[Info-vax] We regret to inform (VMS uptime)

[Rich Jordan]

On Aug 25, 2:33 pm, Paul Sture <paul.nos... at sture.ch> wrote:
> In article
> <f9a8381b-6ffa-49a4-92c7-b1db37e0b... at p19g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
>  Rich Jordan <jor... at ccs4vms.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Aug 25, 1:19 pm, Rob Brown <mylastn... at gmcl.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 at 08:47 -0700, Rich Jordan wrote:
> > > > We're in the market for a generator at home. Since we're in a
> > > > townhouse with attached garage we cannot store gasoline (more than 1
> > > > gallon), but I can have a propane BBQ and keep an extra 20 pound
> > > > full bottle. A diesel genset would be great since I could store
> > > > fuel for it, but they're too heavy for my wife to handle and very
> > > > expensive for properly built ones (not no-name chinese).
>
> > > No natural gas service available? Generac, for example, makes
> > > automatic, prepackaged, natural gas powered backup power for
> > > residential use. And natural gas won't go out the same time as your
> > > electricity does.
>
> > NG won't go out right away, but around here thanks to EPA it will go
> > down within a few days if the outage is widespread enough.  Not likely
> > but possible.
>
> > Townhome.  HOA.  No external user-usable NG connection and no option
> > to put a permanent genset in place with a fixed NG connection.  The
> > tri-fuel unit is actually capable of running off NG, but that option
> > is not possible where we're at.
>
> I don't know if you have space for it, but my father had a large propane
> tank fitted in the garden to supply the house heating system.  It was
> something like 20 feet from the house (and he planted bushes around it
> to conceal it).  Access for refilling was up the side of the house, and
> the tankers had suitably long pipes.
>
> --
> Paul Sture

Same issue as above.  Townhome with an HOA; no way I'm getting a large
propane tank past them; an extra 20 pounder, or maybe a 30 pounder in
a storage bench or grill base where it doesn't show is the best I can
do, and that is actually pretty good.  I'd be ahead of 99% of my
neighbors, for sure.

Our customers in the Bahamas went offline this afternoon.  I don't
know yet if it was power or just comm since nobody was onsite.
They're still offline now so I guess we'll find out tomorrow how
everyone there (and the Alpha) is doing.