[austechwriter] Re: OT: How To...
- From: Warren Lewington <wjlewington@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:31:20 +1000
Yeah, some of it is a worry George.
Though building codes are fairly strong here about being self
sufficient. The reality for all the Emergency service authorities with
major communication centres is to be fully self sufficient in the event
of a major catastrophe. Australia and its cities regularly face big
problems, flood and bushfires, and severe storms, so mostly they have
generator sets, driven by huge diesel engines. I know there are problems
with servicing them regularly, like filling the diesel tanks, but the
basics are all there.
In fact I was surprised when I had to service some where they were!
Hospitals are all equipped, so are the major telcos etc, and many big
commercial buildings have them too. The problem is minor outages will
not bring the generator sets on, the whole grid has to go right down
before they work. Hence big buildings in Sydney having power surges
during the bushfires last time round.
Gas and fuel pipelines have big safety valves at either end and big
storage tanks too. The cut to civilian consumers is easy, emergency
services always have access to supply.
Interestingly, the Sydney Harbour Bridge is a dream target, it is
surprisingly easy to destroy the structural integrity of it to such a
degree as to render it unsafe. That isn't new information either. It is
all in the public domain from around the time of the second world war!
Same with the Opera House too.
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Mena
Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2003 2:43 AM
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Subject: [austechwriter] OT: How To...
This link takes you to the daily newsletter of the US State Department's
Overseas Security Advisory Council -- and to a rather disturbing story:
http://www.ds-osac.org/view.cfm?key=7E445D4B4556&type=2B170C1E0A3A0F1628
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George Mena
Technical Lead/Sr. Technical Writer
ESS Technology, Inc.
48401 Fremont Blvd.
Fremont, CA USA 94538
510-492-1763
"We don't print the truth. We print what we know, what other people tell
us.
So we print lies."
-- Ben Bradlee, executive editor of the Washington Post,
1978, at San Francisco State University, California
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