[32062] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Fire protection in ISPs and collocation facilities
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Fraizer)
Mon Nov 6 00:48:47 2000
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 00:46:00 -0500 (EST)
From: John Fraizer <nanog@EnterZone.Net>
To: Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
Cc: "'Sean Donelan'" <sean@donelan.com>, tme@21rst-century.com,
nanog@merit.edu
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On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Roeland Meyer wrote:
> Flood. You've no doubt heard about the "Oakland Hills Fire" but no one has
> ever talked about the mud-slides, in the Winter following the "Oakland Hills
> Fire", caused by the ground-cover being burnt off. In fact, no one hears
> much about California flooding. That's because it is a natural part of the
> ecology here and not as sexy as earthquakes and brush fires.
Roeland,
As a former "temp" resident of California (at Twenty-nine Palms MCAGCC) I
can attest for the flooding. Believe it or not, the sand storms don't
hold a candle to packing sandbags to keep a building from caving in as
result of the rain.
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John Fraizer
UCMC Ret
EnterZone, Inc
