Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Blizzard Recovery
During February of 2010, RLI was called out to assist AT&T in response to a severe blizzard which struck the Washington DC and Maryland region. The snow fell to depths greater than 3ft and the network was affected by power outages and site access issues. RLI deployed it’s incident response team along with electricians and mechanics to assist AT&T in recovery of the buried network. RLI Maintained a presence in the Washington DC area for several weeks and through another snow storm which dumped even more snow on the buried city. While deployed in the DC area, RLI acquired needed staging areas, deployed auxiliary power to sites, refueled generators, and cleared access roads of the deep snow.
During March of 2010, RLI was again called out by AT&T to the Northeast Region in response to a severe blizzard event. RLI was deployed to the New York City area to perform similar duties as it had earlier in Washington DC. RLI obtained staging areas, managed client generators, managed other AT&T contractors working in the area, and performed typical network recovery operations. Recovery operations again included deployment, tracking, and refueling of client owned generator fleets and the clearing of access roads into sites.