Nearly two weeks ago my server went down [1] because of a faulty power supply. At the time, I made a joke about the power supply going out in flames.
Last night (technically this morning) the new server went down for a few hours (oh great!) but then I see this in email (forwarded by Smirk):
At approximately 1:49 a.m. EDT, UPS #2 experienced a catastrophic failure resulting in a fire. As a result, a portion of the XXXXXXXXX X datacenter experienced a power interruption that may have impacted some customers.
The Fire department responded to the fire in UPS #2 immediately, arriving on site at 1:57 a.m. EDT. For safety reasons, access to the XXXX XX area of the facility was temporarily restricted.
Oh.
Well then … (memo to self: no more jokes about servers catching fire)