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Subject: [OM] Re: A wee bit busy
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:06:58 +0100
Best of luck, old bean ...

Chris

On 10 Jun 2008, at 14:53, AG Schnozz wrote:

> I've been a wee bit busy this week. As some of you know, my "day  
> job" is pretending to be an engineer for a telephone company.  One  
> of our buildings was flooded with 30 inches of water.  Yes, that is  
> fatal to a telephone switchroom.  Only ONE device (and it is a MAJOR  
> piece of infrastructure) remained operational and somehow the  
> batteries kept it powered even though they were submerged.  The  
> water was rising so fast that the techs onsite were able to do a  
> memory dump onto disk of the switch, stuff it in a pocket and escape  
> by rescue boat.
>
> http://zone-10.com/g2/main.php?g2_itemId=8231
>
> So, if I seem quieter than normal...
>
> Oh, and more rains are coming.  Please note, our very own Joel  
> Wilcox is also suffering -- his house was flooded in 1993 and the  
> river levels there are expected to go even higher this time.



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