this is from a contract i recently saw. i’m not making this up.

16.Acts of God. In the event that performance by Consultant of any of its obligations under the terms of this agreement shall be interrupted or delayed by an act of God, by acts of war, riot, or civil commotion, by failure of computer equipment or software, including loss of data, or by an act of State, by strikes, fire, flood, or by the occurrence of any other event beyond the control of the parties hereto, Consultant shall be excused from such performance for the same amount of time as such occurrence shall have lasted or such period of time as is reasonably necessary after such occurrence abates for the effect thereof to have dissipated.

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