Some called it many days before.
They said a CloudFlare Bill is due soon and HT will shut down

Strange that it really happend.
Makes sense but if this was the case would you not just change the dns to point at the new forum?
I believe the DNS was changed to a "cloud" host of some sort. Maybe they didnt pay them either

Other than that a simple computer with a decent internet connection can host something the size of HT. But do any of the people left at GAW have the know how?