Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Thousands of Utah state employees were caught up in a reply-all "disaster" that began with an email about a holiday potluck at a state office. State employees revealed the chain started with an email accidentally sent to about 25,000 state employees about 9:30 a.m. about a potluck at a state office. Advertisement Joe Dougherty, a state spokesman, said reply-all emails quickly began rushing in, with dozens of emails being sent to the recipients of the original message between 9:30 a.m. and about 11:15 a.m. "It's 11:10 am and I think it's safe to say the great #ReplyAll disaster of 2018 is finally over," Dougherty tweeted. State employees said scattered messages continued throughout the day. "This is real and it's an emergency. Started out as a potluck and $5 white elephant gift exchange in one department and someone accidentally cc'd every state employee. I fear this will never end," Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox tweeted. Read More Giant spool rolls through traffic on Houston highway Good Samaritan gives up first class plane seat to woman, ailing baby Deer rescued from inside school in India