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THE CALL
AFTER THE
STORM
A

S T O R Y

B Y

vionics professionals may likely know
that Satcom Direct has been a leading
innovator and provider of satellite-based
communication solutions for personal and business aircraft for
more than 21 years. But what you probably don't know is this
rapidly expanding enterprise also provides connectivity solutions
to military, government, emergency response, media and other
users who depend on reliable, global communications.
The company's high level of experience in providing
satellite-based communication solutions in unusual situations
was put to good use last fall when the Category 5 Hurricane

Satcom Direct and COMSAT
put their emergency
communications plans
into action to help
post-hurricane Puerto Rico
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Maria slammed into the southeastern coast of Puerto Rico with
sustained winds of 155 miles per hour.
Some 30 hours later, residents of the island nation were literally
transported back to 1817 - no electricity, no running water, and
no communications - none of the daily necessities we take for
granted. But unlike the early 1800s, this time the world was
watching. As soon as it was safe, emergency responders from the
U.S. and around the world converged on the island nation to help.
One of those teams was made up of representatives from
SD and COMSAT who traveled to help establish reliable
satellite communications for other first responders.
The team that supported the relief efforts was comprised of
Sean Stevenson and Marcos Vargas from SD, John Smith from
COMSAT, and Kevin McFadden, a representative from Cisco.
"During the Hurricane Maria support efforts, the SD/
COMSAT teams gathered readily available communications
equipment to support a continuity crisis situation," said Smith,
COMSAT's director of solutions engineering. "We didn't
understand the severity of the situation, but we knew there was
no power, and communications were down all over the island."
The hurricane devastated most of the island's microwave



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