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How many 9's does the suez canal have now? It was down for 6 days out of 151 years? That's 3 9's. If we include the voluntary shutdown around 6-day war and the
by jvanderbot 6y ago
How many 9's does the suez canal have now? It was down for 6 days out of 151 years? That's 3 9's.
If we include the voluntary shutdown around 6-day war and the yom kippur war[1], we'rd down to 52,000 days, of which 6 were blocked by technical problems, resulting in 3 9's roughly.
Seems like something we'll go back to ignoring soon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fleet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fleet
- devoutsalsa 6y agoWouldn’t that be like 95% uptime? (151 - 8) / 151 = 94.7-ish.
- kiseleon 6y ago151 years - 0.021 years / 151 years = ~99.98%
- devoutsalsa 6y agoIt was closed for 8 years! "After Egypt closed the Suez canal at the beginning of the Six-Day War on 5 June 1967, the canal remained closed for precisely eight years, reopening on 5 June 1975." from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal#Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_wars_of_1967_and_1973 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal#Arab%E2%80%93Israel... I first heard about it in RealLifeLore's "The 8-Year Long Worst Traffic Jam in History" => https://youtu.be/4DiXRCo7eBs https://youtu.be/4DiXRCo7eBs
- sombremesa 6y agoYup, and during that war the trapped seamen came up with their own handmade stamps (accepted as valid postage) which are now collectibles!