I Served Serial Joe a Slushie

So far, I've lived a charmed WoW life. I have not been on of the affected servers which people have complained so loudly about. However, about ten minutes ago, I (and everyone else playing, of course) was notified that our server would unexpectedly be shutting down in 15 minutes. Is this the beginning of the end? Will server crashes and restarts become the norm? Only time will tell....