There have been power outages associated with the storm but he stopped posting before the storm hit.

Additionally, as someone who's experienced a couple of extreme-weather power outages, I doubt it would keep Batty off the internet for eight days.

Here's a thought for you: It was mentioned that he quit playing video games. If he decided he wanted to get his life in order by quitting forums/social media as well, perhaps he changed his password/email so that it would be impossible for him to log in? It could even have happened while he was drunk and emotional.

Maybe he dropped acid on NYE and had the correct epiphany that this place sucks

That doesn't seem like his particular brand of bitch move.

He did get a touch maudlin

Do the Mods have an E-mail address? Maybe one of them could try him there.

Multiple people have already mentioned that they've emailed him.

Have we tried PMing him?

Yeah, he's exceeded his inbox limit. :(

I was joking.