[37036] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Canada - Land of ice and snow (was RE: California power ... unplugged)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg A. Woods)
Mon Apr 30 03:15:22 2001
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From: woods@weird.com (Greg A. Woods)
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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 03:07:59 -0400 (EDT)
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[ On , April 30, 2001 at 01:05:04 (-0400), John R. Levine wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: Canada - Land of ice and snow (was RE: California power ... unplugged)
>
>
> The 1998 ice storm was a predictable once in a century event, although
> of course you can't predict when in the century it'll occur. The
> newer electrical distribution infrastructure wasn't damaged anywhere
> near as badly as the older stuff (newer was built stronger), but the
> likelihood of such a storm was low enough that it didn't seem worth
> hurrying along the upgrades. I'm sure this is a tradeoff with which
> all system managers can sympathize.
and of course there are two ways of choosing when to rebuild older and
less reliable infrastructure: a) pick a date and get to it; or b) wait
for it to fail..... :-)
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Greg A. Woods
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