FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel has been calling for the Commission to release a report on last year’s hurricane season and communications for months. In response to the new report (see story above), she essentially called it too little, too late.
She’s called for the agency to hold field hearings to discuss what went well and what didn’t for each of the events, noting that’s what the Commission did after Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. “Instead, we lump together four of the most destructive storms in recent history into one 38-page report with a list of recommended, voluntary best practices for federal government partners, service providers, 911 call centers, and consumers. Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Nate all have had their names retired because of their high damage and loss of life. In short, this slim and long-overdue review fails to capture the gravity of these storms.”
The report was released last last Friday, ahead of Hawaii’s hurricane and more than 80 days into the current hurricane season. Rosenworcel hopes in the future, the FCC can “make a greater effort” to learn from disasters “in a more timely way.”
August 28, 2018
