Instagram, Pinterest, Netflix KO'd by Perfect Storm
'Derecho' in the Washington, D.C., area Friday knocked key services offline. Power loss at a data center is blamed.
Just when you thought heat was the only weather problem... If anyone in St. Clair Shores lost service to Pinterest, Netflix or Instagram over the weekend, you can likely blame a big thunderstorm that hit the Washington, D.C., area Friday night, according to media reports. Did you suffer loss of these key Internet services Friday? Tell us in the comments below. The three companies suffered major interruptions to their Web services after the huge storm knocked the power from an Amazon data center that the sites rely on. And in true emergency fashion, the companies took to social networks to explain to users what was causing the outage. The problems reportedly lasted six hours, the Los Angeles Times reported. All three services were working …
Edward Cardenas
2:03 pm on Monday, July 2, 2012
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