• Nature vs. The Power Grid

    • By: Rich Miller
      October 17th, 2008

    When it comes to data center connectvity outages, backhoes are usually Public Enemy Number One. What about power outages? These often have natural causes, as documented by Pingdom in a post that examines Mother Nature’s assault on electricity and the Internet. A review of power outages thus far in 2008 reveals that the grid has been brought low by rats, squirrels, birds, snakes, raccoons and at least one opossum. Storms, floods and earthquakes also figure prominently.

    • David Dunn

    Posted October 19th, 2008

    Seeking more information on the above topic.

    Michael Janke

    Posted November 15th, 2008

    Somewhat related:

    Power related outages rank second to backhoes in data from a state wide network shown here

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