Power outage disrupts Blog traffic

The power blackout on the North Eastern seaboard of the US and Canada has caused major disruption to Blogging and blog viewing traffic this morning (W. Aust Time). Major delays in access the Internet in general were coupled with a number of major blogging sites disappearing for several hours as hosting providers struggled with little used backup power supplies.
For online news of the blackout CNN, Foxnews and the Sydney Morning Herald