“No hospitals suffered under the rolling blackouts. Save your hand-wringing immorality passion play for the DU; here we embrace the truth.”
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/02/02/blackouts-anger-dallas-hospitals/
Care to revise your statement?
Yes. Thank you for the opportunity.
Bear in mind I just got done clearing a Texas sized snowdrift in my driveway; those of us in scenic Wisconsin got nailed two days ago. If I sounded a mite unsympathetic to the plight of cold Texans denied power for a period of time, I apologize.
Jerry Jones, the Dallas Cowboys, Cowboys Stadium, et al, did the good folks in Texas a favor by inadvertently calling attention to the hospitals and health care organizations woefully unprepared to follow through with their charge and the responsibilities therein.
Mission critical computers, systems and controllers should not be exposed to the fickle winds of the power companies, for any reason. UPS systems are absurdly cheap when compared to the consequences. Shame on those organizations who risked the lives of their patients over something so easily dealt with.
I work in the Maintenance department for a circuit board manufacturer. We have many machines and chemical processes that can quickly become dangerous to our neighbors, employees, the environment etc. should we lose power for any period of time. As good stewards to our neighbors we go to great lengths to ensure these processes are NEVER allowed to run out of control no matter what the reason. We DON'T hope for the best; we verify, test, and generally do what must be done to ensure a safe and positive outcome. How much more so should an organization responsible for the very lives of sick and infirm demonstrate this kind of concern?
Good Texans should take note of the hospitals that got caught with their pants down to their knees and avoid them like the plague.