or from around the neighborhood. We had an electric outage in the last 2-3 months that only affected something like a dozen houses. Those are the worse, because not as much pressure to solve. So if it goes down, I can immediately find out how broad. It's even greater if there is a problem with wifi, because that more easily could be specific to yourself only.
I live in Eagle Mt, and when Camp Williams is doing their artillery weekends, there are a lot of freaked out people wondering what all the explosions are.
We don't have many pet alerts where I live. Cougars take care of most strays. 😉