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To: Dan3 who wrote (85664)	7/24/2002 8:58:16 AM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 275872

LOCAL NEWSPAPER the Bradenton Herald reported Monday that Intel's Rio Rancho plant in Albuquerque was hit by a bolt from the blue, temporarily shutting down production at the leading fab. The report said that Intel lost $800 million worth of chips because of the lighting strike More at: theinquirer.net Something tells me they didn't lose anywhere near $800 million worth, although, in the grand tradition of staging a robbery to cover embezzling losses, reporting such a one time "act of God" loss might do wonders for explaining away a bad quarter....