rradina join:2000-08-08 Chesterfield, MO |
Open Thread During StormOf course this assumes power is available to run this site. Didn't the site experience problems a few months ago because of a power outage? I forget the real reasons just that the storage array wasn't happy and through the dust in my brain, the memory looks like something power related. |
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TwiztedZeroNine Zero Burp Nine Six Premium Member join:2011-03-31 Toronto, ON
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And the hurricane said to the coconut tree, "hold onto your nuts, this ain't no ordinary blow job!" |
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That's awesome! I busted out laughing! |
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koitsu MVM join:2002-07-16 Mountain View, CA Humax BGW320-500
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» docs.google.com/document ··· sle=true» www.webhostingtalk.com/a ··· 477.htmlNAC had better have their sh** in gear, as they do have a history of having power-related issues (power failing, generators not kicking in, or whatever). As someone who did datacenter work for a few years I can assure you lots of things can go wrong, but with a proper checklist in advance it's absolutely possible to make sure nothing goes amiss. |
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diablo18926R.I.P. Donald Lee Wise join:2011-04-21 Friendly, WV |
West VirginiaI'm from the north western part of WV and not much is happening.. YET! for the past couple days all we have been getting is sprinkling (light rainfall) please keep it like this mother nature for my area and many others (if possible) and yes our power here is still on and we do have a back up generator and a full tank of gas that last us till right now all the way till tonight so we're ok.. Everyone stay safe out there and dont go out in the storm. |
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kapilThe Kapil join:2000-04-26 Chicago, IL |
kapil
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2012-Oct-29 9:25 am
Bah.Hope it's done by Wednesday...I gotta fly to Philly. |
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Public Information Safety StatementTHINK ABOUT THE RESCUE/RECOVERY TEAMS WHO WILL RECOVER YOUR REMAINS IF YOU DO NOT SURVIVE
WEAR PANTS |
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mr seanProfessional Infidel
join:2001-04-03 N. Absentia
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Please remember...... Your pets! They should be eaten first -- before resorting to cannibalism.
Survival etiquette is important. |
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Re: Bah.Storm should be over, but good luck getting into Philly airport. They take 2 or 3 days to recover from normal thunder storm. |
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Re: Please remember...Also remember that roofing shingles make a good replacement for toilet paper if you find yourself in a pinch. |
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panic buyingto hell with black friday, stores are doing great business NOW.. hardware stores and supermarkets are cleaning up.. happens every disaster..
my shopping haul $14.. no panic here |
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drewRadiant Premium Member join:2002-07-10 Port Orchard, WA |
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Re: Please remember...said by mr sean:... Your neighbor's pets! They should be eaten first -- before resorting to cannibalism.
Survival etiquette is important. Fixed that for ya |
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kapilThe Kapil join:2000-04-26 Chicago, IL |
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Re: Bah.That's what I was afraid of. Every time I've flown into PHL, I have seen no evidence of competence in the way that airport is run. |
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Re: Open Thread During StormLOL! Love it! |
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Re: panic buyingYup. Hey... It's good for local business |
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mr seanProfessional Infidel
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Re: Please remember...Thanks! Pass the salt? |
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drewRadiant Premium Member join:2002-07-10 Port Orchard, WA |
drew
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2012-Oct-29 10:02 am
The sea salt grinder is to your left, next to the bottle of Dalwhinnie.
I'm thinking that maybe on the Jones' cat we can try some of that "Jamaica Me Crazy" seasoning. |
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DAOWAce
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2012-Oct-29 10:03 am
First hurricaneGoing to experience my first real hurricane today. Forecast doesn't show the upper half of my state as being affected by the hurricane force winds, but forecasts can change.. and wind is wind.
I'm more worried about not having a computer for a week. What do I do when my job and my leisure is with the PC and nothing else?!
If I knew about this more than 3 days ago I would've bought a generator; but by the time I found out, 150 people were on the waiting list. /cry
Still, our front tree could very well lose its branches and damage the house (it's right over my room as well, so I have a chance to be killed, especially since my bed is against the front wall), even has a chance to uproot entirely.
