• Flying Squid
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    41 year ago

    Do you know why those switch buildings typically don’t have windows? That’s been true of several towns I’ve lived in. Some sort of trade secrecy going on?

      • @[email protected]
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        61 year ago

        It’s hardened in this way due to the potential of catastrophic event. Flood, wind, ect. There are millions, sometimes 100’s of millions, of dollars of hard to replace equipment in these buildings that are safeguarded. There is such a Central office in Miami, which has international circuits. When Hurricane Andrew hit it, destroying the surrounding area, it stood without damage.

      • Flying Squid
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        51 year ago

        Sure, but that’s true for so many other industry buildings that have windows anyway, so I was wondering if there was something unique in this case.

        • Jordan Lund
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          21 year ago

          I worked with a guy who came up servicing buildings like these, he said the big problem was lightning strikes.

          The equipment was grounded, so it was fine, but the surge would hit these carbon filters and blow them clean off the switches on to the floor.

          So they’d have to manually pick them all up and put them back on.

          Not sure if he was pulling my leg or not, but a great story…