That happened, and went on as long as it did, for two reasons:
1) Too many people tried to connect to the MySQL Server (Where all your posts and shit are stored) at once.
2) It's still going on, because whoever said that everyone should keep hitting refresh over and over again is a moron, and hitting refresh over and over again basically creates a user-inflicted Denial of Service.
This was out of my hands, because Mike the Admin is the only one with proper access.
Go figure.
-Josh