Originally posted by RFBurns

Originally posted by littleflower
Why would it need to deflect at all? It is information - it can be sent to several places simulataneously. I am not understanding this.

If the sensors detect something byond a certian threshold level, sort of like an overflow warning light on a water tank that shuts off the water flow, the system they use puts that data into a priority mode, and feeds that data only to their systems for immediate analysis. This is to simply prevent the sensors from being overloaded sending data out to the public access systems, and prevents any possible loss of that data that needs to go to the geologists systems. Its just a measure put into the system to prevent any critical data loss from the sensors. A very valuable measure I should point out.

Like any server on the web, or bandwidth monitoring system, the systems used to collect the data can detect how much data is being pulled off the sensors. If it reaches a certian point during a critical time that they need a clear path to get this data, the system will turn off the data feed to the secondary system..ie the public access systems and readers, and send that data directly to the critical systems for analysis.

With all the recent activity and the monitoring going on by the public, its understandable that particularly now, they would have that bandwidth monitoring system making sure that the data goes where it needs to go first, then pass it on to the other systems.