Websites knocked offline by super-storm Sandy

Americans affected by storm Sandy were unable to access some popular news and commentary websites as power cuts in Lower Manhattan knocked several offline.Sites such as the Huffington Post, Gizmodo and BuzzFeed, along with all Gawker Media sites, were affected.Many organisations tweeted that the culprit was a battery failure caused by flooding in a data centre.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20138863Also see:When Floodwaters Rise, Web Sites May Fall
Here is a lesson every Web site manager may be taking away from Hurricane Sandy: It is probably not a good idea to put the backup power generators where it floods.As computer centers in Lower Manhattan and New Jersey shut down or went to emergency operations after power failures and water damage Monday night, companies scrambled to move the engines of modern communication to other parts of the country. Others rushed to find fuel for backup power generation. In some cases, things just stopped.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/31/technology/when-floodwaters-rise-web-sites-may-fall.html