[43895] in Hotline Meeting
SERIOUS N42 Flood (case 113491)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Welch)
Mon Jun 22 08:18:07 1998
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 98 08:18:02 EDT
To: hotline@MIT.EDU
From: Joe Welch <joewelch@MIT.EDU>
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>From: Bill Hogue <hogue@MIT.EDU>
>Subject: SERIOUS N42 Flood
>
>Hello --
>
>At about 3 p.m today the drains on the lower level of N42 backed up; as of
>this writing, the water on the lower level seems to be a couple of inches
>deep. The water is rising and Physical Plant is currently bringing in
>overtime people to attempt to deal with similar situations throughout MIT.
>I checked a moment ago and water is now cascading from the kitchen sink
>drain as well.
>
>Oliver Thomas, Jeff Pankin, and I moved as many systems and personal
>belongings off the floor as we could before abandoning the floor because of
>electrocution concerns. Although we tried to do an orderly shutdown, by
>the end we were simply pulling plugs and yanking machines. Apologies in
>advance for the havoc that will ensue. Oliver later used rubber recycling
>cans as hip waders and sloshed to the power panel to flip the breakers on
>most electrical circuits for the lower level. Seeing Oliver wear blue
>recyling bins was almost worth the price of admission.
>
>To cut this short for the moment -- I think we are looking at very serious
>physical damage to the lower level carpet and possible loss of equipment.
>Those who are most directly affected may want to check mail again early
>tomorrow for status. (I was planning to be in in the morning anyway.)
>
>I think we can count on N42 operations to be significantly impeded on
>Monday...with Faculty Liaisons, Academic Computing Practice, CWIS, Athena
>Test Cluster, New Media, Competency Group, Support HQ, and Software
>Licensing taking the biggest hit. Stay tuned...
>
>Bill
>
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