Yesterday Microsoft had a world wide outage of its Exchange email servers, Teams and other MS products for over 12 hours.
Today there is this:
Will update this post below this graphic as more becomes known to us
A nationwide FAA ground stop that happened today (Friday, Nov 13, 2026), and it’s genuinely historic in scale.
What happened:
At 4:53 p.m. ET the FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop — all departing traffic at US airports held until further notice — citing “extraordinary circumstances” and safety concerns.
The cause was a communications problem at regional air traffic control centers. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said technicians were investigating a “communication issue.” The FAA didn’t give details initially.
Planes already in the air were allowed to continue to their destinations (FlightAware was tracking ~12,000+ aircraft airborne); inbound international flights handled case-by-case.
The advisory window ran through 11 p.m. ET tonight, and at least one report says the ground stop has since been lifted and normal operations resuming.
Why it’s a big deal: this is only the third time in US aviation history a nationwide ground stop of this magnitude has been ordered. The other two:
September 11, 2001
January 2023 (the NOTAM system outage)
The graphic itself looks like a Canadian news outlet’s breaking-news card (it flags that travellers in Canada, including those connecting through US airports, could be affected). The notable angle at this hour: the FAA is being cagey about what the safety concern actually was — the stated window and Duffy’s “communication issue” line don’t fully match, which is why it’s blowing up. Worth checking the FAA’s NAS status page or a wire before bed if you want the resolution.
One website offers this: “In Indianapolis, a pilot told his passengers the truth before Washington did. Flights were grounded, he said, because “airports are losing their frequencies across the nation.'”
Multiple senior Trump administration officials, including several Cabinet members, have relocated to military housing at Washington-area bases (mainly Fort McNair and Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling). This is driven by security concerns, particularly Iranian threats, doxxing of home addresses, and protests.
Who has been reported living on military bases:
- Marco Rubio (Secretary of State) and Pete Hegseth (Secretary of War/Defense) — both at Fort McNair on “Generals’ Row.”
- Scott Bessent (Treasury Secretary) — moved after assessed Iranian threats (and after his home was publicly identified).
- Todd Blanche (Attorney General) — living at a DC-area military installation for months.
- Stephen Miller (White House Chief of Staff) — military housing after protests and address exposure near his previous Arlington home.
- Earlier or former officials: Kristi Noem (former DHS Secretary) at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling; Pam Bondi (former AG); Army Secretary Dan Driscoll; and at least one other senior White House official.
Reporting (including from The Atlantic, New York Times, Fox News, USA Today, Newsweek, and The Times) describes this as a growing pattern since 2025, with at least a half-dozen senior political appointees in military housing by late 2025 and more added recently. These are typically the plush historic residences normally reserved for senior military officers.
On top of that, two large ships collided on the Mississippi River in New Orleans
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once is happenstance,
twice is coincidence
three times is enemy action.
microsoft, air traffic control, national weather radar then the tanker hitting and capsizing the river cruiser. this is pushing coincidence well beyond statistical impossibility.