Thank you Taina, and Larry, Kitty, Rod, Robert, Peter, Mimi and  
Doug.  Bill my copy of your post came across in medieval Russian I  
believe.  Why that happens I will never know.

This is one of those times where I really find the Listserv like no  
other form of camaraderie.

This proves my point.  In one session, every major records center  
fire was mentioned.  Or was it??

No! No! This is not a trick question..........

In reply to Rod Stone in London,  the two fire fighters that were  
almost trapped in the Iron Mountain London records center fire  (I  
have read the transcript of the London Fire Brigade and it included  
interviews from fire fighters)  referred to a fire on Gillender  
Street where several fire fighters were killed.  Was that the Hays  
Brunswick fire??

The sad thing is that in fire fighters language these records center  
fires are a commodity fire. If the sprinkler system and fire walls  
cannot stop the fire, why should a fire fighter risk his life for  
records that are considered as next to useless??  I agree.  It is up  
to the records manager to protect what must be protected.

I think that the lowering of the quality of records center warehouse  
fire protection is becoming a part of the sale pitch in the EMC, IBM,  
Seagate (Evault) VMWare and other electronic storage companies on why  
paper storage is passe. They would also argue that tape storage is  
also moving this way. Virtual Records, Virtual Tape, Virtual Servers  
and electronic storage are helping the growth of the shredding industry.

I find it ironic that the companies that fought the fire protection  
standards on compartmentation, in rack sprinklers and then changes in  
the sprinkler code to make records warehouses safer are now seeing  
boxes move off their shelves heading to the shredder while the  
electronic records industry is growing at a tremendous pace.  Tape  
storage is growing at a faster pace than ever.  But these guys also  
need to be on top of evaulting and server vaulting.  Technology is  
moving so fast now.

Or am I just getting older??

Why just the other day I was looking at a TV and it had a remote  
control.  Now that is clever.  You don't even have to get up off the  
couch.  (This last part was for my wife.  She has made me to TV, what  
the Amish are to farming.  Its embarrassing I tell you. The neighbor  
kids come in to show their friends my TV that is in a wood cabinet.    
You would think I carved it out of a stump??)

Magnavox Luddite Hugh

(Now Larry don't tell me Magnavox no longer makes TV's!! )


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