So, no one's waiting for baited breath, but I do like to answer questions if I find the answer. The one area I hadn't looked at was that easily ignorable verizon modem I had put into bridge mode. I'm guessing that the power outage flipped some switch, and perhaps it was out of bridge mode and...
I have a RT-AC66R that I purchased a while ago, it's been great. It's been through a few power outages, and in the past I've had to do factory resets. Now, I'm going to put down a few things that happened, but I honestly can't be sure if the order is correct.
Poweroutage
Internet slowdown...