SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (10/19/89)
I haven't seen any mention of how our friends at Apple and Claris fared
during Tuesday's shake. I trust everyone's okay. I've received some
LINKFAIL messages from Berkeley, so I know many links, but not all, remain
down (typically for lack of elecricity rather than structural damage).
An interesting side note. The computer center at Berkeley lost all their
high speed lines due to a "break in a telephone cable" about an hour before
the quake (leaving me to wonder if some unnoticed pre-shock was the cause -
probably the problem with the cable was unrelated to subsequent events).
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(subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) (10/20/89)
In article <8910190940.aa10754@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) writes: >I haven't seen any mention of how our friends at Apple and Claris fared >during Tuesday's shake. I trust everyone's okay. I've received some >LINKFAIL messages from Berkeley, so I know many links, but not all, remain >down (typically for lack of elecricity rather than structural damage). >[...] We're still here...word is that no Apple employees were seriously injured in the quake, but a few of the buildings aren't in great shape. My group (Developer Technical Support) is in a very new (8-story!) building that suffered only superficial damage, and we'll be back up to speed very quickly, except where we need to consult with folks who are "refugees" of their buildings. Most of Cupertino was without power at least a while, but apparently it was all restored within less than one day. Water, food, and phones have not been a problem in Cupertino, as far as I know. (Safeway did sell out on flashlights and D batteries, but they *were* open on Wednesday, to our amazement.) Not all areas are as well off as Cupertino, of course--I believe much of Santa Cruz and San Francisco is still without power, and they're expecting rain this weekend. By the way, we continue to feel small (?) aftershocks--definitely a couple per day, and perhaps lots more (it's hard to tell if you're just being paranoid, or if there really are lots of small ones). (Tuesday's quake was, no doubt, in celebration of my 6-month anniversary at Apple.) -- --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.
fadden@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Andy McFadden) (10/21/89)
In article <35764@apple.Apple.COM> dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) writes: >In article <8910190940.aa10754@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) writes: >>I haven't seen any mention of how our friends at Apple and Claris fared >>during Tuesday's shake. I trust everyone's okay. I've received some >>LINKFAIL messages from Berkeley, so I know many links, but not all, remain >>down (typically for lack of elecricity rather than structural damage). >>[...] Not too much structural damage here. The building are either well made or have been reinforced recently (with the possibly exception of Moffit Undergrad library, which is due for reinforcement... or should I say overdue?) >We're still here...word is that no Apple employees were seriously injured in >the quake, but a few of the buildings aren't in great shape. My group >(Developer Technical Support) is in a very new (8-story!) building that >suffered only superficial damage, and we'll be back up to speed very quickly, >except where we need to consult with folks who are "refugees" of their >buildings. I *live* in an 8-story building... I wish I'd been in it when the quake hit; that would have been interesting. [ ddddddeleted ] >By the way, we continue to feel small (?) aftershocks--definitely a couple >per day, and perhaps lots more (it's hard to tell if you're just being >paranoid, or if there really are lots of small ones). Probably a combination of both. I keep feeling things too, even when the glass of water in front of me is totally still... :-) > --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems -- fadden@cory.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden) ...!ucbvax!cory!fadden
chines@pro-europa.cts.com (Clifford Hines) (10/21/89)
Comment to message from: dlyons@apple.com (David Lyons) That is wonderful news that our favorite computer company surived the quake. Someone was watching over Apple.. Cliff UUCP: crash!pro-europa!chines ARPA: crash!pro-europa!chines@nosc.mil INET: chines@pro-europa.cts.com