I was logging into my Basecamp account the other day and found that I could not get to my to do list, which was aggravating at the time since we would have liked to nail down some pending features for our upcoming website (to be unveiled soon).

Anywhere, here’s the announcement they posted:

On the evening of Monday, November 12, we experienced a few of hours of downtime due to an explosion at our main data center in Dallas, TX. This event led to the eventual failure of a backup cooling system. Without adequate cooling, our servers had to be shut down to prevent permanent damage. We have detailed the events that led to the downtime. We deeply apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused and will work hard to make sure we reduce the likelihood of this happening again. Thanks for your support.

Note the “due to an explosion”.

You can find more details here, but they don’t talk about the explosion.

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