Hi Fellow Rooters, Below is a message sent by Brian Leverich last night & today to the listowners. If we could all open our purses & send a dollar or two... It sure would help & wouldn't begin to pay back what we've gotten from these lists. You can send a check in American dollars to: RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative P.O. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 Please make sure your name and e-mail address are on the check! Thanks & happy hunting! > We're having quite a gale up here on the mountain, and we've lost all > power to the PMC and Birchwood NOCs. The gale was followed by a calm, heavy, wet snowfall. Trees are falling on power lines, and we're repeatedly losing power. We've managed to keep everything up so far by carefully managing our battery life (last night wasn't one of my better nights for sleep ... ), but it looks like we may be in trouble if the current outage lasts more than another couple of hours. > We're running on batteries now at those NOCs now. The machines at the > Frazier Park and Bakersfield NOCs are unaffected by the power outage, > but they depend on the PMC machines for some services. > > We're doing what we can to keep the site on line, but we may be down > for some intervals for awhile. I'll try to keep everyone informed, > but I may lose the ability to send e-mail. > > Sorry about that. Buying a generator for the PMC NOC is one of the > things we intend to do when RootsWeb's income allows ... ): -B I'm about to try 4-wheel driving it out to Bakersfield or Los Angeles to buy a generator. Thanks to the folks who are doing a little impromptu fund-raising, and wish me luck with the drive ... -B Patti Caldwell - Listmistress <underline><color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param>mailto:impattic@mediaone.net </color></underline><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param>Remember, "please practice random acts of kindness......" Member: Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society <color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param><<http://www.clpgh.org/CLP/Pennsylvania/oak_pennag.html> </color></fontfamily>Member: United States Internet Genealogical Society <color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param><<http://www.usigs.org> </color>Member and supporter of RootsWeb <color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param><<http://www.rootsweb.com/> </color><bold> </bold><smaller>By US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), a computer/modem/printer meets the definition of a telephone fax machine. By Sec.227(b) (1)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement to such equipment, punishable by action to recover actual monetary loss, or $500, whichever is greater, for EACH violation. </smaller><bold><italic> </italic> </bold>