Downtime, October 25-26
10-25-2020, 01:16 PM (This post was last modified: 10-25-2020, 01:17 PM by Bob Schroeck.)
10-25-2020, 01:16 PM (This post was last modified: 10-25-2020, 01:17 PM by Bob Schroeck.)
Well. That was fun.
NetCarrier, the service provider which hosts this site, was smacked in the face with a massive power surge late yesterday morning, so big it apparently blew out all their protective equipment and their power backups, right down, it seems, to the batteries in the support techs' flashlights. Yes, I know that sounds unlikely, but that's what NetCarrier was reporting in its Twitter feed yesterday:
It knocked out everything that NetCarrier provides, including phone service and email. Even their own customer contact phone number was screwed over.
Anyway, it took them three or four hours to get it all back up and running from an alternate location, and the power company is apparently trying to figure out what the hell happened. By that time, though, Peg and I were in the middle of hosting a birthday party, and I didn't get back to see what was up until very late last night. Upon which I discovered that while my email and site were back, something about the boards was borked.
I initially asked for help over at the MyBB boards, but I've posted like one thread there in two years and my cry for help still hasn't been approved for public consumption the last I looked. Fortunately, the emails that got sent to me by the board when it crashed were enough for awake and aware me today to do some research and figure out how to fix things from my SQL control panel. I just figured out how to do that about 20 minutes ago, and voila! We are back.
In the words of the Almighty, we apologize for the inconvenience.
NetCarrier, the service provider which hosts this site, was smacked in the face with a massive power surge late yesterday morning, so big it apparently blew out all their protective equipment and their power backups, right down, it seems, to the batteries in the support techs' flashlights. Yes, I know that sounds unlikely, but that's what NetCarrier was reporting in its Twitter feed yesterday:
It knocked out everything that NetCarrier provides, including phone service and email. Even their own customer contact phone number was screwed over.
Anyway, it took them three or four hours to get it all back up and running from an alternate location, and the power company is apparently trying to figure out what the hell happened. By that time, though, Peg and I were in the middle of hosting a birthday party, and I didn't get back to see what was up until very late last night. Upon which I discovered that while my email and site were back, something about the boards was borked.
I initially asked for help over at the MyBB boards, but I've posted like one thread there in two years and my cry for help still hasn't been approved for public consumption the last I looked. Fortunately, the emails that got sent to me by the board when it crashed were enough for awake and aware me today to do some research and figure out how to fix things from my SQL control panel. I just figured out how to do that about 20 minutes ago, and voila! We are back.
In the words of the Almighty, we apologize for the inconvenience.
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....