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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort
On Sun 14 Jan 2007 (01:51 -0800), Bill Woodcock wrote: > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070112/tc_afp/asiaquakeinternet_070112170621 > > A few numbers to help understand the scale of the effort being applied. Is it just me or is this article a migraine inducing mix of metric and English measures? down to about 4,000 metres (2.5 miles), ... 100 metres (yards) long ... waiting for 30 to 40 mile-an-hour winds (48 to 64 kilometres- an-hour) to die down... The winds have stirred up 10 to 12 metre waves.... Today's fibre optic cables are just 21 millimetres in diameter.... The grapnel is a metal tool about 18 by 24 inches (46 by 61 centimetres) ... Arrgh... -- Jim Segrave [email protected]
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