When Floodwaters Rise, Web Sites May Fall

I wish there was a subheading that read "...and that's OK."

Some will see my attitude as cavalier but a little bit of downtime because of an event such as this isn't the worst thing in the world. After all, the financial markets were closed today weren't they?

I read about the folks at the Trello datacentre hauling 175 kilo barrels of diesel up 17 stories by hand thinking "I hope nobody gets hurt lifting barrels for something as crass as uptime".