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>From what I recall, it failed due to a mechanical problem first... then after they fixed it and had it running for sometime, it ran out of fuel. -Simon On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 11:50:29 -0400, Phil Rosenthal wrote: > >A side-note on why 25 Broadway lost power. > >I am told they had the fuel, but the "Local 3" union worker who was >watching the gauges on the generator misread the dials, and a human >error caused the generator to run bone dry. > >--Phil > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >Marshall Eubanks >Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 8:27 AM >To: Craig Partridge; [email protected] >Subject: Re: effects of NYC power outage > > > >On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 08:05:21 -0400 > Craig Partridge <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Anyone got good data comparing the effects on the Net (BGP >> reachability, >> etc) of this weekend's NYC power outage with the effects power outage >late >> on September 11th. >> > >Hello; > > To be honest, I did not see any BGP or other routing effects from the >NYC fire (there were problems on Abilene this weekend, but they were due >to a bad router update). My data are presented on > >http://www.multicasttech.com/status > >and are fairly coarse-grained, having a 6 hour update cycle. > >The 9/11 problems actually came starting on 9/13 and 14 when the battery >/ generator power started running out at 25 Broadway. My understanding >is that the biggest problem was the inability to access the facility to >refuel. > >My (multicast-centric) analysis of the 9/11 response was presented at >Nanog 23 : >http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0110/eubanks.html > >You should also look at the other two presentations on 9/11 and the >Internet at that meeting : > >http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0110/agenda.html > > Regards > Marshall Eubanks > > >T.M. Eubanks >Multicast Technologies, Inc. >10301 Democracy Lane, Suite 410 >Fairfax, Virginia 22030 >Phone : 703-293-9624 Fax : 703-293-9609 >e-mail : [email protected] >http://www.multicasttech.com > >Test your network for multicast : >http://www.multicasttech.com/mt/ > > >> I'm on a National Academy of Sciences committee looking at how the >> Internet fared on 9/11 and we're always in search of good comparative >> data. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Craig Partridge >> Chief Scientist, BBN Technologies > > >
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