Wikipedia Blackout Caused By Cut Cables
 

Call before you dig? What the hell does that mean? *snip* An unknown person accidentally cut through the fibre cables connecting the site's servers in Florida. The unintentional blackout meant that the online encyclopedia was offline for approximately two hours yesterday. A spokesman for the site denied that any foul play had happened.

http://www.hardocp.com/news/2012/08/...by_cut_cables/