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Hurricane Irene

We’re currently monitoring the storm track for Hurricane Irene, which is currently down near Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The storm looks to be fairly serious, and as of this morning’s forecasts, the track would affect the greater DC Area:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/145015.shtml?5-daynl?large#contents

The storm is currently slated to make landfall in coastal North Carolina on Saturday, and be centered over the southern end of the Chesapeake, still at Hurricane status, on Sunday morning.  Currently, forecasters are saying that the storm reminds them a lot of Hurricane Floyd that dumped 14” of rain on the DC area, along with 70mph winds and 500,000 people without power.

We’re going to be watching this storm very carefully over the next 72 hours, and we’ll have an update for you midday on Friday.  Storms like this can be fairly disruptive to power and internet access. While we expect our colocation facility not to be affected, you may wish to contact your area service providers about redundancy in the case of power outage and storm damage. 

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    MURDER DEATH KILL STORM heading toward DC.
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