Andy Yun has been a part of several outages over the years:
My very first job out of college, I worked at a small boutique internet consulting firm that did some hosting in our back office. We had a T1 line coming into our office, which was a space that was part of a strip mall actually. One summer morning, we’re at our desks doing our thing and “hey, I just lost Internet connection, anyone else?”
Click through for the conclusion of that story, as well as two other times everything went sideways. This might also be a good time to check your backups and make sure they’re working fine.