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<P><FONT SIZE=2>If you need a raft as a supply in a datcenter there's obviously a bigger issue at hand and its unlikely you'll have many of us as customers.<BR>
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What have you done to help the situation in New Orleans?<BR>
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From: Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com [<A HREF="mailto:Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com">mailto:Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com</A>]<BR>
Sent: Fri Sep 02 11:45:39 2005<BR>
To: nanog@merit.edu<BR>
Subject: Tidbit from DirectNIC<BR>
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>From downtown New Orleans...<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/">http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/</A><BR>
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Fox News is reporting that there is an operation underway to refill<BR>
chillers at the Bell South building down the street to keep phone service<BR>
available to much of the southeast United States. That is apparently where<BR>
all the firetrucks are going to in the area, in case you were wondering.<BR>
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It is interesting to note that it is possible to bring in diesel and water<BR>
to resupply BellSouth yet it is impossible to bring in water and food for<BR>
the residents, not to mention a fleet of small boats that could have<BR>
prevented thousands from dying trapped inside their attics.<BR>
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If you have a datacenter in a location that might be flooded by rivers or<BR>
storm surges, do you have inflatable rafts among your emergency supplies?<BR>
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--Michael Dillon<BR>
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