Conference 7.286::digital

    
    I just checked and the NET is down at all of the silicon valley
    facilitys.  My guess is that the power is out from what I've seen
    on TV.

re .-1

You are partially mistaken.

Node WRO8A, in the WRO facility (Santa Clara) appears to be fine.

Power is out in the Palo Alto area, but there is not significant structural
damage in that area.

/john

    I don't think the Santa Clara was is the damaged area...but THEBAY
    (home of the San_Francisco note) is currently down.
    
    6.9 is a much better number than the 8.0+ that seismologists have
    predicted to occur within the next 30 years.
    
    -Jp=(who_works_in_SoCal_but_wonders_about_the_coincidence_of_the_DJIA_and_
    	 earthquakes...)

        I won't attempt to list all the Digital facilities in the area
        that is affected by this disaster.  I hope that we will receive
        timely communications (e.g., through LiveWire) about the safety
        of our people out there, as well as our customers.  While the
        loss of equipment would be unfortunate, it should be the least 
        of our worries.
        
        While I endorse Marge's request for information about charitable
        efforts in the wake of the disaster, please be careful about how
        such information is stated.  Please limit notes to describing the
        opportunities to help, but please DO NOT SOLICIT help or specific
        actions.  Any notes that are a solicitation must be removed from
        this conference by the moderators.  It's lots easier for us if we
        don't have to do that. 
        
        Tom

Several systems in our Palo Alto facility are back up and running.

For example, although not accessible by DECnet yet, DECWRL is up and running
and accessible by TCP/IP.

/john

Having just moved out of Santa Clara, I have many ties there.
The word is that the facilities in Santa Clara are just fine, as
are all of our employees.  The systems there were all (or mostly)
down last night, but seem to be coming back up today.  I suspect that priority
was given to area routers such as WRO8A, which is why that one came up early.

Kevin

    
    
    Word has it that the Cupertino facility is okay. Thank you God.
    
    /prc

The DECWRL gateway is up and running again, both on DECNET and TCP/IP.

/john

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From:	NAME: Bob Glorioso                  
	FUNC: High Performance Systems        
	TEL: 297-5915                         <GLORIOSO.BOB AT A1 at CORA @ CORE>
To:	See Below

    TO: ALL EMPLOYEES
    
    
    I have been in contact with our West Coast operations in Cupertino and 
    Mountain View. Of paramount importance, I have learned that all our 
    employees are safe. Our buildings sustained minor damage such as broken 
    ceiling tiles, broken glass, etc. As is normal procedure, the buildings 
    will be reinspected to ensure structural and environmental safety 
    before opening for operations. We expect to be back in operation very 
    quickly.
    
    AT&T has requested that you please delay making calls to the West Coast 
    until normal communications can be restored.
    

To Distribution List:

    {removed}

    International connections via the west coast have been restored.  We
    were cut off for a while.
    
    David_in_SPR_who_wondered_yesterday_why_no_American_nodes_were_reachable

Word from our contacts in the downtown San Francisco office (home of THEBAY::)
indicate only minor damage and no personal injuries (at least that we've
heard of).  However, the San Francisco office is expected to be closed for
the rest of the week.

I don't know whether Bob gave permission for his message to be posted in this
conference.  Although it appears in VTX, the following sentence does not appear
there:

>    AT&T has requested that you please delay making calls to the West Coast 
>    until normal communications can be restored.

This is an interesting topic.  As I told Bob by mail, a local AT&T spokesperson
was on WEEI Wednesday morning saying that there should be no problem calling,
though you might get busy signals.  And except for the Marina District, all
calls I put through to the Bay Area went through on AT&T with at most four
tries.  And ITT (10ITT) was able to put all calls through with only one try.

Even if Bob's report had been correct, why should you listen to an AT&T
spokesperson?  If GM said "Don't buy cars this week" should you put off
your purchase of a Ford?

AT&T is not the only long distance company.  There are other companies in the
market.  Probably for this reason the local AT&T spokesperson said "call if you
want to, and we'll try to get your call through."

/john

    The past replies pretty well sum it up. The San Francisco office
    will be closed until power is provided. They won't turn on power
    until all buildings in the finance district are checked for gas
    leaks. All customer operations are being run out of our Alameda
    (Oakland) office.
    
    The Santa Clara offices are just fine, and we are getting ramped
    up to support our customers. My group Area Support is being told
    to expect to work the weekend. They are flying in 24 CE's to the
    bay area to help out.
    
    So far as of 11:00 pst the calls are light. My brother at his place
    of work said that all his DEC systems came out okay but the SUN
    systems fell flat on their faces....
    
    Will try to keep this note updated.
    Renis

    Since a separate conference has been created to discuss the earthquake,
    I'm going to set my note nowrite.  Press kp7 or Select to add this
    conference to your notebook:
    
            <<< USWRSL::$1$DUA3:[NOTES$LIBRARY]EARTHQUAKE.NOTE;1 >>>
                                -< EarthQuake >-
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Note 1.1                          Introduction                            1 of 1
SCRUZ::GETTYS_KE "Department Of Redundancy Dept."    18 lines  19-OCT-1989 08:33
                   -< San Francisco Earthquake Information >-
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    THIS IS A TEMPORARY CONFERENCE CALLED EARTHQUAKE.  The purpose of this

    conference will be to disseminate infomation reqarding the status of

    Digital operations in the San Francisco Bay Area.   We hope this

    conference will provide you with a method of receiving official

    information and not to be cluttered with a lot of deris. 

    
    Press KP7 or enter "Add Entry USWRSL::EARTHQUAKE" to add this

    conference to your notebook.   Since we are still receiving

    aftershocks, this conference is subject to interuptions.