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>Verizon reports sabotage as workers continue strike
August 09, 2011|By Taryn Luna, Globe Correspondent

Verizon Communications Inc. reported a dozen cases of sabotaged cable lines and warned of delays in repairs and customer service on the second day of a strike involving about 45,000 employees.

The telecommunications company said there have been 12 acts of sabotage to telephone lines and to Internet and television services in Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York since the strike began.

Fiber-optic lines were intentionally cut in Tewksbury and several other municipalities on the East Coast, the company said.

https://articles.boston.com/2011-08-09/business/29868702_1_myles-calvey-striking-workers-electrical-workers

>As previously reported in the : Cell Tower site choice a puzzle https://theridgewoodblog.net/2011/06/cell-tower-site-choice-puzzle.html

Cell Tower : FPR Realty owner of Barnett Place cell site 

Ridgewood NJ – The TMobile expert witness testified that the best place for the cell tower would be the Hohokus train station.

With regard to the Ridgewood firehouse on the corner of north maple and east glen: according to the ridgewood tax maps, the firehouse lot is on 7.41 acres of property.

The lot on Barnett that Tmobile is proposing to put the cell tower on is less than 1/2 an acre of property.

We did some research and found out who the identity the property owner where the cell tower is proposed for Barnett Place. The owner is FPR Realty, and the owner (or at least part owner) is Jay Friedrich, Esq., an attorney in town.

See also link to his firm’s website : https://www.friedrichandfriedrich.com/

An interesting detail came to our attention ,it looks like Mr. Friedrich had a major battle with David Bolger, where David Bolger claimed a frivolous litigation was filed against him by Friedrich and won.

also see : T-Mobile Pushes for Barnett Place while more suitable locations go unused ? https://theridgewoodblog.net/2011/06/t-mobile-pushes-for-barnett-place-while.html

>Severe Solar Storms Could Disrupt Earth This Decade: NOAA

By IB Times Staff Reporter | August 8, 2011 7:08 AM EDT

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a federal agency that focuses on the condition of the oceans and atmosphere, said a severe solar storm could cause global disruptions in GPS systems, power grids, satellite communications, and airline communications.

With solar activity expected to peak around 2013, the Sun is entering a particularly active time and big flares like the recent one will likely be common during the next few years.

Most solar flares will only cause minor problems with satellites and power grids, but a major flare in the mid-19th century blocked the nascent telegraph system, and some scientists believe that another such event is now overdue.

In a huge solar storm back in 1859, telegraph offices worldwide were hit, some telegraph operators reported electric shocks, the telegraph systems malfunctioned and even paper caught fire. It is the strongest solar storm on record and is called the “Carrington Event,” which is named after Richard Carrington, who viewed and reported on the solar flare of Sept. 1, 1859. In 1989, six million people in Quebec, Canada were left without power for several hours when a solar storm took down a power grid.

https://www.ibtimes.com/articles/194166/20110808/solar-storms-severe-solar-storms-earth-paralyse-carrington-event.htm