Outage underlines internet needs

One day without the internet doesn’t seem like that big of a deal until it happens to you.

Last Thursday, as my coworkers and I tried to go about getting our work done, we quickly realized just how much we rely on the internet to do our jobs.

Just simple things such as typing up the community calendar, getting a graphic for an ad or obtaining information via email, all require the use of a working internet connection.

Even while typing up this column, I realized I need the internet to look up more detailed information about the nation-wide CenturyLink issue, which has caused our problems....