>This time I went away to the 3:pm CHAT, came back and found that 23 new messages had been posted.

The transaction seems to have been cut for a specific reason. This would explain why the map has not been terminated. I would clear the cache of the browser and see if it occurs again. There seems to be a transmission problem with result in that reaction.

No one reported that so far but I will take note of it.

As for posting this kind of messages here, well you know the story. EMAIL PLEASE.