"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 09/23/2019 at 10:00 • Filed to: None

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I’m b ack at work after 7 weeks away. The server room downtown flooded over the weekend so we don’t have any computer access and 90% of our phones are down. Needless to say it’s a little chaotic. But everyone, including the drivers, are helping out and we’re muddling through it all. I came in a few hours early, but apparently my boss was calling at 0300 to get me in sooner; I got to sleep around 0200 hence the reason I ignored her earlier calls...

I’m sweating and  want to vomit, but that’s just a normal day and not necessarily work related. Thankfully we have more staff coming in over the next few hours so we should be OK. What a way to return!..

facw > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/23/2019 at 10:52

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The server room downtown flooded over the weekend so we don’t have any computer access and 90% of our phones are down 

That’s an exciting day back...

Years ago a had a conversation with my then-CEO about how we’d recover if we used sprinklers in the server room and they went off. I did not think recovery was going to be quick and easy, but I’d still rather have that water than flood water.

Maxima Speed > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/23/2019 at 11:09

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Pouring one out for m y IT brethren. That’s no bueno.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Maxima Speed 09/23/2019 at 11:13

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I’ve been there when I worked in IT, 3 days in a row with minimal breaks, just to get back to normal. I do not envy that crew right now...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > facw 09/23/2019 at 11:17

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Sprinklers? That’s a no-go. Why not Halon or CO2? Or was this just a hypothetical with someone that didn’t know about this stuff.

One place I worked at had a huge backup generator for the building, near my server room,  but it was setup up to start using AC line power. Uh, how is that going to work?

facw > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/23/2019 at 11:20

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Yeah he just didn’t know, and presumably had seen that sprinklers were a lot cheaper. He figured out it was a terrible idea once I explained to him what a recovery from watering your computers would look like.