Looking for advice on datacenter electrical/generator

Sat Apr 5 03:35:12 UTC 2003

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu]On Behalf Of
> Timo Janhunen
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 9:01 PM
> To: Bill Woodcock
> Cc: Matthew Kaufman; 'David Lesher'; 'nanog list'
> Subject: RE: Looking for advice on datacenter electrical/generator
>
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> >     > - The gas gets cut off immediately in any fire situation, usually
> >     > affecting a few city blocks at a time
> >
> >When was the last time you saw a fire that affected a few city blocks?
> >I'm sure gas would be cut off in the event of a fire of that magnitude,
> >but are you arguing that diesel delivery would continue?  Trucks rolling
> >through the maelstrom?  I'm not sure what your point is here.
>
> Gas being turned off usually affects a few city blocks.
>

As a volunteer FF ...

Actually, if a fire affects a few city blocks, there will be quite a few
diesel trucks rolling if its a block of any magnitude.  Cummins turbo
diesels pumping 2000GPM out a ladder pipe drink a lot of diesel.  Its not
uncommon at all to refuel them on the fly with courtesy of your friendly BP
delivery driver and its also fairly common to park an 1-1/2" fog stream
underneath the truck fogging the exhaust lest we burn a hole through the
pavement ...

You'd have better odds of finding a diesel truck than the gas line being on
with a large fire.