If you recall, Hurricane Sandy last fall flooded data centers, forced major network hubs to run on generators, and even sparked a fuel bucket brigade to keep servers running.
Well, take note: It looks like we’re in for another bad hurri...
If you recall, Hurricane Sandy last fall flooded data centers, forced major network hubs to run on generators, and even sparked a fuel bucket brigade to keep servers running.
Well, take note: It looks like we’re in for another bad hurricane season. Federal officials said today that the East Coast could easily see a repeat of last year.
Oh, and by the way, the GOES-13 satellite that helps them track Atlantic storms is offline and officials haven’t been able to get it operating properly since yesterday.
The Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1, will be an “above normal and possibly extremely active hurricane season,” Kathryn Sullivan, an ex-astronaut and acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said at a briefing Thursday.
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