for those interested.. received the following information about the
noaaport outage.. edited for privacy..
Patrick,
Part of the problem (and a factor which extended the outage) is that we
were running out of the backup facility in WV. We were in backup mode
because enhancements were needed at our primary site, in Silver Spring
MD. The backup has all the necessary equipment, but unfortunately much
less on-site human support (it's not a NOAA facility, so we rely on
support from another federal agencies via an inter-agency agreement).
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Again, sorry for this outage. NWS will be looking at the post-incident
report and putting in place adjustments to minimize or at least reduce
the likelihood/duration of such outages.
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cheers,
--patrick
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