[25157] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MCI/Worldcom fiber cut in NY?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Henry R. Linneweh)
Sat Sep 18 11:35:27 1999
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Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 08:22:21 -0700
From: "Henry R. Linneweh" <linneweh@concentric.net>
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Hmm most wise builders have a 3 to 4 foot high
concrete fuel cell mount pedestal and generator mount
type pedestal now days, to help prevent some of these
problems, especially at critical data centers.
Henry
Sean Donelan wrote:
> If I recall, during hurricane Hugo a Sprint CO flooded. They kept
> the water from coming in the doors, but didn't have a snorkal for the
> generator.
>
> Although its great fun to discuss different disasters which can
> hit buildings, a fundamental principle is a you can't protect a
> single building, even a bunker, from everything.
