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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Reports of flooding in Tyson's Corner Virginia
On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 05:33:20PM -0500, Leo Bicknell wrote: > In a message written on Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 03:41:19PM -0500, Sean Donelan wrote: > > The associated press is reporting that parts of Tyson's Corner is > > experiencing flooding, and officials are restricting access. > > > > As some folks are aware the Tyson's Corner area is/was a very > > dense colocation and peering center for the Internet. > > Having just been in that area yesterday, I think I can explain a > bit. > > To many people Tysons Corner == Tysons Corner Mall, I and II (yes, > two different malls across the street from each other). I is a > fairly normal american mall, II has more "upscale" stores in it. > > Anyhow, the II part has been closed twice this week, once on thursday > for a bomb scare, and today due to roof issues (unclear from the > reports on TV if there is an actual problem, or if they are just > scared of one). As such, the mall is closed, along with a few > access roads for it. Looks like 30 stores on the upper level were flooded (probably too strong a word, "slightly moistened" would seem more appropriate) due to a roof leak, and the mall was closed. Hardly a danger to the internet, unless there are more people than I know doing their private interconnects through Macy's. -- Richard A Steenbergen <[email protected]> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras GPG Key ID: 0xF8B12CBC (7535 7F59 8204 ED1F CC1C 53AF 4C41 5ECA F8B1 2CBC)
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