[37028] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Canada - Land of ice and snow (was RE: California power ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard A. Steenbergen)
Mon Apr 30 00:39:44 2001
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 00:35:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Richard A. Steenbergen" <ras@e-gerbil.net>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 08:25:49PM -0700, Sean Donelan wrote:
>
> 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
Having been caught in an ice storm in Maryland which killed the power for
several days, I have to say they suck. Besides, you can't fault Canada for
having worse weather then California.
Canada does manage to get a lot of things right, the theory I heard from a
canadian friend was that they wait for the US to try something out then
find out where they screwed it up. But as for datacenters, I have also
heard the theory that canadian customs inspects every packet crossing the
border, and that one I tend to believe. :P
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