OUTAGE/WEATHER: severe winter weather and mci worldcom

[Sean Donelan <SEAN () SDG DRA COM>]

A summary of few of the larger infrastructure issues in the last few days

January 3-4 (18+ hours)
        MCI Worldcom had water problems in a New York/New Jersey office (the
        reports haven't clearly identified the location) damaging some
        unspecified equipment.  At least two OC48s are out of service.
        See next issue.

January 1-3
        Severe winter weather across the midwest to the east coast.
        Sporadic power outages in multiple states affecting 450,000
        people.  39 deaths. One news station reported 7 counties in
        central Illinois lost telephone service.  Travel conditions
        have greatly increased repair response times in affected areas.

If last year is a guide, major problems won't surface until the weather
warms up a bit.  Flooding and heavy equipment use caused several post-winter
storm outages last winter.

I did read the other thread.  What the rough consensus was wasn't clear
to me, so I'm going ahead with this message.
-- 
Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
  Affiliation given for identification not representation