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RE: Fire protection in ISPs and collocation facilities

  • From: John Fraizer
  • Date: Mon Nov 06 00:50:07 2000

On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Roeland Meyer wrote:
> Flood. You've no doubt heard about the "Oakland Hills Fire" but no one has
> ever talked about the mud-slides, in the Winter following the "Oakland Hills
> Fire", caused by the ground-cover being burnt off. In fact, no one hears
> much about California flooding. That's because it is a natural part of the
> ecology here and not as sexy as earthquakes and brush fires.


Roeland,

As a former "temp" resident of California (at Twenty-nine Palms MCAGCC) I
can attest for the flooding.  Believe it or not, the sand storms don't
hold a candle to packing sandbags to keep a building from caving in as
result of the rain.

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John Fraizer
UCMC Ret
EnterZone, Inc