And here I always figured it was bespoke knit caps for all the packets in cold-weather climes? learn something new every day! (also, now I wonder what the people who told me they were too busy knitting caps are ACTUALLY doing??)
On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 8:55 AM Bryan Holloway <br...@shout.net> wrote: > Approximately 3 hrs ago we lost B-feed at Minneapolis Cologix. > > Apparently the local utility requested that they move one side to > generator due to the weather and high-utilization, and the ATS failed. > > But we're up ... > > > On 1/30/19 10:50 AM, Mel Beckman wrote: > > Being a Minnesota native, I can tell you that while it is indeed cold, > > this is nothing new i the Great White North :) I am amaze a how > > consistently the media overplays the severity of Midwest cold weather as > > some kind of unique phenomenon. They amplify this by reporting the > > wind-chill factor, which is the “what it feels like” equivalent in a > > cold and windy environment. But equipment feels nothing, so windchill is > > irrelevant. > > > > For example, Minneapolis is -20F, but the news media instead reports > > “-60F wind chill”, which, while dramatic, is not meaningful for most > > purposes. I grew up in Minnesota with -30F and lower quite common, and > > we walked to school in those temperatures. You just have to dress well. > > Minneapolis is paved with tunnels and heated skyways to eliminate most > > outdoor walking downtown. > > > > As far as networks go, none of the ISPs I know of do anything different > > than anywhere else in the country. Everyone has backup power. It’s > > already common practice everywhere to exploit cooler winter ambient > > temperatures to reduce HVAC requirements, so that’s not new either. But > > it gets as hot in the Midwest in our summer as it is in SA for you now, > > so everyone must still build out HVAC capacity to cover the hottest days. > > > > -mel beckman > > > > On Jan 30, 2019, at 8:40 AM, Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.mu > > <mailto:mark.ti...@seacom.mu>> wrote: > > > >> For anyone running IP networks in the Midwest, are you having to do > >> anything special to keep your networks up? > >> > >> For the data centres, is this cold front a chance to reduce air > >> conditioning costs, or is it actually straining the infrastructure? > >> > >> I'm curious, from a +27-degree C summer's day here in Johannesburg. > >> > >> Mark. >
