On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 05:33:20PM -0500, Leo Bicknell wrote:
In a message written on Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 03:41:19PM -0500, Sean Donelan wrote:
The associated press is reporting that parts of Tyson's Corner is experiencing flooding, and officials are restricting access.
As some folks are aware the Tyson's Corner area is/was a very dense colocation and peering center for the Internet.
Having just been in that area yesterday, I think I can explain a bit.
To many people Tysons Corner == Tysons Corner Mall, I and II (yes, two different malls across the street from each other). I is a fairly normal american mall, II has more "upscale" stores in it.
Anyhow, the II part has been closed twice this week, once on thursday for a bomb scare, and today due to roof issues (unclear from the reports on TV if there is an actual problem, or if they are just scared of one). As such, the mall is closed, along with a few access roads for it.
Looks like 30 stores on the upper level were flooded (probably too strong a word, "slightly moistened" would seem more appropriate) due to a roof leak, and the mall was closed. Hardly a danger to the internet, unless there are more people than I know doing their private interconnects through Macy's. -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras GPG Key ID: 0xF8B12CBC (7535 7F59 8204 ED1F CC1C 53AF 4C41 5ECA F8B1 2CBC)