Preparing for the storm
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@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@DustinB3403 said in Preparing for the storm:
@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@DustinB3403 said in Preparing for the storm:
@IRJ Why the hell would you go into work, unless you have to water proof work as a part of your job?
Our data center is on the island.....
ouch.... that will be a rough one.....
Well work fast, and best of luck to you and your family!
Luckily we use replication to another site, but we recently implemented that. We did our first initial testing on Monday which had nothing to do with Matthew (it was scheduled for months). It went ok, but we ran into some issues. So I guess we have a real test now.
You haven't had it up to this point? What made it suddenly (OK we know how non sudden things like this can seem) important? Don't you get hit by huge storms every year?
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@Dashrender said in Preparing for the storm:
@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@DustinB3403 said in Preparing for the storm:
@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@DustinB3403 said in Preparing for the storm:
@IRJ Why the hell would you go into work, unless you have to water proof work as a part of your job?
Our data center is on the island.....
ouch.... that will be a rough one.....
Well work fast, and best of luck to you and your family!
Luckily we use replication to another site, but we recently implemented that. We did our first initial testing on Monday which had nothing to do with Matthew (it was scheduled for months). It went ok, but we ran into some issues. So I guess we have a real test now.
You haven't had it up to this point? What made it suddenly (OK we know how non sudden things like this can seem) important? Don't you get hit by huge storms every year?
Well, we aren't a huge company so costs was a barrier for awhile. It took us about 2 years to get where everything was duplicated offsite in another location.
In 200 years we have never had a direct hit from a hurricane. This is the reason the US government has 3 military bases and the Space Center within a few miles of each other. The gulf streams starts to pull offshore here which pushes bigger storms out to sea. Even if you look at the hurricane model now, you will see where the hurricane starts getting pushed off the coast. That is the Gulf Stream pulling it. It is very strong here.
Just to show you how powerful the Gulf Stream is here. We are known for ship wrecks. Many of the shipwrecks come from South Florida and the Keys, but have been pushed up here over time.
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@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@DustinB3403 said in Preparing for the storm:
@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@DustinB3403 said in Preparing for the storm:
@IRJ Why the hell would you go into work, unless you have to water proof work as a part of your job?
Our data center is on the island.....
ouch.... that will be a rough one.....
Well work fast, and best of luck to you and your family!
Luckily we use replication to another site, but we recently implemented that. We did our first initial testing on Monday which had nothing to do with Matthew (it was scheduled for months). It went ok, but we ran into some issues. So I guess we have a real test now.
So you basically have a datacenter on an island which is in a region that has a major hurricane at least once a year - and you didn't have any kind of replication / redundancy until shortly?
Tener cojones
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@thwr said in Preparing for the storm:
@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@DustinB3403 said in Preparing for the storm:
@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@DustinB3403 said in Preparing for the storm:
@IRJ Why the hell would you go into work, unless you have to water proof work as a part of your job?
Our data center is on the island.....
ouch.... that will be a rough one.....
Well work fast, and best of luck to you and your family!
Luckily we use replication to another site, but we recently implemented that. We did our first initial testing on Monday which had nothing to do with Matthew (it was scheduled for months). It went ok, but we ran into some issues. So I guess we have a real test now.
So you basically have a datacenter on an island which is in a region that has a major hurricane at least once a year - and you didn't have any kind of replication / redundancy until shortly?
Tener cojones
Pretty Much. I am just a monkey, it isn't my circus.
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@IRJ stay safe and take care. Good luck
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When do you leave the island?
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@StrongBad said in Preparing for the storm:
When do you leave the island?
Mandatory Evacuation is at 3PM today. I am leaving work at noon.
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@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@StrongBad said in Preparing for the storm:
When do you leave the island?
Mandatory Evacuation is at 3PM today. I am leaving work at noon.
Chicago news mentioned it is a cat 3 now.
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@JaredBusch said in Preparing for the storm:
@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@StrongBad said in Preparing for the storm:
When do you leave the island?
Mandatory Evacuation is at 3PM today. I am leaving work at noon.
Chicago news mentioned it is a cat 3 now.
We are leaving the island. At a minimum flooding is going to be an issue. Hopefully I have a house to come back to when this is all over with.
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A friend who is on vacation in Jacksonville right now said he saw a motorcycle blow over last night. He's headed back north.
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@RojoLoco said in Preparing for the storm:
A friend who is on vacation in Jacksonville right now said he saw a motorcycle blow over last night. He's headed back north.
That wasn't from Matthew. We won't start feeling Matthew until tomorrow.
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@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@JaredBusch said in Preparing for the storm:
@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@StrongBad said in Preparing for the storm:
When do you leave the island?
Mandatory Evacuation is at 3PM today. I am leaving work at noon.
Chicago news mentioned it is a cat 3 now.
We are leaving the island. At a minimum flooding is going to be an issue. Hopefully I have a house to come back to when this is all over with.
Weather said it upgraded back to a Category 4 after getting on open water again.
Also showing how close to landfall it is.
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Crazy how the models are showing that it may loop around and come back to hit the FL peninsula a 2nd time. No telling where it will go if that occurs and it enters the gulf.
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@Danp said in Preparing for the storm:
Crazy how the models are showing that it may loop around and come back to hit the FL peninsula a 2nd time. No telling where it will go if that occurs and it enters the gulf.
Yeah I saw that on the news this morning, I wonder if it would gain strength again when it double backs, that would be insane.
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Matthew is expected to make landfall right where my house is as a category 4. I spent 10 hours till 2am last night boarding up. We evacuated in the middle of the night last night to my parents which is about an hour I land.
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@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
Matthew is expected to make landfall right where my house is as a category 4. I spent 10 hours till 2am last night boarding up. We evacuated in the middle of the night last night to my parents which is about an hour I land.
Wow, good luck.
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@IRJ: if you and your family wish to flee farther north, just say the word... Middle Georgia is nice this time of year, lol.
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Oh wow, good luck. Stay safe and keep us up to date!
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@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
Matthew is expected to make landfall right where my house is as a category 4. I spent 10 hours till 2am last night boarding up. We evacuated in the middle of the night last night to my parents which is about an hour I land.
May you find safety, and upon your return, there is little damage.
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@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@fuznutz04 said in Preparing for the storm:
Good luck! Which island?
Merritt Island in Florida. Not as bad as being in the Bahamas, but it isn't a good thing either.
That's in the middle of the river, right?
