Entrecards Down Due to Datacenter Fire

Ouch. Many of us bloggers who use Entrecards to generate traffic have no doubt noticed that the website is unavailable. Many other sites are down, too. I got this in my email inbox this morning:

Greetings,

Unfortunately, there has been an electrical fire at the data center housing Entrecard’s servers. The servers have not been damaged, but the site may be down for as long as 12 hours.

Entrecard is hosted with ThePlanet, and this fire has effected over 9000 websites, as many of the world’s most popualar websites are hosted with ThePlanet. They are working around the clock to get their data center back online, and we are hoping that they get it back online fast.

Thank you for your pateince and understanding with this rare and frustrating problem. Unfortunately, there is absolutely nothing we can do but wait for The Planet to get their datacenter back online.

Please check back with Entrecard in 12 to 24 hours.

Thanks,
Entrecard Team

I did some searching around, and apparently, ThePlanet Datacenter in Houston, Texas, suffered a severe fire when an electrical transformer exploded. It seems that the database servers may be all right (Statcounter.com is up, for the most part), but the damage extends to a few walls in the compound. My sympathies to those who have websites on or rely on the down servers. Hope they get them back up for you soon!

So, no dropping cards today! It’s Sunday here in the U.S., a good day to go to church service! Today we can get outside and relax on lovely teak furniture while sipping tea with the family. Have a blessed day!