on that so as to not run short.
>
>Damage to our facilities is minor: downed trees, lots of debris, bent
>antennas, air conditioners with missing panels, sat dishes spun around
>or damaged, snapped AM tower feeds, etc.
>
>Don't know yet how other stations fared.
>
>But no gas, no phones, no cells, no restaurants/food.
>
>I sure hope it gets better quick.
>
>g
>------------------------
>Gary Blau
>Jefferson-Pilot Communications
>WLYF/WMXJ/WAXY, Miami
>gblau at jpc.com   305-521-5140