“Maybe 2 1/2 hours. It seemed like that, at least.”

— Ryan Lee, between jobs, Lawrence

“An hour.”

— Scott Rowe, teacher, Lawrence

“Way back in the day, it went out for probably 24 hours.”

— Melissa Lumpkin, chaplain, Lawrence

“Seven or eight days. It was up in Washington when we all lost power.”

— Raena White, stay-at-home mom, Minneapolis, Kan.

“See more: KU still tallying total cost of massive internet fiber cut, weighing options for preventing a repeat outage”

— Related story, June 5, 2016, LJWorld.com