Communications in the Aftermath of Hurricane Michael
https://gizmodo.com/fcc-butts-heads-with-wireless-carriers-over-hurricane-m-1829797679
In this article the head of the FCC criticizes communication companies for being very slow in restoring communications in the aftermath. FCC Ajit Pai expressed his discontent with certain phone carriers reacting slowly to restore communications in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael.
Looking at this situation we can form an imaginary graph that demonstrates people as nodes and communication between people as edges. Since people who have been affected by the hurricane for the most part have no contact with the outside world because of the damaged phone lines affected by Hurricane Michael. So these people would be grouped in let’s say a strongly connected component ‘A’. The extent of their contact between each other in group A can be expressed by in person, verbal communication.
On the other hand, the individuals outside the communities affected by the hurricane would be categorized as another strongly connected component, lets say ‘B’. Because components B and A have limited communications together these once conjoined components are now severed. It is only when the phone carriers restore communications in the affected areas, is when the two components will merge because nodes will then be able to contact each other freely, or in other words have directed paths with one another. Furthermore we know that what makes up a SCC is i) if the nodes all have directed paths between one another and ii) the set is not considered a part of a large set in the previously stated property. So in this case once communications are restored between set A and B is when there will be a larger strongly connected component present.