[22437] in North American Network Operators' Group
OUTAGE/WEATHER: severe winter weather and mci worldcom
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Mon Jan 4 05:43:08 1999
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 3:57:23 -0600
From: Sean Donelan <SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM>
To: nanog@merit.edu
A summary of few of the larger infrastructure issues in the last few days
January 3-4 (18+ hours)
MCI Worldcom had water problems in a New York/New Jersey office (the
reports haven't clearly identified the location) damaging some
unspecified equipment. At least two OC48s are out of service.
See next issue.
January 1-3
Severe winter weather across the midwest to the east coast.
Sporadic power outages in multiple states affecting 450,000
people. 39 deaths. One news station reported 7 counties in
central Illinois lost telephone service. Travel conditions
have greatly increased repair response times in affected areas.
If last year is a guide, major problems won't surface until the weather
warms up a bit. Flooding and heavy equipment use caused several post-winter
storm outages last winter.
I did read the other thread. What the rough consensus was wasn't clear
to me, so I'm going ahead with this message.
--
Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
Affiliation given for identification not representation
