The fallout was nothing short of devastating: millions of people were displaced; thousands were killed; over a million homes destroyed; roads obliterated; electricity lost; communications cut; and entire communities isolated.
Just last week, Mr. O'Keefe said there was a "scant bit of information" that indicated anything troubling was amiss until eight minutes before mission control lost communications with the shuttle.
Both the New York Stock Exchange and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange made space available today on their floors for their rival, the American Stock Exchange, which lost communications throughout its building, situated behind Trinity Church south of the World Trade Center.
Also, today, if a military robot loses communications, a soldier has to go and retrieve it.
Soon, if a robot loses communications, it'll maneuver itself back to the last point it had a com signal.
While seemingly simple, this small step toward autonomy is a critical improvement: in the past, if the robot lost communications while on its way to defuse a bomb, an explosive ordnance disposal technician would have go and retrieve it, potentially exposing the person to risk.
Other telegraph companies in Dallas and Chicago also lost communications with the city.
Federal authorities lost communications with at least 30 Indian villages due to the high winds of the hurricane.
The country not only lost communications, electricity and water, also the rule of law in certain places where some people began to steal supermarkets and stores.
"It completely failed and then just crashed, which would have formed a crater, or it just lost communications and continued to operate and landed.
