Microsofties Hit By Horrible Weather

Seattle was hit bad by violent winds and power outages over the weekend, and Microsoft's employees blogged their experiences (in many cases only after days of waiting for the power to return). Jeff Sandquist lost power and phones, had no heat, saw a mile-long line at the only gas station with power, and brought his family into work (as did many Microsoft employees). no power for four days, as well as heat, cell phone coverage, or internet, and had to power pole that snapped and is just hanging in mid-air and lost power for five days. Luckily, Keith Combs was proud to say that Microsoft's servers never went down, no matter how bad things got. Services using Microsoft email, web, database and portal services all running with thousands of servers kept up despite the weather and power problems. he updated on Saturday after about 24 hours without power, and he reports that he got to spend quality time with his new cat. The Slam team (ironic, right?) Dave Morehouse wrote of a bizarre accident he saw outside his window, and a tree that blocked the entryway to his office. What a crazy week. Hear any other stories? Tag: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark Murdok: InsideGoogle blog, offering the latest news and insights about Google and search engines.