[37026] in North American Network Operators' Group
Canada - Land of ice and snow (was RE: California power ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Sun Apr 29 23:31:10 2001
Date: 29 Apr 2001 20:25:49 -0700
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To: rneals@gt.ca
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
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I recall 3.2 million people losing power, some for over a month,
a few years ago in Canada. Canadians were importing and stealing
backup generators from the states so fast, Customs Canada still
doesn't know how many generators crossed the border.
http://members.aol.com/badice98/icestormDiary/icestormtext.html
The rotating blackouts in California are annoying, but generally
don't last more than 2 hours for any individual customer. If only
someone could teach California drivers to stop at a blacked out
stoplight.
On Sun, 29 April 2001, Randy Neals wrote:
> I don't think we are stupid....
>
> We are the ones building Internet Data Centers in a
> place that has lots of cheap and environmentally friendly
> Hydro-Electric power.
