A World Without The Social Web ...

...or cell phones ... or land lines ... or television.

It's true! Santa Cruz is officially back to basics, just like it was when the Mission of Santa Cruz was founded, September 25, 1791 by Father Fermin Lasuen.

The facts according to KSBW.com :

-- An outage knocked out a Verizon land line, cell phone and 911 emergency services to thousands at about 2 a.m. last night.
-- Fiber optic lines were cut at Monterey Highway and N. Blossom Hill Road.
-- The event is being treated as a criminal investigation.
-- 50,000 Verizon phone and cell service customers are without service.
-- 36 Verizoncellsites went down, causing the biggest outage to date.
-- My BB was non-functional during my Santa Cruz to Sunnyvale commute.

Question? Did I miss being connected...hmmm, no, I enjoyed my eclectic mix of iTune downloads via my rockin' car stereo system.

Okay, not exactly like 1791.

Anyone else affected?