The Gawker network of sites are down due to Hurricane Sandy.
All power has been shut off in lower Manhattan. Gawker Media network is housed in 'Nolita' or north of Little Italy which is in the affected area, thus the sites are all currently down. This includes io9, Kotaku, Gawker, LifeHacker, Gizmodo, and other sites all owned by Gawker Media.
Lagspike.tv has not heard of any other major network of sites affected in a similar fashion.