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Data Center Flood Captured By Security Cam

miller60 writes "Torrential rains last week in Istanbul led to a flood that overwhelmed a data center for Vodafone. The event was captured on the data center security cameras, which shows waters rising and then raging through the security area before flooding the raised-floor equipment area."

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  1. Re:Ooozing sympathy ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Leaving aside that this looks like a pretty anonymous security desk/ reception area which could fron any sort of business

    It is clearly not in America - there are no supersized tubs of lard in shot.

  2. Re:Ooozing sympathy ... by pjtp · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Leaving aside that this looks like a pretty anonymous security desk/ reception area ...

    I take it you didn't watch the entire clip. Jump to near the end and you can see the feed from a different camera. This one covers the actual data centre.

  3. Re:close the door moron by SEWilco · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The building twisting the frame so the glass no longer fit in the frame is probably the reason it fell out. These are not the forces which you're looking for, they are forces much greater, which encompass the water, forces which flow around and through you.