[LINK] ZDnet: Lightning Strikes Twice in Amazon Cloud

[Scott Howard]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Roger Clarke <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au>wrote:

> http://www.zdnet.com.au/amazon-deletes-customer-data-339319187.htm
>
> As if having lightning strike its EU datacentre wasn't enough, Amazon
>

Except that didn't happen...

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/strategy/item/23094-transformer-caused-amazon/

"ESB Networks has said transformer failure, not a lightning strike, caused
the loss of electricity supply to customers in CityWest business campus last
Sunday, which affected one of Amazon’s data centres along with several
others in the area"

  Scott