Today, around 1 PM, my external monitor and internet went out. I went to check the fuses—everything was fine. I stuck my head outside, looking for a construction bucket that might have chewed through a cable, but found nothing. This had happened a few times before and usually fixed itself quickly, so I decided not to panic just yet. A little later, Tonya arrived from a neighboring town and told me that they had no electricity either—and that the traffic lights weren’t working across the...
