Just wonderful - the Internet and the Weather
One consequence of all the flooding relates directly to the Internet.
There is a fiber optic line running parallel to one of our roads. It was trenched into the ditch that runs alongside the roadway -- a very common practice. With running water covering the road, this ditch was stirred up and the fiber, being lighter than water, bobbed to the surface.
Naturally, since the gravel, silt and mud are denser than water, the original trench has filled back in leaving several miles of fiber sitting on the surface of the ground.
A good friend of ours works for the Department of Transportation road crew and clued us into this little bit of joy... An errant vehicle, a person walking along the road wondering what the fsck
that is and ...bzztttt... the Internet goes dark for most of the Pacific Northwest.
Posted by DaveH at January 9, 2009 9:50 PM