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Police: Do Not Call Us if Facebook Is Down (911 Inundated; FEMA Needed)
WFSB ^ | Aug 01, 2014 | Rob Polansky

Posted on 08/01/2014 2:13:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway

An officer from Los Angeles County took to Twitter on Friday when Facebook users called for help to report that the social media website was down.

Sgt. Burton Brink, the public information officer in La Crescenta, CA, posted a Tweet reminding people about the reasons for calling them for help.

"#Facebook is not a Law Enforcement issue, please don't call us about it being down, we don't know when FB will be back up!" he wrote.

Users who tried to get on Facebook around noon EST were greeted with an apology.

"Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can," the site posted.

A message posted by a Facebook's developer around noon said the site "is currently experiencing an issue that is affecting all API and web surfaces. Our engineers detected the issue quickly and are working to resolve it ASAP. We'll update shortly."

Facebook returned about an hour later.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 911; 911isajoke; cityservices; donutwatch; doomage; electronicpacifier; emergency; emergency911; emergencycalls; facebook; fb; idiocracy; lowinformationvoters; notmyjob; ohnoes; police; socialistnetworking
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To: bicyclerepair

It explains a little more how Obambi is still polling at 40% favorable...the idiot electorate is too busy lighting up the 911 lines to let the police know that they can’t ‘like’ something on Facebook...


21 posted on 08/01/2014 2:26:56 PM PDT by Fedupwithit (If you never stop giving, they will never stop taking...)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Hurricane Katrina was a glimpse into what will happen, if anything is interrupted for more than a week - power, Facebook, food, etc.

We’re becoming helpless like farm animals (well some of us are).


22 posted on 08/01/2014 2:27:59 PM PDT by lacrew
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To: nickcarraway

It was horrible. It took almost a minute to boot up this morning but I was one of the lucky ones. It almost worked. It was worse than the flood last year that shut down everything for 4 months. The post office was closed for 6 months./s


23 posted on 08/01/2014 2:28:09 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: nickcarraway

I will have multiple schadenfreude orgasms the day FB dies.


24 posted on 08/01/2014 2:29:09 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: nickcarraway

Well don’t call Facebook. All you will get are stupid, pointless, wonky emails signed by “The Facebook Team”.


25 posted on 08/01/2014 2:30:00 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: nickcarraway

Why has there never been Idiocracy II? It would be a blockbuster.


26 posted on 08/01/2014 2:30:13 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: nickcarraway

It’s impossible to imagine anyone being this stupid and self-involved, but there it is.


27 posted on 08/01/2014 2:30:28 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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28 posted on 08/01/2014 2:31:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: nickcarraway

They need to talk a political poll of all the idgiots (TM - me) (idits + idiot) that called the 911 for Facebook being down. Must be running 90% liberal.


29 posted on 08/01/2014 2:31:12 PM PDT by Usagi_yo (I don't have a soul, I'm a soul that has a body. -- Unknown)
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To: nickcarraway

Is this real or satire? It was down but only for a few minutes. Why would anyone call 911 about this? Nuts.


30 posted on 08/01/2014 2:32:25 PM PDT by MamaB
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31 posted on 08/01/2014 2:33:51 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign, number sign, or octothorpe. ###)
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To: nickcarraway

Facebook was down? Darn. I was face down in a book, and missed it.


32 posted on 08/01/2014 2:37:16 PM PDT by tacticalogic
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To: lacrew

When he tornado hit this area a few years ago, Facebook was one of the few ways to get info about ice, gas, etc. I kept my phone charged by using my car battery.


33 posted on 08/01/2014 2:37:41 PM PDT by MamaB
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To: lacrew

34 posted on 08/01/2014 2:42:25 PM PDT by DannyTN (I)
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To: bicyclerepair

All their plants will die in Farmville.


35 posted on 08/01/2014 2:43:56 PM PDT by DannyTN (I)
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To: nickcarraway

“An officer from Los Angeles County took to Twitter...”

Uh, that might be part of the problem right there.


36 posted on 08/01/2014 2:44:11 PM PDT by moovova
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To: nickcarraway

I’m surprised our fearless leader din’t declare martial law.


37 posted on 08/01/2014 2:44:55 PM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: nickcarraway

A vivid example of just how Media-centric, and media-driven people had become.

Can you just imagine the terror at OFA/Acorn, knowing that they wouldn’t be able to feed more BS to their sheeple?


38 posted on 08/01/2014 2:45:44 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: tcrlaf; Travis McGee

Imagine if all the Smart Phones stopped working


39 posted on 08/01/2014 2:48:05 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: MrB

More like if FR, WRSA, Drudge, SipseyStreet, Codrea, APN & SHTFPlan are down....

Then it’s all hands on deck & “Wagon’s HO”

FR has been down enough for me to know not to hit the panic button until all other usual suspects are offline.

That’s the time to panic :-)


40 posted on 08/01/2014 2:48:33 PM PDT by LadyBuck (Some day very soon, Life's little Twinkie gauge is gonna go......empty.)
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