Entrepreneurial thinking, innovation and selflessness can make things better during crises. Here is a look at how organizations reacted and telecommunications products helped during recent hurricane crises.
Drones Fly in Where People Fear to Tread During Hurricanes
Drones have gradually been working themselves into the enterprise and carrier playbook. Hurricane Harvey may prove to have been the coming out party for drones.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) generally suspends air traffic during emergencies. Wired reports that it made many exceptions – 43 at the time the story was posted and presumably more since – for drones. They had to follow drone rules (fly below 400 feet, within pilot’s vision and not over crowds).
Fort Bend County, which is southwest of Houston, used drones to inspect roads, bridges and water treatment plants. Oil and gas companies used five of the authorizations to inspect hard-to- reach assets. The Union Pacific Railroad was granted eight.