<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Daniel O Winkless <<a href="mailto:wink@usgs.gov">wink@usgs.gov</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">March 7, 2011 10:13:42 AM MST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">GS NatWeb Team <<a href="mailto:GS_NatWeb_Team@usgs.gov">GS_NatWeb_Team@usgs.gov</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Karen S Klima <<a href="mailto:kklima@usgs.gov">kklima@usgs.gov</a>>, Edgar Hernandez <<a href="mailto:ehernandez@usgs.gov">ehernandez@usgs.gov</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Bcc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Lisa A Wald <<a href="mailto:lisa@usgs.gov">lisa@usgs.gov</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>HEAVY Traffic causing perfoemance issues</b><br></span></div><br>
<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">TO: All Users of NatWeb Hosting Services</font><p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Subject: HEAVY load impacting performance</font>
</p><p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">This morning, Monday March 7, 2011, the
NatWeb web servers are experiencing an unusually heavy traffic load. It
appears there is volcanic activity in Hawaii that is driving significant
interest is such data. We are taking steps to try to mitigate this
extraordinary load.</font>
</p><p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">In the meantime, please bear with us.
We are aware of the performance issues.</font>
</p><p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Sincerely, </font>
</p><p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">The Propeller Head Group</font>
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