- "6 back-to-back power outages hit the SOMA neighborhood of San Francisco Tuesday afternoon causing major havoc with popular web services. 365 Main is down, along with craigslist, Netflix, Technorati and SixApart."
- boingboing
Valleywag got all tragicomic and histrionic,
Laughing Squid has a nice blow-by-blow of the drama.
- Witnesses who described a blast Tuesday were still unnerved.
Actor Torino Von Jones, 32, said he was filming a Fruit of the Loom commercial down the block at the time.
"We were standing over there waiting for the camera cue when we heard a big explosion," he said. "Flames came up taller than I am, and I'm 6-foot-2.
"Naturally, when you hear an explosion, you think the worst," Von Jones said. Nevertheless, he hurried back to work. "We're Fruit of the Loom -- we've got to make this commercial."
- location:not affected by the outages
- music:New Young Pony Club - Jerk Me
Comments
I'm stunned that SixApart thought it made sense that a co-location facility should be on the same power grid as the original. Forget about 'in the same building'. on the same grid should be a disqualifier, for any intelligent IT engineer, as far as redundancy and effectiveness goes.
I wonder which of the fruit he is-I'm betting grape.