Hi All :)
   On the subject of 100 year Flood Plains....

    Remember, this just means that there will be a flood in that plain "at least
once every 100 years"... this doesn't mean there can't be more than one!!!  This
would seem to say that you have at least a 1% chance of a flood any given year
in such a plain????

    I remember talking with a guy in Tualatin Oregon in February of 1996 about
this... he had just won a several month long fight with the bank who held his
mortgage concerning whether or not he had to have flood insurance for his house
since he lived in a 100 year flood plain....  in January of 1996 he had dropped
his flood insurance....

   For those who don't know... Tualatin is a community just outside of Portland,
Or... and was flooded with over 8 feet of water in February of '96!  We couldn't
even get the "Deuce and a Half's" into parts of the town because the water was
so high!

   Back to the topic...

    Computer centers go in the middle of buildings above ground level... Chem
labs should always be built on the top floor ... something to do with
explosions? hehehe

Art "Paranoid? Yes?  But am I paranoid enough? " Bahrs

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>From: Larry Barnes <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: OT: Data Center Location
>Date: Thu, 26 Aug, 1999, 13:23
>

> Cory,
>
> I would check with your city departments.  I'm sure someone there could direct
> you to the right division that knows where the flood planes are in your area.
> You could also check with locale historians and ask them about the history of
> flooding where your new building is being built.
>
> L. A. Barnes
>
> "Black, Cory" wrote:
>
>> If I'm being paranoid just tell me.  My employer is moving next year to a
>> building that is now under construction.  The powers that be have decided to
>> put the data center in a room that is on grade level rather than 1 level up,
>> as it is now. Does anyone know where I can find information on flooding
>> potential, etc. to present to management about the dangers of a grade level
>> data center?