Re: Same everywhere
And for years, apparently. I recall reading a similar "fuel pump not on the right side of UPS" story in Lessons Learned (or not) from the (1965) Great Northeast (US) Blackout. Also similarly about a sump-pump in one hospital being considered "not critical", at least until seepage from the nearby river rose to the level needed to short out the generator in the basement.
OTOH, there were rumors of a surge of births nine months later, although it's hard to imagine losing access to SourceForge and /. would have that effect.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
