Heroes: Where there are disasters, there are heroes.
Many of these heroes were also phone company employees. See related links in the
Heroes section.
Needs-based Science: Sometimes necessity advances
technology. See examples in the
Science wing.
Disasters come in many forms, including those man-made and natural. Here are a few photos of other disasters the phone companies have dealt with over the years.
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Boulder, Colorado, after winds up to 136 MPH swept through the city. February 10, 1982. (Boulder Daily Camera - photographer Jerry Cleveland)
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Bomb damage to Ajo, Arizona central office, 1961 (THG file photo)
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Emergency service provided by Northwestern Bell Telephone Company to victims of the 1965 tornado in Minnesota. (THG file photo - photographer Peter Marcus)
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Restoring service after the tornado. Spring Lake Park, Minnesota, April 1965. (THG file photo)
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Gary Bohne, U S WEST Network Technician, digs to repair cable after firestorms in Spokane, Washington, c. 1986. (THG file photo - photographer Blair Kooistra)
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G.D. Britsch, combination man, with a 25 foot pole in Lakota, North Dakota. (Northwestern Bell Magazine, March 1949 - photographer E.G. Mitchell, NWB manager, Lakota)
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