. Bell telephone magazine . THE WORSTON RECORD Betsy is being retired from the Weath-er Bureaus list of possible hurricanenames for at least 10 years—a rare anddubious honor accorded because of thisstorms infamy. And, indeed. HurricaneBetsy spelled disaster. To the Bell System,Betsy stands for the worst storm in termsof telephone damage since the recordshave been kept. Restoration costs werethe highest ever associated with a naturaldisaster—$16,388,000—as Bell Systemteamwork sprang into immediate actionto bring telephone service to the strickenareas. Below, at headquartersemergency cen

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. Bell telephone magazine . THE WORSTON RECORD Betsy is being retired from the Weath-er Bureaus list of possible hurricanenames for at least 10 years—a rare anddubious honor accorded because of thisstorms infamy. And, indeed. HurricaneBetsy spelled disaster. To the Bell System,Betsy stands for the worst storm in termsof telephone damage since the recordshave been kept. Restoration costs werethe highest ever associated with a naturaldisaster—$16,388,000—as Bell Systemteamwork sprang into immediate actionto bring telephone service to the strickenareas. Below, at headquartersemergency center, preparation for coordi-nating restoration effort began with care-ful plotting of the course of the storm.

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