In an online statement Wednesday, Google said the series of unlucky strikes happened on Aug. 13 at its data center in Belgium. The lightning briefly knocked out power to systems that host customers’ data and allow clients to run virtual machines “in the cloud.”
“Although automatic auxiliary systems restored power quickly, and the storage systems are designed with battery backup, some recently written data was located on storage systems which were more susceptible to power failure from extended or repeated battery drain,” Google said. “In almost all cases the data was successfully committed to stable storage, although manual intervention was required in order to restore the systems to their normal serving state.”
However, in a very few cases — less than 0.000001 percent of total disk storage space — the data was unrecoverable and permanently lost.
Google said it is working on hardware and software improvements to “maximize the reliability” of the data center.
“Google takes availability very seriously, and the durability of storage is our highest priority. We apologize to all our customers who were affected by this exceptional incident,” the company said.
Updated 8:09 p.m. ET Wednesday:
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Watch as lightning strikes the Washington Monument
WASHINGTON, DC (CBS Newspath)–Here’s a look at lightning over the Washington Monument as severe weather hit the D.C. area Thursday evening. A SkyCam from the CBS station WUSA captured the dramatic video.
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TETERBORO, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Monday’s soaring heat gave way to intense storms in the afternoon.Video shows hail pouring down in parts of New Jersey, including in a neighborhood in Manalapan and on Route 46 in Teterboro, N.J
@WxmanFranz @NWS_MountHolly @weatherchannel @nynjpaweather @NJWxNews Manalapan, NJ ~2:45pm pic.twitter.com/cK5MyQsgK9
— Ryan Lorello (@rlorello97) July 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/rlorello97/status/1280217129942487041/photo/3
In Old Bridge, a tree was knocked down onto a house by a strong gust of wind. No one was hurt and the home wasn’t seriously damaged.
In New York City, viewer Cary Hamilton posted video on Twitter of a lightning strike on Google’s headquarters in Chelsea.
@MeLikeEat here is the video pic.twitter.com/Rl4oKdrK4r
— Cary Hamilton (@cary10011) July 7, 2020
A severe thunderstorm and flash flood warning was put in place for parts of our area Monday afternoon and evening.
CLICK HERE to check current warnings, watches and alerts.
SO, why was the pic of the Google’s Chelsea Office being struck by lightning removed? Censored? Was it not accurate?
I was not able to find anything on the Google Chelsea office being hit by lightning. Leave us to wonder.
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https://twitter.com/DanTVusa/status/1279253080559755264/photo/1
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- Forks of electricity blasted the water in front of the lower Manhattan skyline during a storm Monday night
- Two extraordinary images captured the moment the One World Trade Center was hit by lightning bolts
- Those who lived in nearby New Jersey compared Monday’s storm to a tornado as it brought hail and flooding
This is the dramatic moment a lightning bolt hit the Hudson River during a thunderstorm above New York City on Monday night.
The forks of electricity blasted the water in front of the lower Manhattan skyline as stormy weather raged across both side of the river.
The extraordinary photograph was taken from Jersey City as lightning struck above the 1791ft-high One World Trade Center in New York City.
Yesterday, people who lived in New Jersey compared Monday’s storm to a tornado, as it brought hail and flash flooding.
In Morristown, golf ball-sized hail fell for 30 minutes and smashed cars.
The forks of electricity blasted the water in front of the lower Manhattan skyline during a storm above New York City on Monday, July 6
The rain caused flash flooding on I-287, with tractor-trailers creating waves as they crawled along the highway.
It comes a year after stunning video captured lightening striking the One World Trade Center as powerful storms battered the Northeast overnight.
This extraordinary photograph was taken from Jersey City as lightning struck above the 1791ft-high One World Trade Center in New York City
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Lightning strikes the Hudson River during today's thunderstorm. (Photo: instagram.com/maximusupinnyc)
Posted by FOX 5 / Fox5NY.com on Monday, July 25, 2016
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Photographer Max Guiliani captured footage of a vivid lightening bolt flashing across the sky as it made contact with the tallest building in New York City last April.
Moment lightning bolts strike One World Trade Center spireTens of thousands of homes were left without power after the storms roared through the mid-Atlantic region.
It has been a turbulent few months for the city after it was first battered by a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases before Black Lives Matter protests saw mass demonstrations and looting
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