Posted 24 February 2009 12:30pm by Chris Lake with 3 comments

They said it couldn’t happen, but it did. As a result, February 24 2009 will forever be etched into the brains of the survivors as the day when Google’s Gmail failed. 

The fallout from today’s technology implosion can be seen below. Whoever knew photographers could be so brave?

Panic ensues, workers flee...

by Jayel Aheram via Flickr

Clamour for hope...

by Eric Ingrum via Flickr

THE END IS NEAR

by Eric Ingrum via Flickr

Jesus, NO!

by Eric Ingrum via Flickr

And then it all went back to normal...

Chris Lake is Director of Product Development at Econsultancy, an entrepreneur and a long-term internet fiend. Follow him on Twitter, Google+ or connect via Linkedin.

Reader comments (3):

  1. RTO

    2:49PM on 24th February 2009

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    Your 'Share on Facebook' link is broken. It points to http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=<url> - someone's forgotten to replace <url> ;)

  2. Chris Lake Staff

    Director of Product Development at Econsultancy

    2:51PM on 24th February 2009

    Chris Lake

    Thanks RTO - I'll ask our tech ninjas to look into it.

  3. crowd

    8:51AM on 4th March 2009

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    LOL :D

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