[83849] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Katrina could inundate New Orleans
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Stewart)
Mon Aug 29 00:21:51 2005
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:21:10 -0400
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Dave Stewart <dbs@dbscom.com>
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At 12:02 AM 8/29/2005, you wrote:
>Some of this is on topic. Internet access is as important as the
>lights or water being on. Right, get out, but it'll be good
>to see reasonable updates on what's going on utilities wise
>down there when the weather shifts.
Y'know... I do have to wonder whether Internet access is nearly as
important as power and communications (traditional comms, such as the PTSN).
Granted, it'll be interesting to see how things shake out - but I just
can't buy that getting the Internet working should/will be a really high
priority.
