What? No internet?

So we got an email today telling us that due to an undersea fiber optic cable being cut, our internet access would be limited. Now while most folks just use the web to check their stock quotes or check their AOL mail accounts, we here in the log world actually do a lot of stuff official stuff on the internet. The lack of it doesn’t make us non-mission capable, but it does make it more of a pain without access to certain pieces of information that we use to readily get from the internet. The absence of internet does give a decisive blow to the morale department. With our limited access to things like TV, the internet was the only real way we could read the news pages to find out what was going on out in the “real world”. How are we going to update our MySpace sites?! It has caused a real stir here, especially to folks who use the web as their primary means to communicate with folks back home. There are still limited access points where satellite servers are accessible, but from our office it is shut down, kaput, no more. Maybe it’s a good thing as the only noteworthy items we are missing out on are news on the presidential debates (which aren’t the most exciting), our personal email accounts (which are just full of spam telling us of the latest sale on Viagra) and the failing stock market.

It’s crap.

Guess I’ll have to do work now.

On an interesting note, one of the companies who own the fiber optic line that was cut is called SeaMeWe.