Just about all of the world is like this. See examples of disasters all over with similar unbelievable things.
Neil. Sent from my iPhone On 20 Nov 2016, at 16:11, Tom Storey <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I think this might be interesting to some people. As an Aussie I (try to) keep up with whats going on back home. At the time (back in September, this email sat in my draft folder for a while, oops), there was a state wide blackout in South Australia following a large storm. Total power loss for an entire state. It sounds crazy, how can that even happen? A chap from the Uptime Institute piped up with calls for feedback on what various operators experienced, what worked, what didnt work, lessons learned etc. He also quoted a previous study completed post Hurricane Sandy. Another study was linked to, which was completed after a fire took out a Telstra telephone exchange, blacking out communications for a chunk of the state of Victoria. I guess its times like these that you get to see what happens when things really go wrong, and its a good reminder to check your plans, revise them if they are out of date, or to make them if they dont exist. You can follow the thread from the AusNOG mailing list here: http://lists.ausnog.net/pipermail/ausnog/2016-September/037108.html One participant has unloaded a few gems on to the list about what they experienced and things they they now need to look in to improving, some of them simple things you may forget about because they generally "just work". Enjoy.
