For those that don't know, directNIC as well as some other NOCs are located together in a high-rise in New Orleans. Despite everyone's warnings (including my own!) some tough-as-nails guys from directNIC stayed behind to battle the hurricane and keep the networks online. [snip] While the safety of our staff is paramount and most were safely evacuated, a small group of key personnel stayed behind to safeguard our data center and make sure that all of our services remained online and stable. During this time, while we spent a great deal of effort battling broken windows, incoming water, and flying debris, our hosting and registration services remained online and worked flawlessly. [/snip] Link: http://www.directnic.com/katrina.php (Pictures too!) It also mentions the power shortage, and that they are using diesel generated power. I remember a week or two ago people were talking about building redundant datacenters, off-grid power, failure mitigation, etc. I think if nothing else, this is at least a success story of building a NOC which can provide critical infrastructure that will survive major disasters. -- Regards, Chris Gilbert