... or eliminate them completely by simply making a little box in the corner of the CAS City home page with "TFS UP" in green alternating with "TFS Down" in red, as appropriate, in some little nook or cranny, sorta like a daily weather report.
Kind of a cowboy version of those "Dishes are dirty/Dishes are clean" dishwasher magnets.
ROFL ... Good one, Aesop!
I'd just recommend 2 changes:
1 - Make it TFS/TRI, 'cause they're both on the same server.
2 - When they're "up", use a flashing yellow light. Like the traffic signal.