[governance] Question for those in the US

[John Curran]

On Aug 27, 2011, at 11:40 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> I am watching on CNN how Hurricane Irene is sweeping through the
> United States of America particularly New York and North Carolina.
> Firstly, I hope you are all safe and ok. Hurricanes often affect the
> Pacific and it is interesting to see it affect the US and am wondering
> whether this is out of the ordinary for the US.

There are usually a dozen or so atlantic tropical storm system 
on the eastern US seaboard every season (June to October), but 
most are only tropical storms and not hurricanes (> 75 mph winds)
There are one or two of hurricane strength that make landfall in
a typical season.  In this manner, Irene is not all that unusual.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlantic_hurricane_seasons>

The unusual aspect of Irene is that the storm track was not the
typical one heading straight ashore, but instead a sweeping arc
which basically hit every eastern seaboard city from N. Carolina
up to and including New York City.  This is not typical (and when
combined with the potential strength of the storm) and caused a
high level of attention to the potential for widespread damage.

It appears to have lost quite a bit of strength before making
landfall, and that is good for all involved.

> I was wondering whether your internet connections are affected via the
> Hurricane.

I'm not hearing reports of significant outages in the N. Virginia/DC
area, nor on the various operator mailing lists.

FYI,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN

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