Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma is expected to hit southern Florida as a category 5 storm this weekend, potentially causing disruption to Internet access in the region. Despite calls for evacuation, there has been no noticeable decrease in traffic in Miami. The city's Tier IV data center, which houses servers for Cloudflare and other internet operators, is designed to withstand catastrophic events such as Irma. It guarantees 99.995% uptime per year by being connected to separate power grids and providing fuel-powered backup generators for up to 96 hours of autonomy. In case the Miami data center goes offline, Cloudflare's Anycast routing will reroute packets to its nearest data centers in the United States. The company advises users to follow all precautions and evacuate as advised by local authorities.