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How many sites went dark due to hurricane Sandy?
« on: October 31, 2012, 11:56:19 PM »
Today I tried to go here to check: http://www.markosweb.com/www/hagerstowncc.edu/
and I read: Markosweb.com is not available. Our data center went dark due to Hurricane Sandy.

How many sites were targeted as a result of Hurricane Sandy?

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Re: How many sites went dark due to hurricane Sandy?
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2012, 06:15:24 AM »
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I haven't seen any numbers on that statistic but any site hosted in the New Jersey / New York area, north to Maine, and west to Ohio could have been dark through Wednesday, or longer, depending on the damage done/precautions taken by the host.


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Re: How many sites went dark due to hurricane Sandy?
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2012, 12:48:07 PM »
Hi CharleyO,

Thanks for the evaluation of that situation. Hope they soon will be back up again,

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Re: How many sites went dark due to hurricane Sandy?
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2012, 11:53:39 PM »
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Re: How many sites went dark due to hurricane Sandy?
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2012, 11:59:08 PM »
Thanks for the feedback from that side of the Atlantic,

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Re: How many sites went dark due to hurricane Sandy?
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2012, 12:14:06 AM »
Trello was also down.. (https://trello.com/)
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Re: How many sites went dark due to hurricane Sandy?
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2012, 02:00:53 AM »
Quote from: polonus on November 01, 2012, 11:59:08 PM
Thanks for the feedback from that side of the Atlantic,

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No problem. I don't know how many but several companies were using generators for power. Maybe generators will help Congress?
Probably not.  ???
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Re: How many sites went dark due to hurricane Sandy?
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2012, 03:30:57 AM »
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