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
>
Whoa! I hope recovery isn't tooo big a hassle.
Does putting a switching room where it can flood fall into the "What
were they thinking?" category?
> 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.
>
Oooh, dear. Good luck to Joel. I guess that puts paid to my occasional
pangs of envy for his lovely riverside views.
Moose @ 950 feet
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