[56051] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Reports of flooding in Tyson's Corner Virginia
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Sat Feb 22 15:53:42 2003
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 15:52:11 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0302221532350.14421-100000@clifden.donelan.com> from "Sean Donelan" at Feb 22, 2003 03:41:19 PM
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Unnamed Administration sources reported that Sean Donelan said:
>
>
> The associated press is reporting that parts of Tyson's Corner is
> experiencing flooding, and officials are restricting access.
>
> As some folks are aware the Tyson's Corner area is/was a very
> dense colocation and peering center for the Internet.
DC has ~24" of snow load, and it's been raining. In fact, we
had a VERY vocal thunderstorm a few hours. You can expect
flooding in the usual places in the next day or so.
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