Facebook is Down, Here are Alternate Macon Media Links

Updates will be posted here in reverse chronological order: 

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• Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet [Cloudflare]

• Update about the October 4th outage [Facebook]

**3:18pm**

Brian Krebs has an article on what we know about the Facebook, Instagram, and What's App outages at Krebs on Security.

Here is a short excerpt with the meat of the reason for those who can't follow the above link to the article:

Doug Madory is director of internet analysis at Kentik, a San Francisco-based network monitoring company. Madory said at approximately 11:39 a.m. ET today (15:39 UTC), someone at Facebook caused an update to be made to the company’s Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) records. BGP is a mechanism by which Internet service providers of the world share information about which providers are responsible for routing Internet traffic to which specific groups of Internet addresses.

In simpler terms, sometime this morning Facebook took away the map telling the world’s computers how to find its various online properties. As a result, when one types Facebook.com into a web browser, the browser has no idea where to find Facebook.com, and so returns an error page.

In addition to stranding billions of users, the Facebook outage also has stranded its employees from communicating with one another using their internal Facebook tools. That’s because Facebook’s email and tools are all managed in house and via the same domains that are now stranded.

“Not only are Facebook’s services and apps down for the public, its internal tools and communications platforms, including Workplace, are out as well,” New York Times tech reporter Ryan Mac tweeted. “No one can do any work. Several people I’ve talked to said this is the equivalent of a ‘snow day’ at the company.”

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**3:07pm**

Netblocks has a good article about the outage, which has been ongoing for almost three and a half hours at this point.

"Why are Facebook’s services down?

Network metrics indicate a loss of connectivity on autonomous network AS32934. The most visible impact of this is the loss of authoritative DNS resolvers, which prevents the company’s public services from functioning. It is likely that non-public facing Facebook services have been similarly impacted.

The root cause of the incident in not yet fully established, although there are indications that BGP routes have been withdrawn or hijacked, causing a knock-on impact to DNS and other servers needed to resolve the services.

Facebook has experienced international outages previously, including major partial outage incidents on 14 April 2019 and 14 March 2019. However, the current incident is the most severe Facebook outage on record."

Read the rest at Netblocks

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 **2:52pm** Here is a tweet from Jared Naud: 

"My suspicion with the Facebook outage is that a BGP announcement got borked, took out core / internal services that then cascaded. This would make sense since their authoritative DNS servers are not reachable. FB infra team says they are trying to get to DC routers for updates." 

 Read the tweet and see a screenshot of a message he monitored from a team working the problem at https://twitter.com/JaredNaude/status/1445084049513590787/photo/1

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 **1:30pm** Brian Krebs of Krebs on Security says the DBS Records that tell systems how to find Facebbok and Instagram were withdrawn from the global routing tables. Here is the tweet:

Confirmed: The DNS records that tell systems how to find https://t.co/qHzVq2Mr4E or https://t.co/JoIPxXI9GI got withdrawn this morning from the global routing tables. Can you imagine working at FB right now, when your email no longer works & all your internal FB-based tools fail?

— briankrebs (@briankrebs) October 4, 2021

See https://twitter.com/briankrebs/status/1445077617426718725 to read the thread. 

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And one more tweet from Brian:

To be more precise (and Geek Factor 5) the BGP routes serving Facebook's authoritative DNS were withdrawn, rendering all Facebook domains inaccessible. That's per @DougMadory , who knows a few things about BGP/DNS.

— briankrebs (@briankrebs) October 4, 2021

For those wondering, it's not just you. Facebook is down.

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Published at 12:03pm on Monday, October 4, 2021 

Author: Bobby Coggins

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Winds Drive Overnight Power Outages to Over a Thousand Maconians

High winds knocked power to over 1,100 Maconians, including 656 Haywood EMC customers and 464 Duke Duke Energy customers.

Several thousand in western North Carolina have also been without electrical services overnight. Crews are at work restoring power and are expected to have service restored by noon today (Sunday) in Macon County.

Below are details from a couple of the larger outages.




An outage on the eastern shore of Nantahala Lake has left 265 Duke Energy customers without service. Power is expected to be restored by 6 am this morning.




An outage around the Wildcat Cliffs Country Club in the area of Macon County that borders Jackson County has left 190 Duke Energy customers without power. Duke Energy expects to have service restored at this location by 7 am in the morning.




Outages in the region of Macon County served by Haywood EMC has left over 650 Haywood EMC customers without electrical service overnight. Haywood EMC expects to have power restored to their customers by noon Sunday.


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Published at 4:15 am on October 21, 2018

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Electrical Outages in County 9:45 am Update

Weather conditions have caused a little over 500 Duke Energy customers to be without electrical service this morning. Duke Energy crews are working to restore service as soon as they can. Haywood EMC is not reporting any outages in the county at this time (9:45 am).

