We ran into that in southern california the year before last, during the series of fires that ran from south of Sand Diego to past Santa Barbara. SoCal abandoned the facility, and we were in and out of there several times a day with no terminal radar. One person at a time on the approach to LAX, etc. Massive traffic backups, and six hour delay getting out of SNA. If you wanted to reposition anywhere down there, it was VFR, and the visibility was far from it. Lots of private pilots who decided that they were going to go fly anyway...who was going to catch them?
In that emergency situation, ATC had abandoned their facility due to the fire threat...and to be honest, I don't think I ever truly appreciated just what an impact ATC had down there until their services were gone.
In that emergency situation, ATC had abandoned their facility due to the fire threat...and to be honest, I don't think I ever truly appreciated just what an impact ATC had down there until their services were gone.