In regards to your datacenter question - this FPP from yesterday on Metafilter talks about Zipa and directNIC (and, tangentially, SomethingAwful.com) in New Orleans. They are currently still running:
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/44715 (Metafilter is a CFMX site, too) - Jim Cameron Childress wrote: >What's happening in NOLA (and the rest of the gulf coast) are full of >tragedy and general mayhem. I've also been pondering about some more >general points I've not see covered yet in the news... > >1) Are people freaking out because they are being forced to go cold >turkey on a substance of some kind? Surely there are at least some >addicts who remain in the city and they would be running low on meth / >heroine / etc supplies. Sometimes this can make a person go a little >nutty. I wonder if that's happening anywhere? Perhaps causing >violence? > >2) Are there any data centers that got blitzed? Are there any >significant data centers in the flood zone or in the destruction zone? > Did the owners of these data centers build them like fortresses so >that they are still standing? Are they still running under some >disaster plan with generators and armed guards on the roof? For that >matter are any businesses, government buildings, banks, etc doing this >right now? > >3) Are police search and seizure laws still respected? If I were a NO >cop and it's 3 weeks from now after everyone's been chased outta town >and they are draining / salvaging... Do I enter the now empty and >partially destroyed home of a suspect who's suspected of a serious >crime? What happens. If I find something seriously illegal like a >drowned meth lab, evidence of a terroist cell, or some pedo stuff, am >I allowed to use it as evidence against the owner of the washed out >property? > >4) I was wondering about the NO zoo - which Ray Camden also brought up. > >5) I also wonder about what NO will look like 10 years from now. Will >they react by building some super massive flood prevention system and >a series of barriers out at sea? And most importantly, if they do >build a super huge, super cool hurricane system will there be a >Discovery channel special about how they did it? (I love those >things) > >Anyway, just sharing my random thoughts. > >-Cameron > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171946 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
