I can verify this. We had a disastrous flood in 2004 that wiped out the basement, including the electrical system. We were on generators for months, and now have a temporary connection to a distant supplier. The new setup will be a separate building, outside the library building, and raised off the ground 10 feet or so. |((| Ellen Chapman |))| Archives & Manuscripts Department |((| University of Hawaii at Manoa Library |))| (808) 944-7656 On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Richard L. Hess wrote: > > For something like NARA, having contracts in place might be as > good/better choice than maintaining generators. There would be a good > chance that the generator would be in the basement like the one in > the Cohen Building (HHS-North) for VOA. If the flood took out electrical switchgear and HVAC equipment in NARA I, there's a good chance that the genset would be flooded as well. A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>