Just a quick note to let you know what’s happening at the Irreal bunker. We got through the passage of Helene without mishap but just as the storm had moved to the North of us and we were out of the last band, we lost power. That was about 8:30 PM. It came back on at 3 AM so pretty much no harm no foul. But: all our cable TV services, including the Internet went down sometime after we lost power and hasn’t come back up yet (7:11 PM as I write this).
I’m guessing that the servers are in Atlanta, which isn’t used to dealing with hurricanes and got clobbered by Helene. Our ISP tells us they are “working very hard to restore service” and I believe them. Apparently, they’ve brought in technicians from all over the country to help.
That basically means that the bunker is limping along until we get our service back. In the meantime, Irreal offerings may be a bit attenuated. I’m going to push this post out by using my phone as a hotspot—broadband is still working fine—and will try to push something out everyday until things get back to normal.