I will be a little bit more specific with the "hit" observation. I understood   
   that the outer edges of the hurrican are the most powerfull, this seems to be   
   the case.   
      
   At the time of the outages some 20 minutes ago, the edge of this hurrican hit   
   the USA and this was pricely the moment I experienced this internet outage.   
      
   So this hurrican could also have affected internet equipment in-land   
   somewhat... since the edge seems to be already over the beach and into the   
   country of the USA.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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