Hi Ruth, I'm just on the north side of Dallas, and our wind has picked up and first showers just came over my house, but most of the worse will go east of here. The tail of the storm is still down on the coast, and I am about 300 miles north of that, if that gives you an idea of how large this storm is! Ida In a message dated 9/12/2008 9:34:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, Utahn1@aol.com writes: 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 **************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)