Downtime
On Saturday, right before I left on vacation, there was a small power outage — about 1 second when all the lights in the house flickered — and I had to restart my DSL modem and router to regain net access. That fixed it just long enough for me to get on a plane and forget about it. It seems it happened again sometime later that day, but my neighbor Michael Dain was kind enough to reset both devices while simultaneously feeding the cats today. Thanks Michael!
So the good news is that the site wasn’t forced to shutter due to some DMCA violation, but simply a small glitch. My brother has suggested that I get a UPS for the modem, router, and server, and that sounds like a good idea.