Squeaky did say this on Facebook:
Yes we are aware of the recent bout of outages. It is the database continuing to act up. We are looking for a permanent solution that doesn't involve taking the site offline for an extended period.
Just so everyone knows we do restart the database 6 times a day to help alleviate the problem. So if you see an outage at the top of an hour, try again in 5 minutes. We know about any extended outages within 30 minutes.
Yes we are aware of the recent bout of outages. It is the database continuing to act up. We are looking for a permanent solution that doesn't involve taking the site offline for an extended period.
Just so everyone knows we do restart the database 6 times a day to help alleviate the problem. So if you see an outage at the top of an hour, try again in 5 minutes. We know about any extended outages within 30 minutes.