# Thread Gap in BBQ pit. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 26, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-gap-in-bbq-pit/151000 "2003-01-26T06:48:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MachineHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@MachineHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachineHead)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-gap-in-bbq-pit/151000/1 "2003-01-26T06:48:17Z")
Why is there a gap in threads in the BBQ pit? I was on page #whatever and it goes striaght from dec '01 to around feb '02. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-gap-in-bbq-pit/151000/2 "2003-01-26T06:56:40Z")
It’s not just the BBQ Pit. The boards were down for that entire period. It was quite a crisis for many, the likes of which this board has not seen before or since. Many threads were lost, but the main reason there are no threads from that time is that nobody could get on to post in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![MachineHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@MachineHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachineHead)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-gap-in-bbq-pit/151000/3 "2003-01-26T06:58:43Z")
What caused it? ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-gap-in-bbq-pit/151000/4 "2003-01-26T11:11:15Z")
Someone hacked the site ( my registration date is after the event, but that is because my first incarnation, under the same user name, was lost in the crash). ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-gap-in-bbq-pit/151000/5 "2003-01-26T11:23:48Z")
The period was called the Winter of Lost Content, mainly in February 2002. As has been said, it was a major event in the history of the board. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-gap-in-bbq-pit/151000/6 "2003-01-26T11:25:14Z")
I thought it was “Winter of our Missed Content”. I thought it was funnier like that, anyway. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-gap-in-bbq-pit/151000/7 "2003-01-26T11:36:50Z")
You’re right, **Achernar**. I’ve seen it referred to as both. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-gap-in-bbq-pit/151000/8 "2003-01-26T17:24:07Z")
I got a second chance to make a memorable 1000th post. Oh well, there’s always 2000. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-gap-in-bbq-pit/151000/9 "2003-01-28T00:14:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*Ice Wolf \*\*\* > You’re right, **Achernar**. I’ve seen it referred to as both. Correctly one way. (It’s a play on word. “The Winter of our Miscontent.” “The Winter of our Missed Content.” Genius.)