> but it allows me to say, "we'll have to wait until they've sorted this out, Ikea and Disney are down, too."
From my experience your client’s clients don’t care about this when they’re still otherwise up.
From my experience, this completely disavows you from an otherwise reputation damaging experience.
Yes but the fact that it's "not their fault" keeps the person from getting fired.
Don't underestimate the power of CYA