Due to a major internet outage from Virgin Media and Verizon that affected everything from G-Mail to Blackberry users, people were forced to talk to each other face to face - it wasn't pretty. Some people were...
Gmail is experiencing a widespread service disruption today, confirmed by numerous Internet users and Google itself. Google has announced that it expects the issue to be resolved by approximately 5:15pm ET. You can report an issue or check the latest status at...
Numerous visitors to downrightnow are reporting that Twitter is currently down, indicating a widespread service disruption. We've verified that both twitter.com and search.twitter.com are currently inaccessible from our location as well. downrightnow monitors outages at...
Being a resident of Michigan my entire life, there is one thing that i have grown accustomed to, and that is crazy weather! I have literally experienced single digit temps with snow one day, 57°F temps the next...
created by Jawa Lunk | 47 wks ago 1105 views | 32 recommendations | 9 comments
The cause of a July power outage in Vancouver that left thousands without electricity for three days has been identified as an overheated connector in a manhole. An independent report said that the utility...
Well, the vast majority of us made through the storm, now we have to get through FEMA and a lot of us (1,500,000) are just waiting to get our power on. Survival of the Patience is all we have to work with. Here...
opinion by maddogzs | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 244 views | 34 recommendations | 3 comments
UPDATE | 03:25pm PST -- Gmail is back up. Everyone can relax now.
PREVIOUSLY | 03:01 PST Google's Gmail application is down for almost everyone right now, but at least you can still view your account via the...
"This is Rachel Nixon. I'm calling on behalf of the NowPublic team about the Vancouver fires. It's Monday, the 14th of July. As previously reported on NowPublic there are severe power outages in Downtown...
There is speculation that the Chinese government is starting to crack down on what they see as unofficial media. We'll have to see how this develops as the Olympics starts up. My guess is that...
created by mtippett | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 321 views | 16 recommendations | 6 comments
Mozilla is going for a world record on its inital release of Firefox 3, but their fans are a bit too keen: Downloading the new browser vesion was like getting Stones tickets, and Mozilla's beleagured servers had...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 288 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
UPDATE: Power's restored. Which isn't to say that perhaps some portions of government aren't still working in the dark.Out of power: the Treasury Department. Apparently, though, Congress is still working. Maybe...
created by PEP | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 468 views | 30 recommendations | 3 comments
My heart and prayers go out to the family " A Tennessee woman who spent almost all of her life in an iron lung died after a power outage shut down the machine. The woman, Dianne Odell, 61, had been restricted to...
created by greg1usa | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 478 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
An iguana caused 20,000 people to lose power in Florida. The iguana unfortunately lost his life after he came in contact with the high-voltage equipment. "An iguana apparently caused a power outage...
created by poolparty | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1273 views | 0 recommendations | 17 comments
Sources close to MTS Allstream report that they have experienced a major outage on two OC192 fibre rings causing widespread service failures on telephone and data circuits in Western Canada. The cause of the outage and the estimated repair time are not yet...
created by voipguy | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 640 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The electrocution of a fat rat in an electric station Saturday caused a three-hour power outage in Stockholm's central train station, halting elevators and escalators....
created by greg1usa | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 307 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments