[Update: All systems restored, status upgraded to normal]

Raincity Studios' Vancouver team is working decentralized today as much of Vancouver's downtown core is still without power since an underground utility explosion yesterday (July 14th) afternoon near Richards and Pender/Dunsmuir St.

Despite the diligent efforts of the utility workers, power remains out at the office so the team are working from cafes and homes until restored.

As such, your calls may go unanswered but we are available to assist you via email or other contact methods.

This outage has no effect on web servers or other services so we anticipate no problems beyond larger than usual coffee bills.

Here's more:
Electrical Fire Knocks out Power Downtown Vancouver on Now Public

BC Hydro (utility company)

Power Outage Causes Chaos Downtown in the Vancouver Sun

Vancouver peaceful as blackout continues in the National Post

Power, traffic disrupted in downtown Vancouver via CTV.ca