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Network Troubles but I think I'm back now....



Dear Lists,

   If any of you have missed me lately I was scheduled off over the
   holidays.  Even so I usually work from home.  But not this time -
   at least not for the last few days because the biggest snow storm
   in 75 years up here knocked out our overhead 69kV transmission-line
   feed.  Then the UPS batteries ran out.  That knocked out the power
   supply in a big user disk with all my mail on it.  Couldn't even
   fully log on to that machine.  Coming back up there was some kind
   of electrical problem which wasn't fixed until today. 
   Simultaneously, our fiber-optic link to the Internet went out so
   that I could not send or receive email outside our site.  This
   situation lasted for a few days.  A few posts came in this morning,
   but based on the usual number of posts from CLOCKS and Chip's list,
   I have missed many posts, probably hundreds.

   Things are coming back now.

   As for the data regarding the mean free path of ions around a Tesla
   Coil,  I have dropped a note to one of our Laser Engineers for this
   info.

   If any of you sent me some private mail requesting information,
   please send the request again.  I will at least acknowledge it.

   Cheers,

 Fred W. Bach ,    Operations Group        | Internet: music-at-triumf.ca
 TRIUMF (TRI-University Meson Facility)    | Voice:  604-222-1047 loc 6327/7333
 4004 WESBROOK MALL, UBC CAMPUS            | FAX:    604-222-1074
 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., CANADA   V6T 2A3
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