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From: art@opal.acc.com (Art Berggreen)
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Subject: Re: Is Santa Barbara Completely Destroyed?
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Date: 2 Jul 90 17:03:08 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 465, Message 2 of 13


In article <59846@bu.edu.bu.edu> TELECOM Moderator writes:
X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 463, Message 7 of 8

>Word has been reaching us the past few days of the tragic fires
>burning though parts of California, and the most disturbing news is
>that apparently much of the town of Santa Barbara is in ashes. Perhaps
>someone in the area could let us know what the effect has been on
>telco service in that area, and other parts of the state.

Rest assured, Santa Barbara is still here.  We're not exactly a "town".
The general area has approx. 150,000 people.

The fire was BAD though.  Almost 500 homes were destroyed (and got too
close to mine as well).

The phone system did get very overloaded during the fire, causing problems
for emergency services.


Art Berggreen
ACC