Ida, They weren't working today. This email information was forwarded by Don yesterday. All is well and the DNA folks did not work today. Ike looks like it is absolutely huge - they say it's almost as big as the whole state of Texas. Ruth In a message dated 9/12/2008 7:39:24 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, IDAMADISON@aol.com writes: Houston mayor called for businesses to shut down on Friday to allow room on freeways for all those people evacuating. FamilyTree DNA shouldn't have been working at all today. Ida In a message dated 9/11/2008 6:52:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, donwkincaid@cox.net writes: We just received an email from Bennett Greenspan, President of Family Tree DNA that they have their computers fully backed up and will not lose any DNA data regardless of how severe Hurricane Ike becomes. The do a complete backup every 15 minutes and also sent to another backup site for double insurance. He also mentioned there has been a huge response to the current special which is going to result in a big increase in their DNA database. He said to keep sending in orders so their people will have something to do Monday. They will likely let their people go home early Friday. THE SUMMER SIZZLING SALE GOES THROUGH SEPTEMBER! Don W. Kincaid Kincaid Surname DNA Admin. Team donwkincaid@cox.net 254 631-5684 To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in Excel: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid %20%20DNA.xls ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KINCAID-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in Excel: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid %20%20DNA.xls ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KINCAID-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)