text:  Just that there's a nationwide outage with Microsoft and has something to do with their security system. We're just here waiting in the airport with three small kids. And, you know, she is far from alone. A, according to FlightAware, at least a thousand flights around the world have been canceled because of this tech meltdown. Yeah, I guess better than when the plane's in the air, right? I'd rather have this happen when I'm on the ground. You know, but here's the thing. I mean, service outages seem pretty common. Why was this one in particular so widespread?