. Bell telephone magazine . nservice by the next day. The damage totaledmore than $2 million. Long distance traffic into and out ofFlorida was reported well above normal, andthere were considerable delays in gettingcalls through. Network control action wastaken throughout the country to assist move-ment of Florida outbound traffic and pre-vent the spread of congestion. Exactly two weeks later, Hurricane Dora,which hit the Jacksonville and St. Augustinearea with 100 mile-an-hour winds, inflictedmillions of dollars of damage and left thou-sands homeless. Gusts from the front of thehurricane also
. Bell telephone magazine . nservice by the next day. The damage totaledmore than $2 million. Long distance traffic into and out ofFlorida was reported well above normal, andthere were considerable delays in gettingcalls through. Network control action wastaken throughout the country to assist move-ment of Florida outbound traffic and pre-vent the spread of congestion. Exactly two weeks later, Hurricane Dora,which hit the Jacksonville and St. Augustinearea with 100 mile-an-hour winds, inflictedmillions of dollars of damage and left thou-sands homeless. Gusts from the front of thehurricane also hit southern Georgia coastaltowns and caused heavy destruction there. Preliminary reports from Southern Bellindicated that about 50,000 stations wereknocked out of service in Florida and 10,500in Georgia; 7,000 of these were back in Hawaiian Cable Maser Research Microwave Watchdog Electronic Clock 68 One of the many out of state telephone men :who came to help—a lineman from Houston. !iTexas aids repairs in Florida. ;■. ^}n
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