Ask HN: So there's a big fire in the Dalles, Oregon

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...which is where Google and Amazon both have very big facilities. AWS' us-west-2 is hosted out of there, for instance.

Anyone have any insight in to how they prep for/handle an event like this? Surely they have systems for physically managing this.

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None of the facilities are really proximate to combustible materials which lowers the risk considerably. There are areas of very stubby grass patches some distance away, any ignition of that would be easily contained. Roads and asphalt barriers would slow the progress of flames.

Other than overhead power service (which is fed off very tall high-tension lines) other utilities are underground.

People access is probably the greatest risk. Depending on the spread of the employee's living there may be challenges getting to work.

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