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Austin residents react to global tech outage, CrowdStrike’s local ties
Leave it to Austin, Texas, residents to rally together by way of Reddit amid a global technology outage.
The outage occurred Friday morning, effectively grounding flights around the world and disrupting services at banks, on-air media outlets, hospitals and more. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike is believed to be behind the outage. The director of CrowdStrike Overwatch clarified on X that the outage was not necessarily due to a “whole faulty update” but rather a “faulty channel file.”
The cybersecurity company also stressed the issue behind the outage was not due to a cyberattack. Regardless of how the widespread outage came to be, Redditors are sharing information about the technology predicament on the r/Austin subreddit, including which local resources are down, who might be impacted and pointing out CrowdStrike’s local ties.
CrowdStrike is based in Austin, one of many Texas cities that were recently impacted by a Spectrum internet outage in the wake of Hurricane Beryl making landfall. While some Reddit users tossed around the idea the two outages might be related, it seems unlikely.
Some Reddit users reported that Austin 911 was down in the early hours Friday and that Baylor Scott & White Health facilities also were impacted by the outage. LoneStarLive.com reached out to Austin-Travis County EMS about whether Austin 911 call centers were affected by the outage and has yet to hear back. It appears Austin’s 311 nonemergency hotline currently is operating.
Baylor Scott & White Health provided LoneStarLive.com with the following statement when asked if their facilities were affected by the outages and if so, how it was being handled: “Our priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of those we serve and our team members. Patient care is safely continuing as we work through issues related to the technical disruption that is impacting computer systems across the globe.”
Most things appear to be up and running at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA), as Reddit user Moontowers commented they made it through security and IT systems appeared to be working around 8 a.m. ABIA did advise travelers to check their flight status with their specific airline before heading to the airport on Friday, as many flights have been delayed or canceled due to the outage. LoneStarLive.com reached out to public information officers at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport about how the facility has been impacted by the outage but has yet to hear back.
CapMetro services were briefly disrupted by the outage, but the public transportation provider shared an update on social media just before 9 a.m. that revealed “all CapMetro systems are back up and running.”
Another body was found in the popular Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas, where other deceased individuals were found recently.
The latest body found joins the growing mystery after at least 6 additional bodies were found throughout the year in the lake in 2024. On Friday, police were called to investigate reports of a dead person in the water near 1st Street Bridge and the 300 block of Cesar Chavez.
The Austin Police Department (APD) said that they do not suspect foul play as the body showed no signs of trauma, but are investigating the incident.
Despite APD attempting to quell community fears, questions and speculation have run rampant. Police have attributed most of the deaths to accidental drowning due to the lake’s proximity to nightclubs and bars.
BODY FOUND IN SAME AUSTIN LAKE WHERE OTHER DECEASED INDIVIDUALS DISCOVERED IN RECENT MONTHS
Mounted police patrolling down Rainey Street after several bodies appeared in a nearby lake. (Matteo Cina/Fox News Digital)
The most recent body was found on December 1. The victim was recently identified as 73-year-old Thi Lang Nguyen. Austin police said that there is nothing connected to the other deaths this year.
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In September, a man was behaving erratically near East Cesar Chavez and Nueces Streets. He then went into the water and did not resurface. He was later pulled out and pronounced dead.
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Back in February, a woman’s body was found in the water about 20 feet from the north shore and in April, a fisherman spotted another person floating in the water.
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In July, a man was suffering from blunt force trauma on the trail near Rainey Street. The man was pronounced dead a short time later.
In September, a body was found along a trail near the lake off Pleasant Valley Road.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the APD for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
Born and Braised, a food trailer specializing in native wild game meats and seasonal food, recently opened at the Sign Bar in Austin at 9909 FM 969, Building 3. Chef and owner William Woodland, a.k.a. Woody, is looking forward to his new venture and serving wild game meats and other special menu items to Austinites.
Menu items customers will enjoy includes birria tacos, birria ramen, venison frito pie, pulled pork Cubano tortas, venison bratwurst, venison smash burger, and sides like braised greens, beans, and street corn.
Born and Braised started at Lustre Pearl in 2022. The food trailer moved to Sage Brush for over a year. The trailer worked at Bastrop, but now it operates in East Austin at the Sign Bar.
Born and Braised hours include Tuesdays through Fridays from 4 pm to 2 am, and Saturdays from 11 am to 2 am, at Sign Bar Austin (9909 FM 969, Bldg. 3).
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- Address: 9909 FM 969, Bldg. 3, Austin, TX
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Texas-based noise artist Danny Tantrum performed in Austin, TX at the Coral Snake last night alongside Schizing Out and Terminull. However their onstage antics may have rubbed the venue and some attendees the wrong way. During the performance, Tantrum appears to perch themselves up on a stool and proceed to channel their inner GG Allin.
Attendees and venue staff were shocked to witness the solo noise act defecate on the stage and then immediately consume it. There is also a video of the act on Instagram (below) posted by Tantrum. In the video venue staff can be seen trying to somewhat intervene to stop it but to no avail. Finally calling for the set to be cut short.
If you dare, you can watch the video via Instagram Reels if the embed below does not work.
This is seemingly not the first time Tantrum has performed this act, a previous video on their Instagram features a similar shocking performance from several months ago.
Following the incident there seems to be a divide and discourse online either condemning or defending the act.
The venue itself re-shared a message directed at all other Austin venues warning them about booking Tantrum and the extreme show.
The venue shut the show down and forced the act and other members of the crowd to clean up the mess with cleaning supplies. Tantrum would ultimately take responsibility and clean the mess up himself and claim there were no bad intentions towards the venue.
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