New York storm hits the blogosphere
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 16:40 I may be offline for a while.
The CEO of Squarespace, the company that provides the software and server for this and many other blogs, has just sent the following email:
Dear Customer,
I have some unfortunate news to share. Our primary data center, Peer1, in Lower Manhattan lost power yesterday at about 4:30pm local time. At that time, we smoothly made the transition to generator power and took comfort over the fact that we had enough fuel to last three to four days. (Peer1 stayed online during the last 3 major natural disasters in the area, including a blackout that lasted for days.)
At 8:30pm yesterday, we received reports that the lobby in the data center's building was beginning to take on water. By 10:30pm, as is sadly the case in most of Lower Manhattan, Peer1's basement had experienced serious flooding. At 5am, we learned our data center's fuel pumps and fuel tanks were completely flooded and unable to deliver any more fuel. At 8am, they reported that the generators would be able to run for a maximum of four more hours.
Unfortunately, this means that Squarespace will be offline soon (our estimate being at 10:45am today). Be assured that while this will impact our availability, there is no chance of data loss or any other permanent effects. We have simply run out of power, backup power, and cannot access our fuel in a flooded basement.
Our teams have been working tirelessly on contingency plans. We are working to bring the Squarespace systems back online as soon as possible. As you have probably read, all bridges and tunnels into and out of Manhattan are closed and large portions of the city remain without power. We will do everything in our power to get Squarespace running as soon as possible, and we will remain online for as long as it is safe.
Our hearts go out to the many people who have lost their lives in this terrible tragedy and also to those who continue to suffer through the consequences of this historic storm.
Watch this space.
Reader Comments (2)
How the hell did the TC industry fix that? A Faustian pact?
I will be curious if after the storm has passed and NYC begins getting back to normal again if TC Industry will come out with a new study taken during the course of the storm to prove once and for all whether it takes a hurricane wind to blow away all that SHS or if it is indeed impossible, as the TC Industry has expressed truthful in the past.