On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Nathan Eisenberg <nathan@atlasnetworks.us> wrote:
http://www.arlnow.com/2010/10/27/nsf-building-evacuated-in-ballston- after-apparent-lightning-strike/
lightning strike -> electrical fire
At the science foundation. Nature has a sense of irony.
The real irony is that the folks who brought you the NSFnet apparently didn't get the memo vis-a-vis geographic diversity in one's secondary nameservers (rfc 2182 et al). Always good for a few yuks when ill-mannered MTAs start getting unhappy and dropping mail on the floor rather than queueing because they can't resolve the name rather than can't can't connect to the destination (which just about everyone handles fairly well). nsf.gov. 86400 IN NS swirl.nsf.gov. nsf.gov. 86400 IN NS TWISTER.nsf.gov. nsf.gov. 86400 IN NS WHIRL.nsf.gov. ;; Received 139 bytes from 66.207.175.172#53(f.usadotgov.net) in 70 ms dig: couldn't get address for 'WHIRL.nsf.gov': not found % This happened to the University of Eastern Kentucky a couple of years back during the floods there, and I'm sure it happens to other lower-profile sites on a daily basis. I think there is a lesson in here for the community. Drive Slow, Paul