[AusNOG] Vocus Hazard Notice - Hawaii Tropical Storms

Fri Aug 8 16:49:06 EST 2014

My 2c.

UTC is okay if you get an  .ics file cause it will do the timezone conversion for you

I now have AEST and UTC clocks on windows so I can quickly work out time :)

A

> -----Original Message-----
> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of
> James Spenceley
> Sent: Friday, 8 August 2014 4:41 PM
> To: Andrew Jones
> Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Vocus Hazard Notice - Hawaii Tropical Storms
> 
> We originally used UTC as we would have customers in one location in terms
> of their NOC department (say USA) but local ops/engineering hands/feet in
> Sydney with actual services in Singapore, Perth, Sydney and Auckland. When
> they asked for local time it was quiet confusing as to what they actually
> meant by local. So the simple answer was to use UTC
> 
> We had a lot of customers complain that UTC just added another step in the
> process (and one that someone could mess up converting) so we added the
> feature for you to be able to set your own timezone. Makes it really simple in
> the end.
> 
> James
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On 8 Aug 2014, at 11:39, Andrew Jones <aj at jonesy.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry, I wasn't clear - that setting is there, and able to be used _right now_.
> >
> > My notifications, for example, look like this:
> >
> > Start Date: Thursday 7th August 2014 at 23:49 (Australia/Sydney) End
> > Date: Wednesday 13th August 2014 at 10:00 (Australia/Sydney)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On 08.08.2014 11:36, Mailing Lists wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> Thanx for the feedback, I've passed it on to the GM of Network Ops.
> >>
> >> Jonesy, the dev guys will want to kill me, but I'll see if there is
> >> something we can do about that. It could be possible to make it a
> >> check box in the portal as that gets rolled out... Maybe.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Damien.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker
> >> <Alex.Samad at yieldbroker.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> +1 on .ics file
> >>>
> >>> > -----Original Message-----
> >>> > From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf
> Of
> >>>
> >>>> Andrew Jones
> >>> > Sent: Friday, 8 August 2014 11:15 AM
> >>> > To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> >>> > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Vocus Hazard Notice - Hawaii Tropical Storms
> >>> >
> >>> > 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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