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Re: Any net disruptions from Indonesia quake / Tsunami?
From: Joe Abley <jabley () isc org>
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:13:52 -0500
On 26 Dec 2004, at 16:39, George William Herbert wrote:
I haven't seen any reports, but a 8.9 and widespread tsunami activity in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal seem likely to have caused undersea cable problems.
I'm no expert, but I'd imagine that any under-sea damage would be isolated to shallow approach to shore, and that the cable would be well below the wave action while the tsunami was in deep water. Cables are generally trenched pretty deep on the approach to shore as protection against dragging anchors, but I don't know what protection that would give against the undertow from a 10m-high wave.
I'd expect the most serious network damage to be in simple infrastructure above water (power, overhead cables).
Suresh, someone mentioned you were in the affected area, you seem to still be with us from your spam thread response, which is a relief.
Suresh is in Madras, I think. The BBC says Madras was "particularly badly hit".
Joe
Current thread:
- Any net disruptions from Indonesia quake / Tsunami? George William Herbert (Dec 26)
- Re: Any net disruptions from Indonesia quake / Tsunami? Joe Abley (Dec 26)
- Re: Any net disruptions from Indonesia quake / Tsunami? Joe Abley (Dec 26)
- Re: Any net disruptions from Indonesia quake / Tsunami? Suresh Ramasubramanian (Dec 26)
- Re: Any net disruptions from Indonesia quake / Tsunami? Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 26)
- Re: Any net disruptions from Indonesia quake / Tsunami? James Edwards (Dec 26)
- Re: Any net disruptions from Indonesia quake / Tsunami? Hank Nussbacher (Dec 26)
- Re: Any net disruptions from Indonesia quake / Tsunami? Joe Abley (Dec 26)
- Re: Any net disruptions from Indonesia quake / Tsunami? Sean Donelan (Dec 26)
- Re: Any net disruptions from Indonesia quake / Tsunami? Joe Abley (Dec 26)