. Bell telephone magazine . storm mightstrike. They knew from experienceor report what a hurricane can had had ample warning. Therewas but one course to pursue: expectthe worst, make every sensible pre-paration, take every reasonable pre-caution—and stand by. Braced and Set Days off and vacations immediatelyimpending were cancelled, so that fullstaffs might be on hand. That tookplace in practically every telephoneunit in the threatened territory. Sodid the full charging of central officebatteries, and the tuning up of stand-by power plants—or the obtaining ofemergency charging apparatu
. Bell telephone magazine . storm mightstrike. They knew from experienceor report what a hurricane can had had ample warning. Therewas but one course to pursue: expectthe worst, make every sensible pre-paration, take every reasonable pre-caution—and stand by. Braced and Set Days off and vacations immediatelyimpending were cancelled, so that fullstaffs might be on hand. That tookplace in practically every telephoneunit in the threatened territory. Sodid the full charging of central officebatteries, and the tuning up of stand-by power plants—or the obtaining ofemergency charging apparatus. Forwithout juice, the voice of a tele-phone system soon wearies and givesout. In one territory, scores of tele-phone trucks which had been put upon blocks, to conserve gasoline andtires, were made ready, before thestorms advent, for service on theroad. In another area, all repair andconstruction trucks were brought into central points and held there, forquick dispatch when and where theneed became known. Again, other. HURRICANE OF SEPTEMBER 1938 i^^^ AREA OF HEAVIEST DAMAGE^M^i^H AREA OF LESSER DAMAGE i86 Bell Telephone Magazine AUTUMN plant crews were sent home earlywith instructions to get some rest andbe ready to report back to their localheadquarters upon summons. Linepersonnel of the Long Lines Depart-ment was alerted from Key Westto Boston. The Long Lines Department alsodispatched a portable radio telephonetransmitting and receiving set fromDenmark, S. C, to follow on theheels of the hurricane and bridge anygap in Long Lines wire circuits; butfortunately it was not put to use. As word of the hurricanes ap-proach became increasingly definite,state by state, items of plant supplywere carefully checked, and loadedtrucks from Western Electric distri-buting houses began to roll out totelephone company cable yards andstock rooms. So, in turn, trucks andtrains ran from the merchandise de-partments of the Kearny and Haw-thorne Works to replenish stocks atthe distributing h
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