America’s Emergency Network Gets the Word Out with HughesNet® and SPACEWAY® 3
August 2008. Tropical Storm Fay was blasting Putnam County, Florida, leaving widespread flooding in this rural area between Jacksonville and Orlando on the St. John’s River. But at the county’s emergency operations center, officials were directing citizens where to call, what to do, and how to get help. With the flick of a switch, the ops center immediately streamed the briefing over satellite, which was picked up by regional news outlet jacksonville.com. For the first time, local citizens were able to get live briefings from the Putnam County Operations Center on their computers.
