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A few days ago this site contained an incredible series of pictures of a towboat being washed under a bridge and then popping up on the other side. An awesome display of the power of a river at flood stage.
Almost as incredible is the amount of internet traffic the pictures drew to the site. Thousands upon thousands of internet travelers from all over the globe visited this site and and a second one that was set up primarily for ease of editing. The other site, at annex-group.com, was on space rented from Rapidsite. Under ordinary circumstances the site had ample capacity for my needs. The site reached my maximum limit around 3:00 am and the Rapidsite server sent a message to my site manager at that time. By the time he checked his email at 8:00 am the overuse charges had run into the thousands of dollars. The exact amount is still being determined.
I want to set one thing straight right here and now. Bellsouth has not charged me anything for over use of this site. In fact, I have not had any contact with them.
I would encourage anyone who owns a web site to read the fine print concerning your liability in the event something like this happens to you.
