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Re: Tornados in Ashburn (Equinix affected)

  • From: Sean Donelan
  • Date: Sun Sep 19 21:05:40 2004 
On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
> 1b) No substitute for site diversity if your project is important
> enough to justify the cost.

And even when you have site diversity, Murphy and Mother Nature can
still get you.

The federal National Finance Center in New Orleans, LA shutdown due to
Hurricane Ivan, their backup call center is in Cumberland, MD.  Ivan
swept through both of them.

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=22&sid=136393