Gmail 502 error

Users (including me) of gmail are having to deal with not being able to access their account properly.
Gmail just says 502 error, we are working on it sit tight. No doubt it will be back up soon. In the mean time this dude has a gmail outage survival guide here: http://skfox.com/2008/06/09/surviving-gmail-502-outages/
and you can check what googles saying and doing about it at google groups
http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-Help-Announcements-and-Alerts-en/browse_thread/thread/9a69798cd0db14a5