> we will ensure we restore power and connectivity safely

this would require human intervention and I am a bit worried what if the strike can happen again and human lives might be lost.

IIRC there have been cases in history where sometimes a same location is targeted across multiple days. Obviously, AWS might have local employees working in the region but would there be an evaluation of this threat itself within the relevant team in AWS. What if they try to bring the service back but then missiles are struck again and what if human lives might be lost on it. Let's just hope that it could be part of a evaluation as well.

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subscribed an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I wouldn't risk it.

Both Americans and Israelis are known for double taps. Surely Iran can adapt their tactics too.

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tokyobreakfast 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> this would require human intervention

that's the difference between heroes and ordinary employees who bitch about having to go into the office twice a month.

same as the stories you hear of guys taking snow-cats up a mountain in a blizzard to restore phone circuits or radio transmitters gone offline.

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flymasterv 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Man, don’t be a “hero” trying to restore a lower ping to someone trying to buy a kindle in Jeddah.

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ok_dad 2 hours ago | parent [-]

What about local hospitals which may have service from that data center? There are heroes needed everywhere, all the time.

	▲	stonogo 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In that case, the hero was the person who avoided relying on a single AZ when they deployed to cloud.

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thatguy0900 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm sure bezos will be really happy someone is being a hero for him in a war zone while he sails his newest yacht to wherever the new version of the island is.

	▲	tokyobreakfast 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		on second thought there is a difference between restoring critical infrastructure in times of crisis vs restoring bot infrastructure for indian spamming operations. choose wisely

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pwarner 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But I mean,are the employees safe at home? I guess if the really targeted the data center then home is safer, but in the fog of war maybe the data center wasn't the target?

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zozbot234 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> this would require human intervention

Amazon has self-propelled robots that handle their logistics and fulfillment, don't they? Send in the robots.