pans, you can see there s a little bit of water left in this neighborhood, but thankfully this water went down so quickly overnight, and that is incredibly good news for puerto rico as these rivers, these swollen rivers come down a little bit, these neighborhoods will get some relief. but yes, so much of this island was devastated. so many rescues happening and the full scope of this disaster we still do not know because the terrain in puerto rico, jose, as you well know, very mountainous, some very rural areas, and there are trees like this that are blocking roads that rescuers can t even get to right now that supplies can t even get to. the one bright side, jose, i will say having covered hurricane maria five hours ago, communication on the island, cell phone towers much better this time around than last time around, at least in many parts of the island. i believe 70% of cell sites are
these airplanes. then the wireless industry can calibrate with regards of low ass cell sites. i don t think the wireless industry is trying to put the pastures flying into any detrimental situation. i think both sides delayed this, delayed this, and they need to find, first, what the exact problem is, and then work on a solution. steve, what is your take? similar. spectrum is like water in the colorado river. without faye dunaway and movie chinatown. it is a precious commodity. they bought this a year ago for $80 billion, and they re eager to deploy it. the faa and airlines have this problem, which is a genuine problem. the question you would rightly ask, is why did they let it sit
zones around those 5g sites near airports that the airlines are worried about. as you know, the airlines have been suggesting, do not turn on those 5g sites at midnight tonight around airports, because they have the potential to cause interference with critical cockpit technology, the altimeters that the pilots use for approaching runways in bad weather. the faa has said if these 5g sites go live at midnight, then they will have to order pilots, do not use altimeters at more than 80 airports in bad weather. and that would mean these airlines, and they have already warned, the airlines have warned they would have to cancel thousands of flights they were going into airports with potentially bad weather, especially tomorrow on the west coast. now we hear there are late negotiations underway between the airlines and the industry, the cell phone industry, and the government, trying to ensure that the airlines do, in fact, have a buffer zone, a two-mile buffer zone around those cell
are discussions right now between the fcc, the faa and the cell phone industry about essentially creating a buffer zone, if you will, around the new 5g cell towers that would go up around airports. now, already the airlines have said they don t want any 5g site turned off if it s within two miles of an airport because those cell sites, they fear, could interfere with radio altimeters on planes, critical technology if a plane is landing in bad weather. we understand the conversation is about creating a two-mile or three-mile buffer zone between any 5g cell site and airports nationwide. if that doesn t happen, if they don t come up with an agreement and they reach a deal, at midnight these 5g cell sites go live nationwide. if they are turned on around airports, the faa has already said pilots cannot use
interfere with vital cockpit. technology with that story, here s tom costello. 50, 40, 30. reporter: it s critical technology pilots rely on while landing in bad weather or low visibility. the altimeter bounces radio waves off the ground to tell pilots their distance to the ground tonight a broad group of aviation experts warns the new 5g cellular networks set to go live next month may interfere with those altimeters, especially in california, chicago, dallas, new york, seattle and many more. the faa is so concerned, it s issued a temporary order to not use them starting in january when aircraft are close to 5g cell sites. they need to know exactly what altitude they are above the ground as they re shooting that approach if they don t have that, it decreases safety of the flight. reporter: the airline industry is tonight urging cooperation to resolve the issue, warning