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You can’t send out an email asking “Do you NOT quit?”

Quitting is a process you do, you give a letter, or you tell your boss, or you stop showing up to work, anything else is termination

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I'm guessing this is the case because "I didn't see the email" is plausible. I think all my jobs have asked for a one sentence resignation email to HR just so everyone's on the same page.

It has nothing to do with the plausibility of seeing the email or not. Somebody could say “yeah I read that email. It was stupid and I wasn’t going to respond to it. I would still like to work here though, just not on double hours.”

It you stop showing to work, it won't be quitting. Instead you will be terminated by employer for cause.

What if you cannot show to work because everyone's been locked out of the building or their accounts?

It is obstacle on the side of employer. If employer makes it impossible to reach office, it is his issue.

But I gotta say, I really hope someone will speak to journalists about what that was about.

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