Cellular South Gets Ready to
Face Hurricane Gustav
While the latest weather forecasts predict Hurricane Gustav may hit the
Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coast early next week, Cellular South, a mobile
communications company, has mobilized its network and employees to ensure
they are ready for any emergency situation. The wireless carrier's
1,000-member workforce along with the company's network resources are now
on high alert.
Cellular
South has also activated its Emergency Response Plan, which guides the
deployment of company resources and personnel during a crisis.
"We are
taking this situation very seriously," said Jim Richmond, director of
Corporate Communications for Cellular South. "During a crisis, the ability
to communicate is even more critical for individuals, families and
emergency response personnel. We are committed to providing our customers
with the best network coverage possible in every situation."
The
company says that when Hurricane Katrina struck three years ago, Cellular
South played a vital communications role in the days following the storm,
carrying over 2.6 million calls a day only a few days after the storm hit
and logging a 470% increase in the number of minutes on its network used
by other carriers' customers.
To help
customers prepare for the Hurricane and its aftermath, the company is
launching a website with links and information on hurricane resources,
weather, traffic, gasoline prices, evacuation routes, emergency response
details, and hotel information.
The site
can be accessed at http://www.cellularsouth.com/hurricane or via the
mobile web at the Cellular South main page under an icon called "Hurricane
Gustav."
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