Fwd: Re: MCI/Worldcom fiber cut in NY?

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

"Henry R. Linneweh" <linneweh () concentric net> writes:
> Hmm most wise builders have a 3 to 4 foot high
> concrete fuel cell mount pedestal and generator mount
> type pedestal now days, to help prevent some of these
> problems, especially at critical data centers.

Perhaps. but even the best layed plans can get scuttled.  And in
this case 3 to 4 feet would not have been enough. Many ATM cash
machines are off-line all over the country because EDS's data
center in New Jersey went down due to power failures and flooding.
If there was a data center that met the description of a "bunker"
that was it.