Message has changed and sounds positive.

"Sorry, folks. I did something dumb and have managed to completely wreck the site. Don't worry, all your collection data and the photos and information you've submitted are safe. I'm going to take this opportunity to do the server upgrade I've been putting off for weeks now, so when we come back we'll be on a more powerful machine, which will hopefully mean fewer 'database overloaded' messages. Hope to you see you all again soon.

Thanks for understanding. -Shmax"