Internet Archive building damaged by fire
bbc.co.ukThey are asking for donations to recover: https://blog.archive.org/2013/11/06/scanning-center-fire-ple...
Are they covered by insurance at all?
You can donate BTC: https://archive.org/donate/bitcoin.php
https://blockchain.info/address/17gN64BPHtxi4mEM3qWrxdwhieUv...
Apparently they currently have 52BTC in that address, about 15000USD. Not bad. Hope the private key wasn't in this building :)
TLDR: Don't worry, no data was lost.
"However, the fire did cause the loss of some materials that were being prepared for digitisation - the full extent of which is still being assessed."
This was posted yesterday and was on the front page for most of the day:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6684800
(hell, it's still on the 3rd page)
"No data was lost, a spokesman said"
:D
BREAKING: the internet is on fire