[11747] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Backup Power Schemes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin W. Newton)
Mon Aug 11 14:32:13 1997
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 11:20:54 -0700
To: wb8foz@nrk.com, bill@geo.net (Bill McCauley)
From: "Justin W. Newton" <justin@priori.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199708111410.KAA16204@nrk.com>
At 10:10 AM 8/11/97 -0400, wb8foz wrote:
>Bill McCauley sez:
>> In earthquake country, natural gas is as prone to interruption as any other
>> utility.
>
>True. I had not factored that in. Further, in extreme cold weather,
>propane freezes (really, does not go liquid->gas).
>
>But barring the gas utility starting rationing, it is in many
>places a viable option. I know a large ISP here in DC has such,
>or did...
Does :)
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