Re: Houston problems?

[Marius Strom <marius () marius org>]

FWIW, as of 8:30pm on 6/12/2001, we are still missing some of our Qwest
T1 circuits.  They are still working to bring the POP at 777 Walker back
to full working order.

On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 08:57:43PM -0400, Rishi Singh wrote:
> Yes, we lost all of our Qwest connections from NYC to Houston this morning.
> This was confirmed by Qwest as being due to the flooding.
>
>
> In an email sent to us from one of our offices in Houston:
>
> "In a little more detail:
>
> http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2001/2001-06-10-houstonflding.htm
>
> At least 15 people in the area were killed by this storm.  Many parts of the
> city were flooded out, and a lot of stuff is still messed up.  Major
> hospitals shut down, power and telephone service messed up, etc, etc.
>
> Houston is currently a Federal disaster area."
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Legate [mailto:jlegate () alienchick com]
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 8:40 PM
> To: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: Houston problems?
>
>
>
> I am getting word that the Qwest Houston TeraPOP is down, due to flooding.
>
> Is this true, and does anyone know of anything else from down there?
>
> -j

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