I am going to keep this thread bumped. We have 3 dedicated web servers for our business at Leerburg. They are located in a larger server farm in Houston.

This is a very large reputable business. With luck their back-up generators will work when the Houston power goes out.

We have our fingers crossed. We have back-up plans if the worst case scenario happens. If the power goes out at this Houston facility it could take 24 hours to propogate our web site from servers outside of Houston. We are ready for this but it's not as simple as flipping a switch.

Lets hope none of this is necessary.

Bump.

Knock on wood our web servers are still up at 7 AM on Saturday morning and the Hurricane is on shore. Maybe we dodged a bullet.

I am getting the impression that Galvaston and Houston were more prepared for such a disaster than New Orleans was.

 Quote: Kevin Sheldahl

I am getting the impression that Galvaston and Houston were more prepared for such a disaster than New Orleans was.

New orleans is located on a bad spot.
Every time a Hurricane hits it it will be trouble all over.
Only sensible thing to do is to relocate it ... But that won't happen

Greetings

Johan

Kevin, they should be better prepared. They've had 3 years to get their act together. Allot of the problem with New Orleans was simple human nature. After 40 years of near misses, the people got careless and stupid. They had several near misses. That didn't cause much damage. They thought they would be spared again. The supplies local and state pre-positioned were under 10 feet of water. 1/2 of the Nation Guard troops and their gear were in Iraq. No communications, phone both landline and cellular were down. if my memory serves me Fema issued 4 satellite phones for an area the size of England. Fema was being run by someone who organized horse shows. Brownie had no real experience other than donating money to the republican party.

We had a mayor locked in his motel room talking to himself. We had a governor who couldn't make a decision to save her citizens lives. We had a president that had to have a staffer 4 days later show him a dvd to get his attention. Because he doesn't read or watch the news. It was a cluster you know what... In my hometown, the local police made Fema officials change their clothes before giving them the grand tour. They did so because their safety couldn't be guaranteed. After, 10 days things got medieval. Low food and water supplies, no gas or diesel and hot as hell. Politicians at all levels local thru federal are lucky to be alive or to still have a job. My hometown didn't have the looting or crime others experience simply because they would have been shot. We banded together and got through it.

If you haven't been to the gulf coast personally after Katrina. You've only seen a small percent of the damage on TV. We had several small towns in Mississippi wiped completely off the map. Thankfully, the overwhelming majority of them evacuated. It looked like Hiroshima or Nagasaki without the radiation. Schools,roads,bridges,houses wipe off the earth on the concrete foundation left with mounds of debris scattered everywhere. Trees up-rooted,snapped in half,twisted it's hard to describe the full effect of such a storm.

I live about 60 miles inland. Have lived thru 3 major hurricanes Camille, Fredrick and Katrina. We don't have to worry about storm surge. My area worries about wind and tornadoes during the event. After Katrina, we went 3 weeks without electricity with 95 to 100 degree temps during the day. We got a taste of life from another era. Please believe me our forefathers were better men and women than us. Because I thought it was hell. Going without a/c and clean water and sewage a couple of days I was ready to snap. But, we had to suck it up and keep going.

Johan, it wasn't Hurricane Katrina that destroyed New Orleans. It was the failure of the levees the next day. They (local,state and federal) should have built the levees correctly after Hurricane Betsy in the 1960's. Then Katrina wouldn't have flooded 80% of the city. You can't relocate New Orleans. It is one of the largest port cities in the world. I don't think even most Americans realize how much of their oil, natural gas,food and consumer goods come thru New Orleans. Build the levees correctly and restore the wetlands and it won't be such a disaster. We would have to relocate 25 to 40% of America's oil and natural gas industry. Not to mention all the cargo being processed. The French built New Orleans for a reason. Location,Location and Location. Easy access from the Gulf and easy access to the mighty Mississippi River along with now easy access to interstate highways.

 Quote: Tracy E. Brown

Please believe me our forefathers were better men and women than us. Because I thought it was hell. Going without a/c and clean water and sewage a couple of days I was ready to snap. But, we had to suck it up and keep going.

And that wasn't too long ago for some people. My mother and her brothers and sisters lived in a log cabin. She didn't have electricity until she joined the Navy at the start of WWII.

We also get a lot of power outages here but not as long as 3 weeks. The longest it's been out where I live has been about a week after a tornado outbreak. Luckily we live in an old farmhouse that still has a hand pump for backup and a good generator. Living at the end of a 12 mile power line you tend to be prepared.

Speaking of which we just had a high wind advisory from Ike's remnants and the power is flickering now. Going to check the generator.

I live in a small town of 6000 next to a hospital. Usually, we have the electricity on in a few hours. After Camille and Fredrick, the power was on within 3 days. Katrina was not a shining moment for governance at any level. The first responders did their best with what they had available. But, I give poor marks for our political leaders. It's like they have forgotten you don't plan for hurricanes or major storms on the fly. You draw up the plans in advance and revise as needed. Our governor knew 1/2 of our National guard troops and their gear were in Iraq. But didn't make any contingency plans. Whoever designed and built the major power plant so near the gulf that storm surge could reach it should be flogged in public. The one thing I 've done different this season is I'll have at least 10 days worth of fuel for the generator and food for the family and dogs. If a Cat 4 or 5 brews up North bound I'll be.

I live in a small town of 6000 next to a hospital. Usually, we have the electricity on in a few hours. After Camille and Fredrick, the power was on within 3 days. Katrina was not a shining moment for governance at any level. The first responders did their best with what they had available. But, I give poor marks for our political leaders. It's like they have forgotten you don't plan for hurricanes or major storms on the fly. You draw up the plans in advance and revise as needed. Our governor knew 1/2 of our National guard troops and their gear were in Iraq. But didn't make any contingency plans. Whoever designed and built the major power plant so near the gulf that storm surge could reach it should be flogged in public. The one thing I 've done different this season is I'll have at least 10 days worth of fuel for the generator and food for the family and dogs. If a Cat 4 or 5 brews up North bound I'll be.

Well the board is still up.

Yes galveston was well prepared.
They came banging on every door get out and went to the next door.

Oh Bump