Need to try and force myself back to sleep so I can be up during the worst part of the storm.. overnight, in pitch black. Only thing worse than a severe storm is not being able to see what's going on outside when it's happening! |
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Smith6612 MVM join:2008-02-01 North Tonawanda, NY ·Charter Ubee EU2251 Ubiquiti UAP-IW-HD Ubiquiti UniFi AP-AC-HD
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Statue of Liberty WebcamIs the storm hitting New York City that bad already? Apparently the Status of Liberty Webcam is down: » 24.39.139.182:4080/axis- ··· ideo.cgiRuns on a cable modem connection, apparently. Maybe the IP of the modem changed, but I was hoping to watch it... |
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StuartMW
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2012-Oct-29 10:08 am
For those NOT in the NortheastTurn off your TV for 3-4 days. There'll be nothing but Sandy coverage for that time. NYC is the center of the universe with the NE surrounding it. Except for LA the rest of us are in fly-over country and don't exist (except for election coverage). |
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stormI'm in NE Ohio we had a straight line gust of wind came through and knock our power out for 3 hr's |
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XANAVirus Premium Member join:2012-03-03 Lavalette, WV |
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Re: West VirginiaAgreed.
Eastern WV here, and we're also seeing light rainfall. Hopefully that'll be all we'll see (though I feel bad for the people who I know who live in the mountains; they're going to be seeing lots of snow). |
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ke4pym Premium Member join:2004-07-24 Charlotte, NC |
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Re: Open Thread During Stormsaid by koitsu:»docs.google.com/document ··· sle=true
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NAC had better have their sh** in gear, as they do have a history of having power-related issues (power failing, generators not kicking in, or whatever). As someone who did datacenter work for a few years I can assure you lots of things can go wrong, but with a proper checklist in advance it's absolutely possible to make sure nothing goes amiss. Until your upstream network providers fail.... |
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XANAVirus Premium Member join:2012-03-03 Lavalette, WV |
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Re: For those NOT in the NortheastSadly, this is too true.
All I see is coverage of Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles when I turn my TV on (except for the local news, but they don't broadcast all the time).
No mention of any other states' big cities - including WV, or even any of the beach cities nowadays.
Unfortunately, this is what bring in the ratings; hearing about big cities during crisis (or at all, in general). |
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koitsu MVM join:2002-07-16 Mountain View, CA Humax BGW320-500
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Re: Open Thread During Stormsaid by ke4pym:said by koitsu:»docs.google.com/document ··· sle=true
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NAC had better have their sh** in gear, as they do have a history of having power-related issues (power failing, generators not kicking in, or whatever). As someone who did datacenter work for a few years I can assure you lots of things can go wrong, but with a proper checklist in advance it's absolutely possible to make sure nothing goes amiss. Until your upstream network providers fail.... All of them at once? A "perfect storm" (see what I did there)? It's possible but highly unlikely. That's why you have redundancy -- with carriers the concept is "don't put all your eggs in one basket". Part of that means ensuring you have redundant links that are geographically distributed. That said, I can't deny situations, for example, where the conglomerate circuit carriers run redundant circuits all through the same physical conduit / in the same fibre bundle (outages.org has tracked this more times than I care to count). This situation was one such example. Naughty naughty... |
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DigitalAs-Salamu Alaykum Premium Member join:2000-07-24 Wickliffe, OH |
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Re: stormI'm over here in Mayfield, power is still good, but it's fairly windy/rainy. We'll see what happens tonight when they said it's supposed to get really bad. |
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KearnstdSpace Elf Premium Member join:2002-01-22 Mullica Hill, NJ |
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Re: Open Thread During StormI think an issue here might be the size of the storm, might not be possible for a NOC for any carrier that would service this region to not be hit.
And of course how much priority they get with the power company. I can imagine that data centers are below neighborhoods in importance. |
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Re: panic buyingSupermarkets did well, Going to guess big storms are their black friday. nobody rushes to the Shop Rite for black friday though(they already have a metric ton of food from the day before) |
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lordfly join:2000-10-12 Homestead, FL |
lordfly
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2012-Oct-29 11:31 am
PA data centersI am checking with our corporate IT guy to see if everyone is doing okay. We have a data center in Horsham, PA.
The earthcam network is mostly still running. It is delightful to see the hordes of people walking around in NY, clueless, waving at the cameras. |
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Re: For those NOT in the Northeastsaid by StuartMW:Turn off your TV for 3-4 days. There'll be nothing but Sandy coverage for that time. NYC is the center of the universe with the NE surrounding it. Except for LA the rest of us are in fly-over country and don't exist (except for election coverage). I'll remember that there is a Northridge style quake on the west coast.. |
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