Otto Community Outage Information

In the biggest outage, over 400 Duke Energy customers are without service in the Coweetal Lab Road area. Duke estimates a time of restoration between 1 pm and 3 pm this afternoon. A map of the impacted area will be added when it becomes available.

**9:52 am update** Map added to the article.






Highlands Community Outage Information

Lightning has caused an outage in the Highlands area that has impacted 43 Duke Energy customers. A crew is on the scene and restoration is expected by 11:30 am this morning.




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Published at 9:46 am on May 18, 2018

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Downed trees lead to widely scattered electrical outages in Macon County

Readers are reporting trees in the roadways across the county this morning. Please be cautious as you head out today. The map included with this update shows locations where Duke Energy reports outages. Haywood EMC reports none of their customers are out of service this morning in Macon County.

I have added the NCDOT to the scanner feed at MaconScan.com so you can listen to their crews as the remove trees from the roads, but they do not not always tell on the radio where they are operating.

Macon County is currently under a Wind Advisory, and winds will be peaking between 10 am and 1 pm today, so continue to be vigilant about keeping an eye out for downed trees.

HOW TO REPORT AN ELECTRICAL OUTAGE

Do not touch a power line or anything in contact with it and keep others away until help arrives.

Duke Energy

Call 800.769.3766 or in Spanish 866.4.Apagón (866.427.2466).

If you see a fallen power line or safety hazard, call Duke Energy at 800.Power.On (800.769.3766) or in Spanish 866.4.Apagón (866.427.2466) or contact your local emergency services immediately.


Haywood EMC

To report or inquire about power outages, call 1-800-951-6088


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Power Outage Update Morning of Nov 10, 2016

**update at 9:12 am** Service has been restored to all but one customer on Lakeview Drive.

Shortly before 7:30 am, several fuses blew at the electrical substation operated by Duke Energy at the intersection of the Bryson City Road and Airport Road. Franklin Fire Department was called to a report of smoke coming from the station, but there was no fire when firefighters arrived.

Duke Energy is working on restoration electrical service and anticipate restoration by 11:30 am this morning. Currently 1,468 customers in 70 outage locations are without service.

The maps with this article show the approximate locations of the area impacted by this outage.

**update at 8:40 am** The number of outages has grown to 2,527 and the restoration time shortened to 10:00 am.

**update at 9:12 am** Service has been restored to all but one customer on Lakeview Drive.

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Electrical Outage Impacts Onion Mountain Area Duke Energy Estimates Service Will be Restored by Midnight

**9:10 pm** Duke Energy has restored service to this area. The only outage remaining in the county a single outage off AMmons Road that has an estimated time of restoration of 11:30 pm.

19 Duke Energy Customers in the Onion Mountain area are without electrical service this evening and some are also experiencing an internet outage. The map included with this post shows the approximate location of the area impacted by the electrical outage.

The first electrical outage was reported at 7:48 pm

Duke estimates service will be restored by midnight.

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Power Outage Rose Creek/Meadows Road Area

Power Outage Rose Creek/Meadows Road Area

A tree fell on some power lines earlier this morning near 4000 Rose Creek Road and electrical service was cut to 160 Duke Energy Customers. Restoration of power is estimated to occur by 1:00 pm today.

Burningtown Fire Department responded to a report of a tree on some power lines and smoking. 

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UPDATES

**12:28 pm** Duke reports electrical service has been restored.

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Over 2,000 Duke energy Customers Out of Service in Clarks Chapel and Cullasaja Communities Restoration Estimated by 8:30 Tonight

Duke Energy reports that 2, 030 of their customers are currently without service in the Clarks Chapel and Cullasaja area indicated on the map included with this post. Restoration is tentative estimated at 8:30 pm this evening.
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Franklin Police have just reported a power line down on Fox Ridge Road.
time 5:42 pm on May 14, 2016

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**6:00 pm** Franklin Police have not been able to locate a downed power line on Fox Ridge Circle.  If any of you know the cause of the outage, let us know in the comments.

**6:20 pm** Duke Energy reports a tree or tree limbs have fallen, taking out the electrical service. Power restoration has been moved up to 7:30 pm. Several readers in the Belleview Road area report their power is back on.

**6:25 pm** This is the tree that was in the road on Fox Ridge Road that sparked the report this was where the outage was originated. Someone has cut and removed the bulk of the tree from the roadway.

**6:30 pm** Duke Energy has restored service to all by 12 customers in the Holly Springs Estate Road area. 12 customers remain without service. Duke estimates the power will be restored by 9:30 pm this evening.

**7:15 pm** Duke Energy has restored service to all customers in Macon County.

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