Re: Tornadoes: d.root-servers.net (terp.umd.edu)

["Marshall Eubanks" <tme () 21rst-century com>]

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Forwarded from Marty Schoch <marty () multicasttech com>

Some pictures of the UMD campus from a student
after the tornado hit.

http://www.glue.umd.edu/~eliu/tornado1_glue.htm

> 2 people dead, 50 injuried, 3000 evacuated.
>
> Two tornadoes move across 70 miles of Northern Virginia, Maryland
> and Washington DC.  Winds were measured at a peak of 206 miles
> per hour. University of Maryland: College Park has canceled
> classes today, and Maryland's Governor has declared a state of
> emergency in Prince George's and Howard counties. Tornadoes are
> rare in this part of the country, and even rarer at this time of year.
>
> The area has many different Internet facilities, data centers,
> and companies. Tornadoes generally create rather narrow
> paths of destruction. Public Internet performance measurements
> show two distinct, but minor blips near the time of the tornadoes.
> It does show the importance of having an "all-hazard" response
> plan, instead of concentrating on only one threat.

Marshall Eubanks

tme () 21rst-century com