Gramene docks under for Hurricane Sandy. Now back up and getting ready to release build 36

Last week, Hurricane Sandy battered the mid-Atlantic region causing coastal flooding, knocking down trees and power lines, and literally leaving more than eight million people in the dark, and in some cases a quite cold scene. The main campus of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), home of the servers that support the Gramene website and databases, was no exception. As a preventive measure, Gramene was shut down by 11:00 am EST on Monday, October 29, 2012. In this an unprecedented power outage, cleaning up to restore power has been a daunting task not only in New York, but also in New Jersey and Connecticut. CSHL reopened its main campus at 6:00 am EST on Monday, November 5, 2012, and Gramene was put back online. By then, power and heat had not been restored in the homes of some of our staff; yet since then, we have been operating at full capacity to bring Gramene resources to the plant community. We are working full speed to fulfill our commitment of releasing Gramene build 36 later this month.