[AusNOG] Vocus Hazard Notice - Hawaii Tropical Storms

[Andrew Jones]

There should be a link at the bottom of your notification where you can 
change your preferences, including which timezone to display the time 
in.
I really appreciate the attached .ics file as well, makes it easy to 
throw the events in a calendar.


On 08.08.2014 10:11, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker wrote:
> I have been mightily impressed with the amount of information from 
> vocus.
>
> UTC has been a pain but I would rather have relevant info then find
> out afterwards
>
> A
>
> FROM: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] ON BEHALF OF
> Bevan Slattery
>  SENT: Friday, 8 August 2014 7:00 AM
>  TO: Skeeve Stevens
>  CC: ausnog at ausnog.net
>  SUBJECT: Re: [AusNOG] Vocus Hazard Notice - Hawaii Tropical Storms
>
> I love seeing these types of notices. They show an operator being
> transparent and prepared.
>
> Reading Facebook posts Guam had a typhoon last week also. It is the
> season and they almost never have impact, but they can be a risk
> particularly with the severity.
>
> If only there was a forecast of idiots with backhoes :)
>
>  [b]
>
>  On 8 Aug 2014, at 12:10 am, Skeeve Stevens
> <skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Thought this was worth notification to all of Ausnog since there are 
>> a lot of people using Vocus and a level below being directly 
>> connected.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Start Date: Thursday 7th August 2014 at 13:49 (UTC)
>> End Date: Wednesday 13th August 2014 at 00:00 (UTC)
>>
>> Please note that during the above window an upstream supplier has 
>> advised Vocus of a hazard condition for Australia-USA and 
>> NewZealand-USA submarine cables due to Hurricane Iselle and Tropical 
>> Storm Julio over Hawaii. At the moment, indications are that the most 
>> affected will be the Big Island (Spencer Beach Cable Station) and to a 
>> lesser extent Oahu (Kahe Point Cable Station).
>>
>> The most likely impact to the cable stations would be loss of 
>> utility power to the facilities at some stage. However, as both sites 
>> have emergency plants and fuel supplies have been topped up, no loss 
>> of power is anticipated.
>>
>> Vocus will supply further updates on this hazard condition as they 
>> become available.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> ...Skeeve
>>
>> SKEEVE STEVENS - eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
>>
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>>
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