Correction:
Civstats says we were down for about 10 hours. The game kept running and the turn rolled over, but very few people were able to log in and play the turn, as Mitiu Ioan wasn't able to and apparantly nobody else tried (since Civstats reported it down) or were able. So I've reloaded -- again -- to put more time ont he clock. It's still 1270 AD. Wing Wah, Dan, Ionut and Spike have not moved yet.
This has gotten unbelievably frustrating. 99 days out of 100 PItboss is a breeze. The last 24 hours have just been bad to me.