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To: TobagoJack who wrote (143474)	9/16/2018 6:32:19 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217752

I'd be curious to hear about any major failures involving flooded basements. Some notable examples... Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (2011): Several backup generators and switching stations located in lower-level areas were flooded, so cooling systems lost power resulting in the meltdown of reactors 1, 2, and 3. Hurricane Sandy (2012): NYU Langone Medical Center was evacuated after it lost emergency power because: one emergency generator in the basement was flooded, and the other emergency generator on the roof failed because its fuel supply was in the flooded basement. Typhoon Jebi (Sept 2018): Kansai International Airport in Japan had a disaster response center and electric substation located on the basement floor of the terminal building. This area flooded causing a TOTAL FUBAR. Based on these examples I imagine many design upgrades are needed around the world.