As of 3:21PM local time the cause remains unknown. There is still no ETA on when 911 will return.

As of 3:48PM local time service has been restored.

  • The lack of failsafes for critical infrastructure in this shithole is truly astounding. I really hope that Carrington Event 2.0 doesn’t occur in any of our lifetimes, but if it does, we as a society will pay dearly for the hubris of our overlords

    • ReadFanon [any, any]@hexbear.net
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      12 days ago

      I realise why the US elected Joe Biden now - in a representative democracy, who better to represent the frail, decrepit, moribund state of American infrastructure better than Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.?

    • Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      11 days ago

      Super cool to regularly wonder “is this a cyber attack which would be the logical start to some major shit kicking off or is our vital infrastructure just down for no reason again”