Its because the server is getting flooded with so many people visiting it. Either a lot of people have recently found RIU or its getting Dosed DDosed (server getting attacked)
lol thats the dumbest thing Ive ever heard. thats not a reason for a MY SQL error. the main reasons for SQL errors are typically as follows:
1) The MySQL server isn't running.
2) MySQL's configuration file specifies that it is only listening on a certain IP
ort and that you're not communicating through the specified address (i.e.: Your MySQL server's system has multiple NICs and you are communicating with the server through the NIC not specified).
3) You have the MySQL server is being started with the --skip-networking option enabled either from the startup script or in the .conf file.
4) The user name being used to authenticate to the MySQL server is not allowed to connect from the client computer's IP address/host
my sql has nothing to do with how many people visit the site. not to mention earlier there were only like 276 people on the site. it can definitely handle more traffic than that.