Why is the server down? READ THIS FIRST

**yottabyte** · 04-29-2011, 01:40,

Server started rejecting all connections around 00:22 after this error

Code:
2011-04-29 00:22:50 [SEVERE] java.lang.NullPointerException

2011-04-29 00:22:50 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.EntityPainting.damageEntity(EntityPainting.java:209)

2011-04-29 00:22:50 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.Entity.a(Entity.java:652)

2011-04-29 00:22:50 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.Entity.a(Entity.java:1180)

2011-04-29 00:22:50 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.EntityWeatherStorm.p_(EntityWeatherStorm.java:112)

2011-04-29 00:22:50 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.World.cleanUp(World.java:928)

2011-04-29 00:22:50 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.h(MinecraftServer.java:367)

2011-04-29 00:22:50 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:285)

2011-04-29 00:22:50 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:394)

2011-04-29 00:22:50 [SEVERE] Unexpected exception

java.lang.NullPointerException

    at net.minecraft.server.EntityPainting.damageEntity(EntityPainting.java:209)

    at net.minecraft.server.Entity.a(Entity.java:652)

    at net.minecraft.server.Entity.a(Entity.java:1180)

    at net.minecraft.server.EntityWeatherStorm.p_(EntityWeatherStorm.java:112)

    at net.minecraft.server.World.cleanUp(World.java:928)

    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.h(MinecraftServer.java:367)

    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:285)

    at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:394)

Seems like it has something to do with weather and paintings. Will look into it tomorrow. The server restarted and up going again.