Bye, Sandy

NCS Update
 «©NCSX» The datacenter where our ncsx.com server is colocated was knocked out by Hurricane Sandy last Monday night and it took about a week to get generator power restored to the building. The backup generator for the building is located on the roof but the fuel was stored in the basement which got flooded out by torrential rivers of water that sped through lower Manhattan at the height of the storm last week.

   The server's been up since yesterday so we're going to assume that things will be okay from here on out and service will continue uninterrupted. The site is being updated to a new format in December 2012 but the old archives will be kept online for revisiting so when we're in wheelchairs rolling around the office, we can still stare at pages like this one.

Datacenter back up by 7PM today?

Con Edison won't be restoring power to the colocation center in lower Manhattan today but a diesel-powered generator will be functional and online later tonight. This means all of the servers should get power and we should be back online at www.ncsx.com tonight. This is the latest update that we have and in the meantime, we've been working on changing the format of the site for daily updates but we'll keep the old archives from 1995 and thereabouts online for perusal.

Datacenter still down, UPS working

The datacenter that colocates our ncsx.com server in Battery Park is still flooded but things appear to slowly be getting back to normal. We anticipate they'll be back online tomorrow. Our shop at www.shopncsx.com is hosted elsewhere so it wasn't affected by the outage. JFK airport has re-opened although Laguardia is still closed because of extensive flooding and damage. This week's import shipments should arrive on time (Thursday/Friday) since the flights are routed through JFK. Photo credit: kaitstalyn

Datacenter down, UPS down

The data center in downtown Manhattan's Battery Park where our server is located was affected by the Con Edison power shutdown last night so www.ncsx.com is down. There's no timetable as to when power will be restored but we're guessing Thursday.

Please note that UPS is not operating in our area today and the Postal Service is also shut down so packages will probably go out on Wednesday. Photo credit: jesseanggreg

NEWS Hurricane Sandy

NCS Product Synopsis
 «©NCSX» We're in the offices today but depending on how the day goes, we'll probably have to shut down early if the lights go out. Mass transit in New York City has been shut down and schools are closed. UPS and the USPS might also shut down early in the afternoon so all of their people are off the roads as the hurricane nears NYC. Due to the expected shut downs, NCS expects shipments for orders placed over the weekend to go out on Tuesday.