I would have thought Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 was the teaching moment for the data center business, when all the underground infrastructure of downtown Ho

I would have thought Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 was the teaching moment for the data center business, when all the underground infrastructure of downtown Houston was completely flooded. Apparently planners had not realized that critical backup power systems (or research animals, or symphony archives, or ...) shouldn't be below the level of potential flooding. Houston is 25 miles from the Gulf, so this wasn't a storm surge, just a huge steady rain event. I guess the lesson will be repeated until building management learns. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Allison http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Allison