NEW YORK, June 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 2017 was an extremely destructive and costly hurricane season with Harvey and Irma rolling through the southern coastlines and Maria devastating Puerto Rico. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) predicts this hurricane season will be active again and could bring 10-16 named storms, as many as nine hurricanes and up to four major ones. While Verizon wireless and wireline engineers prepare our network for extreme weather year-round in all parts of the nation, we are especially attentive to hurricane season, taking extra steps to ensure we’re ready if a major storm hits.
Today is the official start of the season, and our engineers have been busy at work preparing our networks to ensure you are able to connect with loved ones and help when you need it most. Here are just a few things we do to get our networks ready to support you:
And when disaster strikes, we coordinate with first responders and can mobilize charging stations, special equipment, emergency vehicles and more to support local, state and federal agencies across the US, just like we did last year during Harvey and Irma.
We take our preparation seriously, because we know you and your family depend on our wireline and wireless networks to be there when you need us most.
What you can do to prepare
June 1st is a great time to take a minute and ensure you are ready for the season too. We encourage you to take these steps to ensure your loved ones are ready to communicate during a storm:
We want you to be safe this hurricane season. Being crisis-ready and crisis-proven is central to who we are at Verizon. Reliability is in our DNA and we will continue to work year-round to ensure you can count on us to stay connected.
EDITOR’S NOTE: If a member of the media would like to attend a behind-the-scenes tour at a local network switch location, the “brains” of the network, to see first-hand how our engineers prepare for severe weather, please contact Karen Schulz.
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