Netflix, Instagram, and some other sites are having issues tonight thanks to an Amazon power outage in northern VA, courtesy of the derecho.

Looks like somebody hacked the UVA website. RT @overheardvt: Good job, UVA IT security people. pic.twitter.com/3ULVvaqECp

RT @siromega Why is this flight cancelled? Because DC is so damn hot that our plane sank 4" into the pavement. http://t.co/ordEUSlY

If you've never been to Blacksburg, I recommend you come visit sometime. This is an amazing, diverse community with so much energy.

RT @clasticdetritus: here's a photo of the seismograph here at Virginia Tech, taken by one of the faculty http://t.co/XM4JbZj

RT @barksonq: RT @racheldepompa: Offical Virginia Tech line for concerned family members. 540-231-3787 #vatech

This is what you get for trusting a rodent to do your seasonal weather forecasts.

#RVA: Heat advisory til 8pm; heat index above 105. Damaging winds possible w/thunderstorms tonight. Power outages possible again. #rvawx

This is what happens when you fight a multiple-alarm warehouse fire in single-digit temperatures. cc: @throwingutah  http://on.wsj.com/XYo4kG 

Tornado watch for central VA including #RVA until midnight tonight. #rvawx http://t.co/9lMEONkN

There is no greater sin in the restaurant world than to request Coke and be served Pepsi without being told.

3pm VA Heat Index roundup: #RVA, 112, Petersburg 114, DCA 120, Warrenton 133, Charlottesville 109, Farmville 122, Blacksburg 100. #vawx

If you've got internet access, I highly suggest checking out the hint.fm wind map right now.  http://hint.fm/wind/ 

Short #VASandy list: Water. Food. *SAFE* heat source. Light & batts. Cellphone car charger. Tank of gas. Cash (no CCs w/power out)

Photog Craig Yunger caught this amazing photo of lightning behind Lane Stadium last night. #HOKIES http://t.co/Lzsgltnz

#RVA: Code Orange air quality and Excessive Heat Warning today. Stay cool and hydrated. Charge smartphones for poss derecho tonite. #rvawx

RT @jaredwsmith REPORT: Photos of inaccurate car thermometer readings down 70% due to Instagram outage.

Can't tell if it touched the ground anywhere. #vawx RT @bdwy27 TORNADO IN STERLING !!! http://t.co/Fb8NqKgb

For the media out there - it's either "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University" or just "Virginia Tech." Not Va Tech University.

If giving all citizens equal status under the law is immoral, I don 't want to be moral. #gonygo