[24246] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Really bad backhoe (off topic)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Wed Jun 9 00:49:31 1999
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 00:47:48 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.990609002824.16252D-100000@topdog.cs.umbc.edu> from "Gregory Urban" at Jun 9, 99 00:35:49 am
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Unnamed Administration sources reported that Gregory Urban said:
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> The bridge collapsed onto the road, killing 1 person and
> sending 3 others to the hospital in critical condition.
Further, the bridge may not be removed by AM rush hour.....
That while we are in a record-busting heatwave and a looming water
shortage.
But at least unlike last week's wreck of a truck carrying a ton or
so of blackpowder that blocked I95 @ Disfunction Junction outside
DC; the closed section of the B'more Beltway *has* 3 alternatives.
NANOG issue: major transportation disasters like these put
sharply larger loads on the telco infrastructure, as we experienced
in a blizzard a while back. Will your "he can log in from home" plan
work? Are you able to cope w/a sudden new peak in dialin demand?
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