Good LUCK from Bakersfield CA it hasn't stopped raining sice noon here. I hope Brain makes it, it's just as bad in LA there having flash floods . Kay Rockett wrote: > Folks, there's an important message below from Brian Leverich, one of > the heads of our Rootsweb lists. It explains why some of the lists > haven't been active today. I live in NC and we have a blizzard moving > into the area tonight, so I may not have power for a few days either. > We'll probably have to spend a few nights in a shelter with my > granddaughter who's a toddler. Will some of you PLEASE send some > positive thoughts our way? Thanks!! > > > > 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 -- ************************************************************* Pauline [Neeley] Phelps 2201 Faye Lane Bakersfield CA 93304 805-834-1177 Just added new. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5716/index.html http://www.webspawner.com/users/paulinep/ <><>>><<<<<<<<<<>>>><<<<<<<<<<>>>>><<<>>>>>>>>><<<>>>><>>>>>><>>>>> Surnames; Neeley, Nicholson,Vann, Bible White, Pryor, Powell, Ussery, Tucker, Dalbey, Drury, Critchfields, & Looking for the ties to the Native American Indians *************************************************************** "Happiness is like a Butterfly." The more you chase it, the more it will elude you But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes softly & sits on your shoulder........ {A Nice GUY} ***********************************************************